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States Debt Rise To N3.342tr -NEITI…….Lagos, Delta, Akwa Ibom Top Chat With N1.262tr

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2017

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) says that the debt burden of the thirty six states of the federation has risen to over N3.342 trillion as at 2016. Lagos, Delta, Osun and Akwa Ibom topped the debt chart with a total debt profile of N1.262 trillion representing

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Nigeria Has Gained A Lot From Tinubu’s Personal Sacrifices-Buhari

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday congratulated a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on his 65th birthday. He said the nation had benefitted a lot from the Tinubu’s personal sacrifices, political experience and intellectual foresight and still stands to gain more. Buhari’s goodwill message was contained in a statement made available

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Jonathan Debunks Certificate Scandal Allegations

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2017

The office of former President Goodluck Jonathan has debunked recent newspaper report which included the ex-President as one of the prominent Nigerians that had been linked to certificate scandal. A statement issued on Monday by Jonathan’s media adviser Ikechukwu Eze dismissed the claim as lies. He stressed that the ex-President had “never been linked to […]

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Herdsmen invade Prison Farm Centre in Benue, kill inmate

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2017

The Benue Prisons Service on Monday confirmed that herdsmen invaded its Jato-Aka Farm Centre and killed an inmate, one Tersoo Agidi. ASP Stephen Nwanchor, Public Relations Officer, Benue Prisons Service, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi that the incident took place on Saturday at the farm centre. Nwanchor said that the invasion […]

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El-Rufai: If Anyone Is Upset About What I Wrote, So Be It

Daily Dispatch March 26, 2017

Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, is unapologetic about the memo he wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari, recommending that some reforms be made. In the 30-page document, which Sahara Reporters published last week, el-Rufai told Buhari that some of the people around him are not only selfish, but inexperienced. El-Rufai made reference to Abba Kyari, […]

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Buhari’s Trip To Sambisa Cancel, Minister Of Defence To Represent Him

Daily Dispatch March 26, 2017

The earlier trip by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Nigerian Army Small Arms Championship holding in Sambisa forest will no longer hold. Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai who made the disclosure said Mansur Dan-Ali, minister of defence, will now represent President on Monday. David Ahmad, chief of training and operations at the army headquarters, […]