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Femi Adesina: Critics of $1 billion security fund playing politics

Daily Dispatch April 6, 2018

Presidential media adviser Femi Adesina says those opposing or criticizing President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of one billion dollars for security funding are only playing politics with the lives of Nigerians. The Minister of Defence, retired Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, had on Wednesday

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Melaye: IGP reinstates Janga as Kogi police commissioner

Daily Dispatch April 5, 2018

Mr. Ali Janga has been reinstated as the Commissioner of Police in Kogi State, the state police command spokesman, ASP William Aya, has confirmed. Aya told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lokoja on Thursday that Janga returned to office on April 3 on the orders of the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris. He […]

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We won’t take issue with Obasanjo – Presidency

Daily Dispatch April 3, 2018

The Presidency on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari would not take issue with former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his comment. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said this in an interview monitored on Channels Television. Adesina said Buhari would not engage Obasanjo who was his senior in the military. […]

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Bishop Kukah Calls For Introspection In Easter Message

Daily Dispatch April 1, 2018

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah, has asked Nigerians to look inwards and re-order their priorities so as to provide solutions to the various socio-political and economic problems burdening the nation. He made the appeal in a special Easter message addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, the country’s political leaders and […]

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Nigerians Want Their Money Back, Presidency Tells PDP

Daily Dispatch March 30, 2018

The Presidency has called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to return the funds it allegedly looted, days after the opposition party apologised to Nigerians. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. “This goes beyond rebranding; Nigerians are not interested […]

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Stop playing God, you admitted Buhari, APC have failed – PDP fires back at Tinubu

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2018

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday faulted remark by a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, asking Nigerians not to accept its recent apology.  Speaking during the colloquium in honour of his 66th birthday in Lagos, Tinubu cautioned Nigerians against accepting PDP’s apology. In a swift reaction, PDP asked Tinubu to “stop […]