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Presidency yet to receive 2017 budget after 3 days of passage by NASS

Daily Dispatch May 14, 2017

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is yet to receive the 2017 Appropriation Bill, 72 hours after it was passed by the National Assembly. The Presidency has confirmed it was still awaiting the passed budget from the legislature. Osinbajo’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu

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EFCC didn’t freeze NGF account-Barkindo

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2017

The Nigerian Governors Forum has denied media reports that its accounts have been frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The Director of Media of the NGF, Abdulrazak Barkindo, who denied the reports in a telephone conversation on Saturday said that an earlier decision of the court to stop usage of the NGF’s account […]

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40-year-old pastor/security guard steals from boss, threatens him with whistle-blowing

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2017

A 40-year-old security guard who doubles as a pastor, is reported to have stolen N24m from his boss and threatened him with whistle-blowing after he was caught. The accuse, Alfred Andrew, became a millionaire overnight, after stealing a stack of foreign currency from his boss identified as Benedict Emmanuel. Emmanuel, a businessman who lives at the Gwarimpa housing estate

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Buhari, Osinbajo will be together beyond 2023 – Presidency fires back at Fani-Kayode

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2017

Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, on Friday said the relationship between the President and the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, will remain cordial beyond 2023. Onochie stated this via updates posted on her Twitter and Facebook pages, in reaction to Femi Fani-Kayode’s remarks criticizing Osinbajo for saying Buhari treats

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We cannot say when remaining Chibok girls will be released – FG

Daily Dispatch May 12, 2017

The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan, has said the Federal Government cannot say when the remaining abducted Chibok girls will be freed. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, on Thursday, the Minister, however, reinterated Federal Government’s resolve to negotiate for the release of the over 80 remaining abducted Chibok schoolgirls

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Buhari treats me like his son – Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch May 11, 2017

Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has said President Muhammadu Buhari treats him like his son. According to his media aide, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo said this at the palace of the Emir of Katsina, His Royal Highness Alhaji Abdulmumin Usman, on Thursday. “I feel very much at home in Katsina. Moreso because this is the State of […]