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Buhari appoints members of National Food Security Council

Daily Dispatch March 16, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the constitution of membership for the National Food Security Council. The Council, to be chaired by the President, will be inaugurated on Monday. It will have as members, the Governors of Kebbi, Taraba, Plateau, Lagos, Ebonyi and Delta States. Other

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Jonathan shunned me when I enquire about the kidnapped Chibok girls-Soyinka

Daily Dispatch March 16, 2018

Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has revealed that former President Goodluck Jonathan dismissed him when he enquired about the kidnap of over 200 school girls in Chibok, Borno state. Soyinka said this while speaking on Thursday at a dialogue organised by Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism in Lagos. The foremost author and playwright said […]

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Judge withdraws from Dasuki trial, says EFCC ‘frustrating case’

Daily Dispatch March 15, 2018

Gabriel Kolawole, presiding judge at a federal high court, Abuja, has withdrawn from the trial of  Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA). Kolawole announced his decision in court on Thursday during the cross examination of Hassan Sheidu, an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operative, serving as a witness in the trial of Nicholas […]

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Tillerson’s sack won’t affect Nigeria-US relations – FG

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2018

The Federal Government on Wednesday said the recent sack of Rex Tillerson as the United States Secretary of State would not affect the relationship between the US and Nigeria. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said this in an interview with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Onyeama said Nigeria expected all the discussions […]

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Court stops National Assembly from taking further actions on Electoral Act

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2018

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, stopped the National Assembly from taking further action on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2018. President Muhammadu Buhari had yesterday declined putting assent to the bill pending the determination of a suit that was filed before it by Accord Party. The court, in a ruling delivered […]

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Buhari arrives in Maiduguri

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday arrived in Maiduguri as part of the nationwide visit to troubled areas in the country. The President is billed to visit Yobe to meet with families of 110 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at Government Girls Science and Technical School, Dapchi, on February 19. The presidential jet landed at […]