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Dangote visits IBB in Minna

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2018

Business Mogul and President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Thursday visited Former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), at his uphill residence in Minna. Dangote was accompanied by his daughter, Hajiya Halima Dangote and her husband, Alhaji Suleiman Bello and some

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2019: APC woos Ekweremadu, dangles 2023 presidential ticket

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2018

Ahead of 2019 presidential and general elections, the All Progressives Congress, APC, is in search of very strong and high-profiled personalities in the opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to join its folds with the aim at ensuring that it wins in the six geo- political zones of the country. According to Vanguard, […]

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BREAKING: Presidency insists National Assembly hasn’t transmitted PIGB to Buhari

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2018

The Senior Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, has stated that the National Assembly is yet to transmit the recently-passed Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) to his principal. Enang said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday. “Further to several enquiries by the media, interest groups […]

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Herdsmen killings: Buhari approves N10bn for rebuilding of Benue villages, others

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N10bn for the renovation of villages ravaged by herdsmen in Benue and other Nigerian states. Buhari also promised to do all within his purview to ensure the killing of innocent citizens by the herdsmen came to an end in no distant time. Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, made this disclosure […]

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BREAKING: Shiite protesters chase away policemen, ground federal secretariat

Daily Dispatch May 14, 2018

Shiite youths protesting the continued detention of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, have grounded the Federal Secretariat complex, Abuja, as they took over the roads in the area. The secretariat complex is a few metres from the National Assembly and the Presidential Villa. The youths, who were armed with stones, chased away […]

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Conversion of Obasabjo’s Hill-top mansion to commercial use a poses a serious security threat- APC Chieftain

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2018

A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress APC and a frontline politician in Ogun State has raised an alarm over the conversion of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo Hill-top mansion for commercial use, declaring that it’s a serious security threat to peace loving people of the state. The man who pleaded anonymity disclosed that those who patronize […]