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Full text of Buhari’s letter to NASS rejecting Peace Corps

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2018

Full text of the letter written by President Muhammadu Buhari to the House of Representatives, rejecting the bill for the establishment of Peace Corps of Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday written the Green Chamber, stating his reason for rejecting the bill. In the letter

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Dapchi schoolgirls: 37 in JSS, 73 in SSS says FG

Daily Dispatch February 27, 2018

The Federal Government has released the names and other details of the 110 girls who have yet to be accounted for, following the attack on the Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State, on 19 Feb. 2018. Out of the 110 missing girls, 8 are in JSS1, 17 in JSS2, 12 in […]

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Presidency puts off this week’s FEC meeting

Daily Dispatch February 26, 2018

The Presidency on Monday said the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council will not hold this Wednesday. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a two-paragraph statement made available to journalists. Adesina attributed the cancellation of the meeting to President Muhammadu Buhari’s scheduled participation in

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Fresh Boko Haram abductions threaten gains for girls’ education in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch February 24, 2018

The kidnapping of dozens more schoolgirls in northeast Nigeria by Boko Haram militants could undermine efforts to keep girls in schools and threaten progress on women’s education in the region, experts said on Friday. At least 76 schoolgirls from the village of Dapchi were snatched by a faction of the Islamist group this week, according […]

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“El-Rufai, did you drive bulldozer; Ortom, how are cattle rearers” – Buhari jokes with govs [VIDEO]

Daily Dispatch February 23, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday joked with some governors before the commencement of the Council of State meeting. The meeting held at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. In attendance were former heads of state – Olusegun Obasanjo, Abdusalami Abubakar, Yakubu Gowon, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and many state chief executives. As is the […]

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2019: APC governors meet Buhari tonight

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to meet with state governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) tonight at the conference hall of the Wife of the President, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting might be a follow-up to the Daura meeting which was held at the president’s private […]