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Osinbajo leaves for Kenya, to attend Daniel Arap Moi’s burial

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2020

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will be in Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday for the burial of former Kenyan President, Daniel Arap Moi. Osinbajo will represent the President, Muhammadu Buhari at the event, his media aide, Laolu Akande, said in a statement on Monday night. Buhari is still away in Addis

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President Buhari mourns Senator Ignatius Longjan

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari extends heartfelt condolences to the National Assembly, government and people of Plateau State over  demise of Sen. Ignatius Longjan, who represented Plateau South. The President commiserates with family, friends and political associates of the senator, who served the state as a deputy governor, 2011-2015, and had also served the country as

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Abacha loot: Ex-Head of State’s family loses in its challenge of FG’s freezing of accounts in foreign countries

Daily Dispatch February 7, 2020

The family of the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha lost, on Friday, its bid to regain access to the many accounts held by its members in banks in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Jersey, Liechenstein and Luxembourg blocked upon a directive by the Nigerian government in 1999. A five-man panel of the Supreme Court […]

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DSS dismisses reports of terrorists’ movements and attacks on luxury buses……says is false

Daily Dispatch February 7, 2020

The Department of State Services (DSS) has declared that reports being circulated on social media that the Service had alerted the public about the movement of terrorists into the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and other parts of the country are false. The Service also debunked reports that luxury buses of three major transport companies were […]

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How we aborted export of $8.6m- Customs DG

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2020

Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hammed Ibrahim Ali on Thursday told the House of Representatives that it was doing preliminary investigations into the ownership of the commercial aircraft hired to convey the $8.067 million out of the country. Col. Ali told the House Committee on Finance that his men acted on a […]

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Buhari to attend AU summit in Addis Ababa

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Friday to attend the Thirty-third (33rd) Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  This was disclosed in a statement issued by Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity on Thursday. President Buhari will join leaders from the […]