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Don’t be used as fake news purveyors – Lai Mohammed tells media

Daily Dispatch November 27, 2018

The Federal Government has charged the media not to allow itself to be used as fake news purveyors during the campaigns for the 2019 general elections. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the admonition on Tuesday in Port Harcourt at the opening of the 71st

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“I’m still in APC, I cannot be part of destroying the mansion I have helped in building” – Rochas Okorocha

Daily Dispatch November 27, 2018

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has said that he is still in the All Progressives Congress, adding that his support for the success of President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election is incontestable and unshakable. Okorocha, who spoke on Tuesday at the Government House, Owerri, during a media parley, also added that Ugwumba Uche Nwosu, remained the […]

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Appoint me to ‘finish’ Boko Haram terrorists, Reps member tells Buhari

Daily Dispatch November 27, 2018

A member of the House of Representatives from Jigawa State, Mr Gudaji Kazaure, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint him as head of a task force to kill Boko Haram insurgents. In a video trending online, the 46-year-old said he was a professional hunter who was familiar with all the bushes occupied by terrorists. […]

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PDP politicising soldiers killing in NE- APC

Daily Dispatch November 27, 2018

The All Progressives Congress (APC, on Tuesday accused the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) of politicising the recent killings of some Nigerian soldiers by Boko Haram sect in the North-East. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu made the allegation in a statement issued in Abuja. Issa-Onilu said the PDP planned to score a cheap […]

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Buhari appoints Kabiru Bala as High Commissioner to South Africa

Daily Dispatch November 27, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Amb. Kabiru Bala as Nigeria’s new High Commissioner to South Africa, with concurrent accreditation to Swaziland and Lesotho. A statement by Ms Sarah Sanda, the Special Assistant on Media to the Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, said this on Monday in Abuja. Sanda stated that the minister presented letter of […]

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MURIC blows hot over Allah’s land allegedly seized by Fayose, urges Fayemi to intervene

Daily Dispatch November 27, 2018

The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has added its voice to the raging land controversy between the Islamic group, Ahmadiyyah Muslims and former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose. Ahmadiyyah Muslims had staged a massive protest in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, penultimate Saturday against Fayose. The group, under the leadership of Bashiru Alawode, accused […]