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Intending Couple(s) Who Contravenes Pre-Marital Medical Text Risks Six Months Jail

Daily Dispatch April 20, 2017

Any Intending couple (s) in Kaduna State will now have to under go pre-marital medical examination as passed by the State House of Assembly on Thursday. The law known as the Kaduna State Pre-marital (medical examination) enforcement law, 2017 stated that any person intending to marry shall

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Passengers panic as smoke engulfs ‘Lagos-bound’ aircraft

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

Twitter user, Oriaku Okwesilieze, took to the social media platform on Tuesday to narrate how smoke engulfed an aircraft reportedly travelling from Port Harcourt to Lagos. Tweeting via @puffypearl, she said, “20 minutes after take off, our aero contractor flight started smoking. For 35 min we were chanting prayers, screaming, panicking”. She added that “the […]

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Prosecute Dino Melaye for stealing items meant for North East IDPs – Council Chairman urges EFCC

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2017

The Administrator of Ijimu Local Government Area of Kogi state, Toufiq Isah, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate Senator Dino Melaye for allegedly moving items meant for Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the North-East last December to his country home in Ayetoro-Gbede. Isah, who is also the state chairman […]

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Whistleblower narrates what transpired in Lagos apartment where EFCC seized $50m

Daily Dispatch April 17, 2017

While Ayodele Oke, the Director-General of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA) has claimed that the $43 million, N23.2 million and £27,800 (N13billion) cash found in an apartment in Lagos last week belongs to his agency, information available to SaharaReporters suggests that the woman seen hauling the money into the apartment in Ghana-Must-Go bags may have […]

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TSA: Nigerian government realises N7trillion

Daily Dispatch April 17, 2017

The Federal Government recorded over N7 trillion in the Treasury Single Account (TSA) towards the end of March 2017. Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Ahmed Idris has said. In an interview with the Economic Confidential in Abuja, Mr Idris further said the amount represents monies belonging to different Ministries, Departments and Agencies(MDAs) put […]

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FG set to reopen Chibok School 3 years after 276 girls were abducted

Daily Dispatch April 13, 2017

The Federal Government has said that it is working hard to ensure the reopening of Government Girls’ Secondary School, GGSS, Chibok, Borno for normal academic activities in the 2017/2018 session. The Vice-Chairman of the Presidential Committee on North-East Initiative, Tijjani Tumsah made the disclosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on […]