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Police investigate ritual activities in Borno

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2018

The Borno Police Command says it is investigating the activities of ritualists to curb their nefarious activities in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Damian Chukwu, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Sunday. Chukwu said detectives were probing the

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IGP denies refusing to honour Senate’s invitation

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2018

The Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris has said that there was never a time he turned down the invitation of the Senate. Speaking in Kano on Saturday on a local Radio Station, Idris  affirmed that he has never at any time refused to honour the invitation of the Senate, because he holds them in […]

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Okonjo-Iweala denies calling Amaechi, Fashola scavengers

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2018

Former Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has slammed those she termed “mischief-makers” for “putting words” in her mouth, saying she described former governors Rotimi Amaechi and Raji Fashola, now ministers, as scavengers. Okonjo-Iweala, who was also a former minister of finance during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, was

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Saraki mourns CAN’s scribe, Musa Asake

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2018

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has expressed sadness over the demise of a foremost Christian leader and General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Dr. Musa Asake. Saraki in a statement by his Special  Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, described the late Asake as a great […]

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Disobedience to court rulings, orders, SERAP drags FG to UN

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2018

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned Mr. Diego García-Sayán, UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers requesting him to use his good offices to prevail on the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to end persistent disobedience of court rulings and orders. SERAP also wants Mr. Garcia-Sayan to urge President

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BEWARE OF FAKE STATEMENTS ASCRIBED TO PRESIDENT BUHARI…FEMI ADESINA 

Daily Dispatch May 9, 2018

  The public is hereby alerted to a new dimension in the orchestrated plot to diminish the stature of President Muhammadu Buhari before millions of Nigerians who love and adore their President.   First, it was a pernicious twisting and misinterpretation of the words of the President by mischievous elements, perhaps they can earn him […]