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EU inaugurates €143m intervention fund in Borno

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2018

The European Union has inaugurated a €143m intervention fund in Borno, as part of the effort to address the humanitarian crisis in the Northeast, an official said on Wednesday. The Head of Cooperation, European Delegation to Nigeria, Mr Kurt Cornelis, who disclosed this at the inauguration of

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Breaking: Ex-CJN, Dahiru Musdapher, passes on at 75

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2018

Dahiru Musdapher, former chief Justice of Nigeria, has been reported dead. Musdapher died in the early hours of Tuesday, January 23, at 75 years of age. The cause of his death was not immediately clear but family members took to social media to break the news. Muneer Musdapher, a young brother of the Dahiru, wrote […]

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Buhari consoles victims of Kano fish market fire

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has sympathized with the victims of the fire incidents at Yan Kifi Market, Kano, who suffered heavy loss following the incident. It was gathered that no fewer than 50 shops were burnt at the Yankifi Market in Kano on Saturday night. Buhari, in a statement issued on Monday by the Senior Special […]

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Jonathan fingered as investigators trace another $1.3bn to Diezani

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2018

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives have allegedly uncovered another withdrawal of $1.3 billion made by former Petroleum minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke on the directive of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. The money was removed from the accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The cash was ostensibly to fight kidnapping

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2019: President Buhari healthy enough to seek re-election – Presidency

Daily Dispatch January 21, 2018

A presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is presently in a better state of health than in 2015, to seek re-election in the 2019 general elections. Mr. Adesina said this while speaking with State House correspondents in Abuja on Sunday. He said though the president was yet to decide on whether to […]

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Breaking: Herdsmen set Falae’s farm ablaze in Ondo

Daily Dispatch January 21, 2018

Men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have set on fire the farm of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae. The farm is located in Ondo State. Before now, Chief Falae’s farm had been attacked several times by herdsmen, with some of them kidnapping him two years ago. The kidnappers […]