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Breaking: Senate Shuns subsidy probe, begins hearing on lingering fuel scarcity

Daily Dispatch January 4, 2018

The Senate on Thursday afternoon began an investigative hearing into the lingering fuel scarcity in the country. The probe panel is chaired by Senator Kabiru Marafa. Though the Senate is on break, the committee was mandated to conduct the public hearing because of the urgency of the matter.

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Never again will Igbo go to war to resolve issues- Ohanaeze

Daily Dispatch January 3, 2018

An Igbo apex sociocultural organization, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said that the Igbo would never again go to war to resolve conflicts in the country. It said the Igbo would rather use diplomacy as a tool for conflict resolution. The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, stated this  at the 2018 Igbo International […]

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Doctors’ Guild gives update on Yusuf Buhari’s health

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2018

Latest report has shown that President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf, who has been bedridden, after involving in a motorbike accident, where he suffered injuries on his head and limb, is now in stable condition. Recall that Yusuf was involved in a bike crash, on Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at Gwarimpa in the Federal Capital Territory and was […]

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God told me to run for Presidency – Yunde Bakare

Daily Dispatch January 2, 2018

The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said God has told him not to end his political career as he had earlier contemplated. Specifically, Bakare, who contested as the vice-presidential candidate on the platform of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change in the 2011 presidential election, said God told him […]

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BREAKING: Gunmen attack Rivers community, 15 feared killed

Daily Dispatch January 1, 2018

At least 15 persons have been killed in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State by a group of gunmen. The assailants, who raided the town in the early hours of the New Year,  are suspected to be working for a former militant leader, Don Nwanee. The State Police Command said it was aware […]

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Buhari appoints board members for privatised company

Daily Dispatch December 31, 2017

And so, the comedy of errors in Friday’s appointment of board members by President Muhammadu Buhari continues. Dead people were nominated. Names were duplicated. Board members were appointed for positions that are statutorily elective. How about appointing board members for a company that the federal government has privatised through concession after a crisis spanning