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Suicide bomber hits Borno, kills 4, injures 7

Daily Dispatch May 28, 2018

Four people have been killed and seven others injured as suicide bomber hit the restive town of Konduga in Borno, in the latest Boko Haram attack, the police confirmed on Monday. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Damian Chukwu, told reporters in Maiduguri that the jihadists detonated

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Oby Ezekwesili blames Buhari govt for Nigeria’s recession

Daily Dispatch May 28, 2018

A former Education minister, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has blamed President Muhammadu Buhari government for the recession that affected Nigeria within the past three years. She said this while responding to a question on the state of Nigeria in the past three years on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Monday. The BringBackOurGirls campaigner, however, […]

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Heavens will not fall if Obasanjo is prosecuted and jailed if found guilty of misappropriation public funds -Sagay

Daily Dispatch May 28, 2018

Prof. Itse Sagay, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), has declared that heavens won’t fall if former President Olusegun Obasanjo “is prosecuted and jailed” should he be found guilty in the alleged misappropriation of public funds. Recall that Buhari had last week at the Presidential Villa, Abuja wondered what Obasanjo achieved after

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Buhari chides SGF for not inviting Orubebe to democracy lecture

Daily Dispatch May 28, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday faulted the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation for not inviting a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsay Orubebe, to the 2018 Democracy Day Lecture. Orubebe had during the release of the result of the 2015 presidential election attempted to disrupt the process. Buhari said […]

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Breaking: Ex-Tribune Politics Editor Found Dead In Abuja Home

Daily Dispatch May 28, 2018

A former Political Editor of the Nigerian Tribune, Idowu Samuel, is dead. He was believed to have died on Monday in his Abuja home.

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Democracy Day: Buhari to address Nigerian tomorrow

Daily Dispatch May 28, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari will make a national broadcast on Tuesday, as part of the celebration of 19 years of unbroken democracy. Nigeria since 1999 has been observing 29 May as Democracy Day. According to Femi Adesina, President Buhari’s media adviser, television and radio stations are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the […]