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Democracy Day: ‘The history of Somalia, Burundi, and Rwanda should be “strident warning to all of us’- Atiku Abubakar

Daily Dispatch May 29, 2018

Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says the history of Somalia, Burundi, and Rwanda should be “strident warning to all of us”. The vice-president said this in a statement on Tuesday to commemorate Democracy Day. He said those in government whose jobs are to keep the citizens safe should desist from

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We have recovered N500bn under Buhari- EFCC

Daily Dispatch May 28, 2018

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has recorded 603 convictions since the President Muhammadu Buhari government took office in May 2015. The commission added that it had recovered over N500bn under Buhari. The EFCC said in a statement by its Spokesman,  Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, that the figure is the aggregate of the 103, […]

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Human traffickers plans to use the World Cup as a ploy to traffic Nigerian youth abroad- NAPTIP raises alarm

Daily Dispatch May 28, 2018

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says there are plans by human traffickers to use the World Cup as a ploy to traffic Nigerian youth abroad. Julie Okah-Donli made this known during a press conference on Monday. “Already these traffickers have continued to mount pressure on some youths and their […]

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We have capacity to overcome challenges — Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch May 27, 2018

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday declared that Nigeria has the capacity to overcome  the many challenges it is facing. He said this while addressing State House Correspondents after a special service to observe the country’s Children’s Day held at the Aso Villa chapel, Abuja. “”The truth of the matter is that there are always […]

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“Nigeria has never had a more transparent, more accountable government than the Buhari administration,” Lai Mohammed

Daily Dispatch May 26, 2018

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the country is more transparent under President Muhammadu. In a statement on Saturday, Segun Adeyemi, media aide to Mohammed, quoted the minister as saying this when he received Delia Ferreira Rubio, chairperson of Transparency International (TI), at his office on Friday. The minister said TI has not […]

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I don’t believe Nigerian youths are lazy- Jonathan

Daily Dispatch May 26, 2018

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has reacted to comment by President Muhammadu Buhari that Nigerian youths are lazy. Jonathan spoke in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Friday night. His words: “Nigerians youth are not lazy, I don’t believe that, because I have worked with them closely. They are great people with great potentials who […]