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‘I would have been part of herdsmen attacking people’ – Buhari

Daily Dispatch April 27, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that if not for education, he may have been one of the Fulani herdsmen clashing with farmers across the country. The President said during his two-day state visit to Bauchi State on Thursday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi, where he inaugurated

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Reps In Rowdy Session Over $496m Tucano Aircraft Purchase

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2018

The House of Representatives was in a rowdy session over the presidential request to include the $496million fund for the purchase of Tucano aircraft in the 2018 Appropriation Bill before the National Assembly. During Thursday’s plenary at the Lower Chamber in Abuja, some members were of the opinion that the request should be presented as […]

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How Buhari administration encourages human rights abuses – U.S. Government

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2018

Just days before President Muhammadu Buhari meets his American counterpart, Donald Trump, in Washington DC, the United States government has released a report indicting the administration of the Nigerian leader of the festering human rights abuses in the country. The US Department of State in its “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017” blamed […]

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My Job Is A Very Difficult One – Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2018

Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has admitted that his job as the nation’s Vice-President is a very difficult one. He said the job of the President or Vice-President was so difficult that one could not do it for a lifetime. According to a statement on Tuesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu […]

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As Minister of Finance and Economy, you left Nigeria poorer despite massive revenue receipts, left Nigeria poorer than she met it-Donald Duke replies Okonjo-Iweala

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2018

Donald Duke, former governor of Cross River state, has reacted angrily to claims made by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former minister of finance, in her latest book. Okonjo-Iweala, a managing director at the World Bank, had said in the book, ‘Fighting Corruption is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines’, that Duke asked her not to serve in President […]

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Tight security at NASS amid threat by PSG to storm complex

Daily Dispatch April 24, 2018

National Assembly security has been beefed up against possible protest by Parliamentary Support Group (PSG) headed by Senator Abdullahi Adamu. Tuesday’s security presence was a combination of military, mobile and regular police personnel as well as others in mufti. People coming in are having hectic days as they have to properly explain their mission. DAILY […]