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Saraki expresses displeasure over arrest of Innocent Chukwuma (INNOSON MOTORS)

Daily Dispatch December 20, 2017

Senate President Bukola Saraki has expressed displeasure over the arrest of Innocent Chukwuma, chief executive officer (CEO) of Innoson Motors. On Tuesday, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested Chukwuma at his Enugu residence. The commission said it picked

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BREAKING: Governors, speakers meet over constitution review

Daily Dispatch December 19, 2017

State governors are currently meeting on the auspices of the Nigeria Governors Forum. The emergency meeting holding inside the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja is also being attended by Speakers of States Houses of Assembly. The meeting is being chaired by the forum’s chairman,  Abdulazeez Yari, who is also the governor of […]

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Nigerians should trust President Buhari with $1 billion to fight Boko Haram – Governor Masari

Daily Dispatch December 19, 2017

The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, has said that the controversy generated over the decision of Nigeria’s 36 governors to allow the federal government use $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account to fight Boko Haram insurgency is unnecessary. Mr. Masari stated this on Monday in Tahoua, Niger Republic while speaking with State House […]

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Dangote accuses BUA of stealing, illegal mining of limestone on its properties

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2017

Management of Dangote Group, over the weekend accused BUA of engaging in illegal mining of limestone deposited in its Mining Lease, No. 2541, located in a boundary town of Oguda/Ubo in Okene Kogi State. Dangote’s Executive Director, Mr. Devakumar Edwin frowned at the media war, instigated by BUA against the Dangote Group, over a matter […]

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75th birthday: Buhari cancels Special Parade

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2017

The planned special birthday parade to be mounted by the Brigade of Guards as part of activities to mark President Muhammadu Buhari’s 75th birthday has been cancelled. A source close to the presidency, which confirmed this development in Abuja on Sunday, did not give reasons for the cancellation. The president’s family, led by his wife, […]

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Libya slavery: 1,317 Nigerians rescued in 10 days

Daily Dispatch December 15, 2017

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says a total of 1,317 Nigerians have voluntarily returned from Libya in the last 10 days having been stranded in the volatile country enroute Europe. The Director-General of NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Maihajja, made the disclosure while receiving a fresh batch of 116 Nigerians who arrived the country on Friday […]