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Board appointment: Nothing scandalous about the list- Presidency

Daily Dispatch December 30, 2017

The presidency has reacted to the controversy generated by its appointment, Friday evening, of 1,468 Nigerians into the boards of agencies and parastatals. The list generated controversy after names of some dead persons were found among the appointees. Checks also show duplications and

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$1billion ECA to fight insurgency: Wike urges FG to withdraw money from ECA to solve problems in Ogoniland, Niger Delta

Daily Dispatch December 29, 2017

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state on Friday kicked against the authorization for the federal government to withdraw the sum of $1billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) belonging to all tiers of government. He was at the presidential villa, Abuja to brief President Muhammadu Buhari on the current security situation in the state after […]

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No $25billion contract fraud in NNPC- Senate

Daily Dispatch December 29, 2017

The Senate on Friday disclosed that there is no $25 billion contract fraud in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. In a leaked memo, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, had alleged lack of due process in the award of contracts valued at over $25 billion by the NNPC. Disturbed by the […]

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Buhari congratulates Liberia’s President-elect, George Weah

Daily Dispatch December 29, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday congratulated Mr. George Weah on his election as the next President of Liberia. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President commended Liberians for the peaceful conduct of the election. He also lauded the outgoing President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for ensuring credible […]

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Pastor beats his wife to death, charms discovered in his home +photos

Daily Dispatch December 28, 2017

An ex-boxer and pastor of the Lord’s Chosen, Mr. Everistus Ezehiri has beaten his wife to death over feeding money at their home in Uli, Ihiala LGA of Anambra state. According to reports, trouble began when his wife who was a petty trader at the local Ekeagbagba market asked him for money to enable her cook on […]

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FG blasts critics of $1bn fund for Boko Haram war, militancy, others

Daily Dispatch December 26, 2017

Nigerian Government has described the criticisms trailing the approval of $1bn for the fight against insurgency and other violent crimes in the country as unnecessary and unhelpful. Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, at a news conference in Lagos, said the Nigerian Governor’s Forum acted wisely in approving the fund from the […]