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Buhari is clean but habouring corrupt people – David-West

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2017

Elder statesman and former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Prof. Tam David-West has claimed that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government is habouring corrupt people. He, therefore, called on the President to urgently kick them out of his government. David-West, who spoke with newsmen

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Over one million children flee South Sudan war -UN

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2017

War has now forced more than one million children to flee South Sudan and uprooted 1.4 million others within the country, the United Nations said on Monday. Children make up 62 percent of the 1.8 million people who have fled South Sudan for refugee camps in neighbouring Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda since the civil war […]

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Millions of Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram risk statelessness, UN warns

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2017

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees, UNHCR, Regional Representative for West Africa, Liz Ahua, says massive displacement in Nigeria’s North-East zone poses great dangers of statelessness for victims. Mrs. Ahua said this on Sunday in Banjul at the opening ceremony of a three-day ministerial meeting on the Adoption of the Regional Plan of Action […]

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Jonathan congratulates Franch President-elect Emmanuel Macron

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2017

Former president Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated French president-elect Emmanuel Macron on his emphatic victory against Marine Le Pen in the nation’s presidential run-off. In a message posted on his Facebook page, Jonathan said: “As a democrat who believes in one man one vote, one woman one vote and one youth one vote as the ultimate […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Head of Isis in Afghanistan confirmed killed in joint US operation

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2017

The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abdul Hasib, has been killed by Afghan and US special forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar, according to officials. Hasib, appointed last year after his predecessor Hafiz Saeed Khan died in a US drone strike, is believed to have ordered a series of high profile attacks including […]

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MOTORISTS, RESIDENTS APPLAUDS EFFICIENCY OF TRACE

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2017

Motorists plying Ogun State roads and residents have gave kudos to the Traffic Compliance and Enlightenment Corps,(TRACE), over it efficiency in road control across the length and breadth of the state. The scores of people interviewed by our correspondent posited that, the Seni Ogunyemi led agency has continued to show its  competence and commitment to […]