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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

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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 […]

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Boko Haram has links with terror group in Mali-Buratai

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2017

Tukur Buratai, the chief of army staff, says the Boko Haram insurgent group has links with terror groups in northern Mali. The PUNCH quoted Buratai as saying this on Monday while receiving Babi Abdulrahman, Mali’s army chief, in Abuja. According to Buratai, the link was proven by the recent arrest of two Boko Haram recruiters […]

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NTA reporter shot dead in Benin

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

A reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Benin, Mr Lawrence Okojie, was allegedly shot dead by gunmen on Saturday night in Benin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okojie was said reported to have been killed around Ogunola Junction, off Siluko Road. The spokesman of the State Police Command, DSP Moses Nkombe, […]