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Nigeria Must Not Scare Away MTN-Shittu

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2017

Nigeria must not scare away MTN, its minister of communications said, as lawmakers investigate alleged illegal money transfers just three months after the government fined Africa’s biggest telecoms firm over $1 billion. The comments by Adebayo Shittu are the government’s first

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Church Leaders Who Are Against FRCN Act Are Money Launderers- Bakare

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2017

The General Overseer of The Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has described those kicking against the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria Act, ‎2011 as money launderers, who are trying to cover their iniquities. Bakare, who made this known on Sunday during his church service, described opponents of the law as lawless. According to him, by opposing […]

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Tinubu Used His Private Jet To Flew Jammeh Into Exile

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2017

Ousted former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh departed his country late on Saturday, January 21 after agreeing to step down for the newly-inaugurated leader Adama Barrow who won the December 1, 2016 presidential polls. What many people did not know however, is that the Gambian president flew out into exile in Guinea on the private jet […]

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I am Alive, Buhari Show Prove

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2017

Following reports of his alleged demise in the UK, President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed and provided evidence that he is alive and well. President Buhari has released a photo as proof of life that he is doing well. The president took to his personal Twitter to release a picture of himself lounging in the UK […]

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Fresh Kaduna Attack: One Killed Six Injured

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2017

Unknown gunmen have attacked Zankan village in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna state, killing one person and injuring five others. Spokesman for the Kaduna State Police Command, Aliyu Usman, who confirmed the incident, said that the gunmen invaded the community, a predominantly Fulani settlement on Saturday night and opened fire on the residents. He […]

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Gambia: Dogara Commends Buhari, ECOWAS Leaders

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2017

The Speaker of the House of Representatives in Nigeria, Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and other ECOWAS leaders for the role they played in averting a major political crisis in The Gambia. In a statement issued on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Turaki Hassan, Dogara […]