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I cannot visit West Africa without first visiting Nigeria – US envoy

Daily Dispatch October 25, 2018

The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs, Amb. Tibor Nagy Jr., says he cannot visit West Africa without first visiting Nigeria. Nagy Jr. said in a transcript of his teleconference with journalists from across Africa on Tuesday that he must visit Nigeria as the

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Breaking: Jafar Jafar arrives Kano to meet lawmakers over bribery allegation against Ganduje

Daily Dispatch October 25, 2018

The publisher of news website Daily Nigeria, Jafar Jafar, has arrived in Kano for a meeting with a Kano House of Assembly Committee investigating the bribery allegation against Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. Jafar is expected to proceed from the airport to meet with the committee, which was set up on October 15, to investigate the authenticity […]

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NSCDC storms Cross River creek, arrests seven suspected oil thieves

Daily Dispatch October 25, 2018

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has apprehended seven suspected members of an oil bunkering gang with over 200 drums of diesel valued at over N10 million at a creek in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State. The creek, located at the Jebbs area of Calabar South, is said to be […]

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Chris Ngige: Muhammadu Buhari will never tamper with activities of organised labour

Daily Dispatch October 25, 2018

The Federal Government says it will not restrain the activities of organised labour in the country but will continue to engage them in dialogue. Dr Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, spoke in Abuja, when a delegation of the organisation of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU), paid him a courtesy visit. Ngige, via […]

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NNPC raises alarm on fuel fire, pipeline explosion during Yuletide

Daily Dispatch October 24, 2018

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has raised alarm over fuel fire and pipeline explosion as the dry season draws near in the country. The corporation also warned petroleum products consumers across the nation against mishandling of white products, adding that experience had shown that commuters stock petroleum products at home or move about with […]

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El-Zakzaky followers warns police, Kano State Govt not interrupt their symbolic trek

Daily Dispatch October 24, 2018

The Academic Forum of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) has appealed to the police and Kano government not to interrupt in the 2018 Arbaen symbolic trek to mark the mausoleum of Imam Husain which will commence on Thursday. Addressing Reporters at the Kano NUJ press centre, spokesman of the group, Dr. Dauda Nalado, said […]