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Regional ministers adopt plan to eradicate Boko Haram

Daily Dispatch July 8, 2017

The Council of Ministers of Defence of the Lake Chad Basin Commission and the Republic of Benin have adopted a new plan “to completely eradicate” the Boko Haram terrorist group in the region. The draft document prepared by military experts, Chiefs of Defence Staff and heads of intelligence and

EDUCATION

Scholarship Scheme: PTDF introduces Federal Character principle

Daily Dispatch July 8, 2017

The Petroleum Development Fund (PTDF), on Saturday said Federal Character principle was used in the shortlisting of candidates for the electronic Aptitude test for the overseas and local Msc scholarship scheme. The Executive Secretary, Dr Bello Aliyu Gusua disclosed this to newsmen while supervising the examination at the Chams City Center in Abuja. He said […]

Video with Nnamdi Kanu campaigning for a united Nigeria goes viral + video

Daily Dispatch July 8, 2017

A video with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, advocating for a united Nigeria has gone viral. The video, shot in 2012, saw Kanu joining other protesters in London to demand for a united Nigeria. The protest, in front of the country’s embassy in the United Kingdom, was against the killings […]

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Nigerian Army Begins De-radicalisation Of 53 Repentant Boko Haram Insurgents

Daily Dispatch July 8, 2017

Maj.-Gen. Attahiru Ibrahim, the Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maiduguri, on Saturday transferred 53 Boko Haram insurgents who had surrendered, to the military rehabilitation centre for de-radicalisation process. Ibrahim disclosed this at the handing over of the former insurgents to the Commander, Operation Safe Corridor, in Maiduguri. “We have started the

NEWS

Nigeria summons Cameroon’s envoy over Bakassi killings

Daily Dispatch July 8, 2017

Nigeria has summoned Cameroon’s High Commissioner, Amb. Abbas Salahedine, to give explanations on the report of maltreatment and killings of Nigerians in the Bakassi Peninsula by Cameroonian Gendarmes Foreign Affairs ministry’s Spokesperson, Mrs Jane Adams, expressed dismay on the incident. She said the Nigerian citizens in Bakassi are reported to have been subjected to

Police Denies Story On disappearance Of Billionaire Kidnapper, Evans

Daily Dispatch July 8, 2017

Police authorities on Saturday dismissed insinuations that the suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly called Evans, had vanished from police custody in Lagos. A national daily (The Sun) on its Saturday’s cover page alleged that Evans had been moved from his cell by about 30 heavily armed policemen, giving room to further speculations on the […]