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Ramadan: Etsu Nupe cautions against provocative sermons

Daily Dispatch May 20, 2018

The Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, has warned Muslim preachers against provocative sermons capable of inciting the public during and after Ramadan. Abubakar, who is also the Chairman, Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, gave the warning on Sunday in Bida, Niger State when he met with

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I want to be Africa’s biggest philanthropist, Dangote says

Daily Dispatch May 20, 2018

Billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote, says besides being Africa’s richest man, he also wants to be known as the biggest philanthropist on the continent. This, he explained, was the motivation for the Aliko Dangote Foundation, on which platform a total of N2.5bn had been disbursed to 256,500 women across Kano, Lagos, Jigawa, Kogi, Adamawa, Borno and […]

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Courageous civilians foil suicide attack in Yobe mosque

Daily Dispatch May 20, 2018

The Nigerian Army said some courageous civilians on Sunday foiled a suicide bomb attack by a suspected female Boko Haram member on a mosque in Gashua, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this in a statement released in Maiduguri. “What would […]

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‘Transmission’ speech: PPRO Badmus blasts critics of IGP Idris, says ‘criminals’ doctored video

Daily Dispatch May 20, 2018

The Zonal Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Dolapo Badmus, has lashed out at those condemning the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris over alleged inability to read his speech. Last week, a video showing the Police boss struggling to read at a function in Kano, surfaced online. However, reacting to the video, both the police and […]

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N500m monthly loan repayments responsible for irregular salary in Kogi —Govt

Daily Dispatch May 20, 2018

The Kogi State Government says huge loan servicing is responsible for its inability to pay the salaries of its workers regularly. The state Director-General, Media and Publicity, Mr. Kingsley Fanwo, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lokoja. Fanwo said that the loans were taken by the two previous administrations […]

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Obasanjo backs move for review of NSCDC law

Daily Dispatch May 20, 2018

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has backed for the move to review the act setting up the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to reduce security threats in the country. Obasanjo, whose administration in 2005, provided the legal statute for the transformation of the civil defence, emphasized that there was nothing wrong to seek improvement […]