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Soldiers kill pupil, injure others while rescuing herdsmen

Daily Dispatch March 24, 2017

One of the bullets reportedly fired by soldiers attached to 707 Special Forces Brigade in Makurdi, Benue State, has killed a secondary school pupil, identified as Ayew Atume. It was gathered that Atume, a resident of Jato Aka in the Kwande Local Government Area of the state, was having a lunch

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N1.3b grass cutting contracts awarded to 20 ‘ghost’ firms – Senate

Daily Dispatch March 24, 2017

Contracts worth about N1.3 billion were awarded to about 20 contractors without traceable addresses in the North East, the Senate said on Thursday. Part of the contracts was for the cutting of grasses. The Senate said its investigations so far in locating the companies have not yielded fruits. The Chairman of the Senate AdHoc Committee […]

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FG awards $1.79 bln railway contract to Chinese firm CCECC

Daily Dispatch March 23, 2017

Nigeria has awarded a $1.79 billion contract to a Chinese state-owned firm for work on the second phase of Abuja’s mass transit railway, the capital city’s minister said on Wednesday. The three-year management contract is the latest in a series of infrastructure projects won by China Civil Engineering Construction Corp (CCECC) in Africa’s most populous

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Nigeria spent $2.6bn on Boko Haram humanitarian crisis in 2016 – Olonisakin

Daily Dispatch March 23, 2017

Nigeria spent more than $2.6 billion  in 2016 to address the humanitarian challenges caused by Boko Haram terrorists, Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin, has said. The Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olonisakin stated this at the meeting of the ‘Global Coalition Working to Defeat ISIS’ in Washington, D.C. […]

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Breaking: Finally body of Doctor who jumped into lagoon recovered

Daily Dispatch March 22, 2017

The body of the Medical Doctor who jumped into the lagoon in Lagos State, Dr. Allwell Orji, has been recovered.Available information has it that the body was recovered at about 4pm on Wednesday by the Marine Police. The body was identified by some of his family members, including the driver, in the presence of the […]

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Senate approves President Buhari’s request on $500m Eurobond

Daily Dispatch March 22, 2017

The Nigerian Senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to acquire $500million in Eurobonds to fund the deficit in the 2016 budget. Presiding over Senate plenary on Wednesday, March 22, the deputy senate president put the question to the senators in a voice vote and ‘ayes’ carried the day. Details later…………