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Agitations for Biafra sheer waste of time – Presidency

Daily Dispatch August 23, 2017

Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, has said that those groups calling for the disintegration of Nigeria are only wasting their time as “Nigeria remains one.’’ Adesina stated this on Tuesday in Abuja while receiving a coalition of South East youths

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FG spent N1.3tn on capital projects – Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch August 21, 2017

The Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said on Monday that the Buhari administration spent N1.3tn on capital projects in 2016, the highest in the history of the country. Osinbajo disclosed this at a plenary of the 2017 Nigerian Bar Association national conference in Lagos with the theme: “African Business: Penetrating Through Institution Building.” The sub-theme of the […]

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Fire breaks out in Makkah hotel, over 600 pilgrims evacuated

Daily Dispatch August 21, 2017

A fire broke out in a 15-storey hotel occupied by 600 Turkish and Yemeni pilgrims in Aziziyah neighbourhood in Makkah on Monday. No casualties have been reported. The Saudi Press Agency quoted a spokesman of the Saudi Civil Defence General Department in Makkah, Major Naif Al Sharif, as saying that civil defence teams controlled the […]

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President’s return not prompted by UK protest- Adesina

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2017

The Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina has said Buhari’s return today had nothing to do with yesterday’s protest in the UK. He made this known on Saturday while addressing reporters shortly after the arrival of the president. Adesina said even before the protest, he and some other people were aware that the president would return today. […]

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NADECO didn’t start pro-democracy struggle in US – Opadokun

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2017

National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, has dismissed reports that it started its struggle for democracy in the United States of America for fear of clampdown. Mr. Uyi Meshack, who claimed to be a representative of NADECO, and Mr. M. Miller of Institute of Strategic Studies, ISS, had stated that the group started its campaign for democracy […]

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Ozubulu massacre: Alleged drug dealer ‘Bishop’ storms Nigeria, visits victim+ [photos]

Daily Dispatch August 15, 2017

The alleged drug dealer, Aloysius Ikegwuonu, who is named as one of the chief suspects of the devastating attack at St. Philip’s Catholic Church in Ozubulu, Anambra state has returned to the country. Recall that the state governor, Willie Obiano, governor of Anambra, had after visiting the scene of the incident, said it was as […]