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Speaker Dogara rejoices with Sultan at 61

Daily Dispatch August 23, 2017

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has felicitated with the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammed Sa’ad Abubakar III on the occasion of his 61st Birthday Anniversary. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Turaki Hassan, the

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N11tn electricity scam: ICC hears SERAP’s petition against Obasanjo, Jonathan

Daily Dispatch August 23, 2017

The International Criminal Court in The Hague is considering the petition on the allegations of widespread, systematic and large-scale corruption in the electricity sector since the return of democracy in 1999 and under the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria, anti-corruption advocacy group

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FG may adopt selective minimum wage increase –Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch August 23, 2017

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government may consider increasing workers’ remuneration package, especially bonuses of certain government agencies, instead of increasing wages across board. According to a transcript made available to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, the Vice-President

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Buhari’s recovery will reduce needless conspiracy theories – Atiku

Daily Dispatch August 21, 2017

Former Vice President and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar, has welcomed President Muhammadu Buhari back home after his medical leave in the United Kingdom and expressed delight at his level of good health and recovery. In a statement by his media office on Monday, the former Vice President said every well-meaning […]

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Xenophobic attack video: Ghanaians allegedly kill five Nigerians to protest citizen’s purported murder

Daily Dispatch August 20, 2017

The Police in Sowutoum area of Ghana have arrested a Nigerian man for allegedly stabbing a Ghanaian man to death, claiming the purported victim was a thief. The Nigerian, 48-year-old Thompson Peter, was reported to have said he committed the act in self defence. The incident has reportedly led to xenophobic attacks against Nigerians living in […]

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Buhari’s return: I’ve been vindicated – Lai Mohammed

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2017

Minister of Information and culture, Lai Mohammed has stated that he has been vindicated with the return of President Muhammadu Buhari from London. Buhari took off from London Saturday morning to return to Nigeria after 100 days of medical abroad. Speaking on NTA while waiting for the president’s arrival at the airport, the minister said […]