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Buhari reflects on relationship with mauritania, calls it ‘historic’

Daily Dispatch January 10, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari went down memory lane Friday in Abuja while receiving in farewell audience the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. He told the outgoing Ambassador, His Excellency, Ba Abdarrahmane, that the affinity between Nigeria and Mauritania under his watch, dates

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Focus on your unattractive future- Presidency tells PDP

Daily Dispatch January 9, 2020

The presidency has told the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it has no business discussing “the love lust” between President Muhammadu Buhari and his governing All Progressive Congress (APC). A statement issued in Abuja, on Thursday, by the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Garba Shehu, admonished the main opposition party to focus on its […]

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Amotekun not regional police – Fayemi

Daily Dispatch January 9, 2020

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has dispelled rumours making the rounds that the newly launched Western Nigeria Security Network code-named Operation Amotekun is regional police. Fayemi who spoke in Ibadan at the launch of the security apparatus stated that the Southwest governors were not out to undermine the integrity and sovereignty of Nigeria but […]

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Buhari meets ICT professionals, affirs commitment to use technology for enhanced public service delivery

Daily Dispatch January 9, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja reaffirmed the commitment of his administration to use technology for enhanced public service delivery.  Receiving the leadership of Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPCN) and Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) led by its president, Prof. Charles Uwadia, President Buhari said ‘‘technology in public

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Breaking: Gunmen kill 12, injure one in Plateau

Daily Dispatch January 9, 2020

The Plateau Police Command, said gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen, on Thursday, killed 12 persons and injured one at Kulben village of Kombun District of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau. DSP Terna Tyopev, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, made this disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos. […]

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Customs net N1.3tr collection in 2019

Daily Dispatch January 9, 2020

Nigeria Customs Service generated N1,341,690,568,327.18 in 2019. The amount generated is over the target of N969,831,167.83 set for the year 2019 and N139,241,835,082.29 over the sum of N1,202,448,733,244.89 generated in 2018. Commenting on this feat, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col, Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) described it as a result of resolute pursuit of what is