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Operation Yaki arrests 6 suspected kidnappers in Kaduna

Daily Dispatch June 18, 2017

Kaduna State internal security outfit known as Operation Yaki has arrested six people suspected to be kidnappers terrorizing travellers along the Kaduna–Abuja highway. A statement on Sunday by Samuel Aruwan, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Nasir el-Rufai on Media and Publicity,  said

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FG seizes back DISCO contract, to roll out 3m prepaid meters

Daily Dispatch June 18, 2017

More than three million pre-payment meters are to be rolled out under the Federal Government’s intervention programme, power minister Babatunde Fashola said Sunday. It comes after Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) have been deemed incapable of providing meters for homes across the country since 2003 when they were awarded the contract. “I inherited it, they were

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Quit notice: Osinbajo, Igbo traditional rulers meet in Aso Rock

Daily Dispatch June 18, 2017

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo sunday met with traditional rulers from the southeast in furtherance of his engagements with stakeholders over the agitation for Biafra and the October 1 ultimatum some northern youths gave the Igbo to vacate the region. The acting president had last week begun a series of consultations over the issue. He had met separately with leaders of

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Flush out corrupt members, Osinbajo challenges Church leaders

Daily Dispatch June 18, 2017

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has called on church leaders to ostracise and expose their members who grow rich through fraudulent means. Mr. Osinbajo stated this on Sunday at the Aso Villa chapel during a special service to mark this years’ Father’s Day. The acting president, who is also a senior pastor of the Redeemed […]

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BREAKING: Violence erupts in Taraba community, three feared killed

Daily Dispatch June 18, 2017

Fresh communal clash has broken out in Gembu, Nguroje and other parts of Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State. The violence is suspected to be between the Kakas and Fulani ethnic groups. Locals say that the crisis erupted Sunday morning after some youth took to the streets destroying property and smashing vehicles. “As I […]

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1 million Katsina pupils to enjoy FG’s schools’ feeding programme

Daily Dispatch June 18, 2017

Over 1 million primary school pupils in Katsina State would benefit from the Federal Government’s Schools’ Feeding programme, an official has said. The Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Masari on Girl-child Education and Child Development, Hajiya Binta Abba, disclosed this on Sunday in Katsina at the opening ceremony of a one-day workshop on the feeding […]