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Invasion Of Premium Times: Call MilitaryTo Order‎, Nigerians Tells Buhari

Daily Dispatch January 21, 2017

Omooba Risawe Media practitioners and public analysists have called on President Muhammed Buhari to cautioned the military over the invasion of Premium Times,and arrest of publisher and a reporter by security operatives. The call was made on Friday on a live radio programme,\’gentlemen of

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Premium Times: SERAP, NUJ drag FG, others to UN over ‘crackdown on journalists

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2017

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and the Nigerian Union of Journalists have sent an urgent appeal to David Kaye, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, requesting him to “urgently intervene to prevail on the Federal Government, the Nigerian Army, police and several […]

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Anti-Trump Activists Try To Block Access To Inauguration

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2017

Liberal activists protesting U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration scuffled with police in Washington on Friday after attempting to block the Republican real estate developer’s supporters streaming in for the ceremony. About 900,000 people were expected to pack the grassy National Mall facing the Capitol, where Trump will be sworn in, as well as the parade […]

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Lai Mohammed calls for institutionalised stakeholders’ meeting for Digital Switch Over success

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2017

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called for the institutionalisation of regular meetings of stakeholders in the Digital Switch Over (DSO) with a view to ensuring that Nigeria meets the June 2017 deadline for migrating from Analogue to Digital Broadcasting. The Minister made the call in Abuja on Thursday when he hosted […]

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$2.1b Arms Scandal: Group Storm EFCC Office Demand Fayose’s Prosecution

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2017

Women under the aegis of Patriotic Mothers without Borders on Friday stormed the Abuja headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission calling for the “arrest, investigation and prosecution” of Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State over his involvement in the $2.1 billion arms deal scandal. Chanting “Fayose must go”, the women, numbering about 300, […]

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FAAC: Monthly allocation to FG, States, LGA’s increase by N13b in January

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2017

The allocation to the three tiers of government witnessed a significant increase as the sum of N400 billion has been distributed  as Federal allocation in the month of January 2017.  The N400 billion which was distributed on Friday depicted a N13.121 billion increase from the N386.879billion shared in December. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun who Briefed […]