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Eviction Threat: You do not have the mandate to speak for the North-Southern Kaduna Peoples Union tells Northern Youths

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2017

The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) says the coalition of northern youth who ordered Igbo to leave the north do not have the mandate to speak for the entire region. In a statement in Kaduna on Friday, SOKAPU said the position of the coalition should not be taken as that of the entire

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Money from North was used to develop Igbo, Yoruba lands – Ango Abdullahi

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2017

The spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Ango Abdullahi has alleged that resources from the North was used to develop other regions of Nigeria. Abdullahi made the claim while berating people of the South for saying people of the North were cheating them in the area of resource control. Speaking in Zaria on Friday, […]

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Tuface pledges to donate proceeds to UNHCR for IDPs, refugees

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2017

Music icon, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as Tuface, has pledged to donate the proceeds from his song to the UN High Commission for Refugees, Nigeria to assist Internally Displaced Persons. Tuface, who is the Chairman of the Tuface Foundation, made the pledge on Thursday when he visited the UNHCR office in Abuja. He said that […]

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PHOTOS: EFCC seals alleged Patience Jonathan”s multi-billion naira property

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2017

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) today sealed a multi-billion naira property allegedly belonging to a former first lady of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan. The property located in Abuja around Mabushi area was marked “keep off” “under Investigation” and so on.  

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Google, others to train 6,000 African journalists on web

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2017

Google says it is supporting a Digital Journalism Initiative to train 6,000 African journalists within the next nine months. The Head, Training and Development at Google News Lab, Daniel Sieberg, made this known in a statement issued on Thursday in Lagos. Sieberg said that the training would be done in collaboration with the World Bank […]

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Islamic State threatens attacks in Saudi Arabia

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2017

Islamic State (IS) threatened attacks in Saudi Arabia after the militant group claimed responsibility for assaults in Tehran that killed 17 people, Site Intelligence monitoring group reported on Friday. Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the Iranian parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini’s mausoleum in Tehran on Wednesday. Scores of people were also wounded. IS claimed