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Biafra Agitation: You’re on your own-community tells Nnamdi Kanu

Daily Dispatch June 30, 2017

The Isiama Afaraukwu Ibeku Community in Umuahia north local government area of Abia State on Thursday dissociated themselves from the call for succession as being championed by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. DAILY POST reports that the community pledged their

N603million traces to civil servant’s wife – EFCC

Daily Dispatch June 30, 2017

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has traced N603m to Mrs Esther Habu, the wife of Mr Josiah Habu, who is the Director of the Bioresources Development Centre in Bayelsa State. Established in 2003 by the National Biotechnology Development Agency under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, BIODEC is […]

BREAKING: Osun pensioners picket state secretariat over unpaid pension arrears

Daily Dispatch June 30, 2017

Pensioners in Osun State on Friday stormed the State Secretariat and locked put workers in continuation of their protest to press home demand for payment of their pension arrears and gratuities. The pensioners started the fresh protest on Thursday and continued early Friday morning before workers could arrive for work. The protesters locked the main […]

COLUMNS

The unspoken message in Buhari’s voice note, by Azu Ishiekwene

Daily Dispatch June 30, 2017

When the Presidency decided that it would not make any statement about President Muhammadu Buhari’s health status on his second medical trip to the UK where he has now spent half of the year, it opened the door for rumours to thrive and fester. Of course, there is a sense in which the government can […]

NEWS

Two killed in double suicide attack at Niger refugee camp

Daily Dispatch June 30, 2017

Two women bombers blew themselves up in a refugee camp in southeastern Niger, killing two other people in a suspected attack by Boko Haram Islamists from neighbouring Nigeria. Boko Haram’s insurgency began in northeast Nigeria and has spread to Chad, Cameroon and Niger, claiming more than 20,000 lives and displacing 2.6 million people. They are […]

NEWS

Acting President Arrives Lagos For Christopher Kolade Lecture

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2017

The Acting President, Yemi Osibajo has arrived the Lagos venue of the 5thAnnual Christopher Kolade Lecture on Business Integrity In his welcome address, Dr. Christopher Kolade said the Integrity Organisation was established 20 years ago as a society of people with zero tolerance for corruption. He said the organisation has continued to drive the vision […]