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FG Recall Sacked NCAA Directors

Daily Dispatch February 25, 2017

The Federal Government has recalled two out of the nine directors who were sacked from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority on Friday. Those recalled were Alhaji Adamu Abdullahi, the Director of Consumer Protection; and Captain Ayodele Sasegbon, the Director of General Aviation. Sam

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Amosun Rescue Accident Victims on Akure-Ondo Road

Daily Dispatch February 25, 2017

  Omooba Risawe Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Friday,  coordinate the rescue of three accident victims along the ever busy, Akure-Ondo Road in Ondo State.   He was coming from swearing-in ceremony of his Ondo state Capital, Rotimi Akeredolu when he came across the accident scene and stopped his convoy.   Amosun personally […]

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Finally, Buhari Speaks With Adesina In Saturday Phone Call

Daily Dispatch February 25, 2017

The Presidency has given a positive readout of the long-awaited phone call Saturday between President Muhammadu Buhari and his  media spokesperson Femi Adesina.  Adesina in a message said the president called him today. At exactly 2.43 p.m today, Saturday, February 25, 2017, my phone rang. Who was at the other end? Tunde Sabiu, personal assistant […]

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UK Pledges Support For Fight Against Insurgency

Daily Dispatch February 25, 2017

The Royal British Army has expressed readiness to assist the Nigerian military in training support and capacity building in the effort to bring an end to insurgency in the North East. The Defence Adviser to the United Kingdom in Nigeria, Brigadier General Charles Calder, who assumed duty recently, made this known when he paid a […]

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ACT Drags South Africa to UN, AU

Daily Dispatch February 25, 2017

A youth group, Advocates for Collective Transformation and Youth Empowerment Initiative (ACT), has lamented over the Xenophobic attacks in South Africa. They stated that young Nigerians in South Africa are the major victim of the attacks even as they called on the UN and the AU to intervene immediately. The group in a press statement […]

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Donors Pledge $672m For Tackling of Boko Haram Crisis

Daily Dispatch February 25, 2017

The Oslo Conference on Boko Haram humanitarian crisis realised $672 million in pledges from 14 donors on Friday. The spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Stephane Dujarric, disclosed this at a press briefing in the Norwegian capital. He said the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, welcomed the donors’ pledges. Dujarric explained that the