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UN envoy urges Security Council to strengthen support for fight against Boko Haram, other dissidents

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2017

Mohammed Chambers, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to West Africa and the Sahel, has called on the Security Council to strengthen support for the fight against Boko Haram and other groups standing as security threat in the sub-region. Chambas, who is also Head of the UN

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No Division Between Osinbajo And Buhari, Cabinet – Lai Mohammed

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2017

The Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed has said that there is no separation between President Muhammadu Buhari and Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. The minister also noted on Thursday that there is no division between Professor Osinbajo and members of the Federal Executive Council. He stated this in an interview with reporters in Lagos […]

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N11billion worth of products diverted: Andy Uba returns N2billion

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2017

The Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC) on Wednesday, July 12, said the chairman of Capital Oil Ifeanyi Ubah has returned part of the money from the diverted petroleum products. The chief operating officer of the Petroleum Pricing and Marketing Company (PPMC) Nkem Obi said Ubah returned N2 billion out of the N11 billion worth of […]

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Buhari commiserate with Akande over death of his wife

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed “heart-felt” sadness over the death of Madam Omowunmi Bisi Akande, wife of the founding chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC).   The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said this in a statement on Thursday.   Shehu said that in a […]

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UN review group calls for Saraki, 9 other Senators ban over Akwa Senate crisis

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2017

A United Nation Universal Periodic Review (UPR) group has called for the ban of the Senate President Bukola Saraki and nine other senators from entering the United States of America over abuse of rule of law and rights of democratic representation in the Senate. The UPR in a letter written to the Congressional Black Caucus, […]

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Nigerians slams Aisha Buhari for illustrating the tussle in the presidency with animals

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2017

Some Nigerians have expressed anger over the use of animal metaphors by wife of Nigeria’s President, Aisha Buhari, and the Senator representing Kaduna Centtral in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, in describing the power play around the State House in recent times. Those who commented on social media said it was wrong to illustrate the […]