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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

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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 […]

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Those oppose to this administration are doing so to hoodwink public, gain political advantage to themselves- Presidency

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2018

Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, said that those who oppose the current administration have made it a point to harp on negative happenings in the country. Listing what he considered as the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari, Adesina said the positive growth cannot be denied even by “naysayers.” He quoted figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, […]

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Presidency questions credibility of Amnesty’s report on rape

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2018

The presidency says Amnesty International’s report alleging human rights violation by Nigerian security agencies is inherently battling with credibility, falling vehemently short of evidential narration. Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, made this position known in a statement in Abuja. Amnesty on Thursday (today) release the