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Nigeria wasn’t represented at inauguration of US embassy in Jerusalem- FG

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2018

The federal government says there was no Nigerian representative at the inauguration of the US embassy in Jerusalem. Al Jazeera had reported that Nigeria was among the countries that were represented at the event. A presidential official had said Geoffrey Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs,

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Again 10 killed as Bandits sack 4 Kaduna villages

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2018

Days after the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai opened a military operation base in Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna state, armed bandits have overrun four villages within the area killing over 10 persons. The attack took place in Mashigi, Dakwaro, Sabon gida, and another village near Dakwaro all in Kakangi […]

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Ramadan Should Be A Time Of Self-Examination, APC Tells Muslims

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2018

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has felicitated with Muslim faithful over the beginning of the Holy month of Ramadan. The Party describes the period as a time of introspection and called on all Muslims as well as Nigerians to use the period to pray for the continuous unity, peace, prosperity and general well-being of the […]

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Ali Modu-Sherrif shuns journalists after meeting Buhari

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2018

A former National Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Ali Modu-Sherrif, on Thursday avoided journalists after meeting behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari. The meeting, which lasted about an hour, was held inside the President’s office. On arrival at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, for the meeting at about 2.40pm, Sherrif had promised to […]

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Court dismisses Bola Shagaya’s application seeking to unfreeze N1.9billion Unity Bank Account

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2018

The Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed an application seeking to unfreeze a Unity Bank account with a balance of N1,902,673,399.93 belonging to Hajiya Bola Shagaya. Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo, in a judgment on Thursday, threw out Shagaya’s application, declaring that it lacked merit. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had on December 29, 2016 […]

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Four killed as suicide bomber hits Borno IDP camp

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2018

No fewer than four people were killed in Maiduguri after a suicide bomber hit an open-air mosque for refugees in Borno State. It was gathered that the suspected Boko Haram bomber, who disguised as a worshipper, detonated his explosives at a camp for people displaced by the insurgency in Dikwa, a town 90 kilometres (55 […]