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Don’t sell Abuja airport to Turkish firm CSO warns federal government

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2017

The Coalition for the Protection of Rights and Justice (CPRJ) as called on the federal government not to sell Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport to a Turkish firm, saying it may expose country’s security to more terrorism. The group who made the call on Sunday while reacting to a statement by

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Army promotes Diya, 122 senior officers

Daily Dispatch October 21, 2017

The Army Council has approved the promotion of 123 senior officers, including 66 Lieutenant Colonels and 57 Majors to the next rank. The army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, on Saturday said the promotion followed the recommendation of the Army Promotion Board 3 and 4 “as reflected in the 2017 Nigerian Army Forecast of Events.” Usman […]

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Bomber AbdulMutallab says White supremacists torment him

Daily Dispatch October 21, 2017

Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, the Nigerian  underwear bomber, serving multiple life sentences in the United States  said  White Supremacists are making his prison life a hell. He was convicted on 16 February  2012 for  trying to set off a bomb in his underwear on a Northwest Airline flight from Amsterdam to Detroit  on Christmas Day in […]

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Saraki backs Buhari on northeast says the region dire need of attention

Daily Dispatch October 18, 2017

The president of the Senate Bukola Saraki has called on Nigerian’s not to berate President Muhammadu Buhari for his call for focus on the Northeast saying that the region was in dire need of attention. Speaking in an interview with newsmen at the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union(IPU) Assembly in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saraki said that the […]

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Africa holds the key for feeding 9 billion people by 2050, Adesina

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2017

Africa holds the key for feeding the nine billion people that will inhabit this planet by 2050, the President of the African Development Bank and 2017 World Food Prize Laureate, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, said during his Norman Borlaug Lecture delivered on World Food Day. The Laureate also called for land tax for unused agricultural land […]

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Why we terminated INTELS contract – NPA

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2017

The Nigerian Ports Authority boats pilotage monitoring and supervision contract with INTELS Nigeria Limited remains terminated, the NPA’s Chief Executive, Hadiza Usman, has said. The NPA boss told newsmen on Monday in Lagos that the contract was terminated on the advice of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Malam Abubakar Malami. According […]