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Future of oil declining, Osinbajo warns as countries discover alternatives

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2017

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said the profitability of Nigeria’s oil is gradually declining. Speaking during the second national council on Niger Delta meeting held in Akure, Osinbajo said the plan by many countries to phase out cars that run on petrol and diesel in a no-distant future

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Kidnapped Chibok School Girls: Buhari to renew call for international support for their release in NY- Onyeama

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to lead the Nigerian delegation to the 72nd UN General Assembly in New York Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama made this known in Abuja when he briefed the newsmen on the conference scheduled to hold from September 12 to September 25. He said Nigeria would at the meeting; renew its call […]

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Ghana and other world leaders were anxious over President Buhari’s health- Ghanian President

Daily Dispatch September 12, 2017

Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo has stated that he and many other world leaders were anxious over the health of President Muhammadu Buhari. He said they were worried during Buhari’s 103-day medical vacation in London. He made this statement during while speaking with State House correspondents on Tuesday after holding a meeting with Buhari at the […]

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VIDEO: IPOB members in daring confrontation with soldiers

Daily Dispatch September 12, 2017

A detachment of soldiers from the Nigerian Army has surrounded the Afaraukwu country home of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The soldiers arrived the community on Tuesday barely 48 hours after the clash between the Army and IPOB members on Sunday evening. The soldiers returned with about 10 Armoured Carrier […]

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Customs intercepts over 1000 rifles container at Lagos’ Tin Can port

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2017

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a container loaded with 1,100 riffles at Tin Can port, Apapa, Lagos state, marking the third seizure within eight months. It would be recalled that the Tin Can command had previously intercepted no fewer than 1,101 pump action riffles in two different operations at the port. The Controller-General, NCS, Col. […]

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Dangote donates N250m to Benue flood victims

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2017

The Chairman, National Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, says he has provided N250 million as relief assistance to victims of the devastating flood in Benue State. Dangote said on Sunday in Lagos that this was in response to the request by the Benue State Government. He said that the committee had […]