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Google To Grant Nigerian, South African Startups $2.5m

Daily Dispatch July 31, 2017

Google reaffirmed its commitment to their non-profit arm, Google.org, on Thursday by announcing that the company will provide nonprofit organisations with up to $50 million in funding. Out of this $50 million, $20 million has been set aside for African nonprofits to try and better prepare

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Three varsity staff beg FG not to storm Boko Haram hideout but negotiate + video

Daily Dispatch July 30, 2017

Three staff of the staff of the University of Maiduguri, Borno State, who are being held by the Boko Haram insurgents have appealed to the Federal Government not to employ force in their release but to negotiate with their abductors. Four persons were declared missing by the university after a Boko Haram attack on the […]

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Banks create enabling environment for thieves to loot Nigeria’s money-Magu

Daily Dispatch July 28, 2017

The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has expressed his opinion over plans to separate the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) from the parent body. Magu made this observation when he received a delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday, July 27. Magu accused banks in the […]

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Fuel scarcity looms in Abuja as NUPENG threatens shutdown

Daily Dispatch July 28, 2017

The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has threatened to withdraw fuel supply to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its environs over disagreement with the Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCOM). Addressing newsmen on the outcome of its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja, yesterday, NUPENG’s President,

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‘lf we don’t change, our situation will continue to be worst’- Sultan warns northern leaders

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has identified insincerity and commitment on the part of leaders in the north as the cause of the present situation in the region. Speaking on the occasion of traditional rulers’ and Northern States Governors’ Forum meeting in Kaduna on Thursday, he warned, “lf we don’t change, our situation […]

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Peace Corps: We did not pass your bill – Senate replies Chinedu Nneji

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

The Senate has clarified the ambiguity emanating from the Nigerian Peace Corps Bill passed and adopted by the National Assembly. Since the Senate adopted the report of its Committee on Tuesday, two different groups had laid claims to the Bill passed. While Amb. Dr. Dickson Akoh, the National Commandant of Peace Corps of Nigeria had […]