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Osinbajo, Akeredolu share school meal with pupils

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2018

As part of activities marking his official visit to Ondo State, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has paid a visit to Alagbaka Primary School, Akure. A tweet by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, says Osinbajo’s visit is meant to assess the Homegrown School Feeding

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Failed Dino Melaye’s recall: INEC only spent N100m- Yakubu

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2018

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says only N100m was spent on the failed attempt to recall Kogi-West lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye. The INEC chairman said this while responding to a question posed by PUNCH at a press conference in Abuja on Friday. Yakubu said the figure was nowhere near […]

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Breaking: Melaye Arrives Kogi In Ambulance Ahead Of Arraignment

Daily Dispatch May 3, 2018

The representative of Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, has arrived Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, Channels Television is reporting.A statement on Wednesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, had hinted of Melaye’s arraignment.Melaye, according to the Channels Television report, was conveyed in an ambulance by the police authorities.He

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Adesanya promoted and protected the interest of the Yorubas, democracy and the interest of Nigeria as a whole- Anyaoku

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2018

Former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, on Wednesday described late NADECO chieftain, Abraham Adesanya as a symbol of authentic combination of loyalty to one’s ethnic group and country. Anyaoku made the statement at this year’s Memorial Symposium said late NADECO chief promoted and protected the interest of the Yorubas, democracy and the

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Breaking: IGP Idris shun Senate

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2018

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has for the second time failed to appear before the Senate over the arrest and detention of Senator Dino Melaye as well as the spate of killings across the country. Saraki asked the Clerk to the Senate to bring the IG into the chamber. After going out and returning […]

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Herdsmen in Nigeria don’t carry guns- Buhari tells Trump

Daily Dispatch April 30, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has again said that herdsmen in Nigeria do not carry guns but only wield sticks and occasionally machetes. He said this on Monday in Washington D.C. during a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. According to the Nigerian President, the herdsmen crisis has been an age-long challenge in his country. “The […]