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We invited Filipino Doctor to Treat Abacha Because They Are Cheap-Rtd. Gen. Ovadje

Daily Dispatch July 2, 2017

Retired military medical doctor and first African winner of the World Health Organization, WHO, Gold Award, Brig. Gen. Oviemo Ovadje has given reasons why unqualified Filipino doctors were invited to give medical attention to late Head of States, Gen. Sani Abacha. He said the Presidency in

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Withdraw bill granting full amnesty to treasury looters

Daily Dispatch July 2, 2017

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sent an open letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Dogara Yakubu, urging him to use his “leadership position to take without delay all necessary measures to withdraw the bill to grant full and complete amnesty to suspected looters and allow them to keep […]

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Nigeria Office To Be Forced To Leave Taipei

Daily Dispatch July 2, 2017

Nigeria Trade Office in Taiwan will be forced to relocate outside Taipei following the forced eviction of Taiwanese diplomats from the nation’s trade mission in Nigeria’s capital, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. The Nigerian government on Friday sent 25 armed police officers to seal off the Taiwanese office and force remaining personnel to […]

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Police, OPC arrests 15 Badoo members in Ikorodu

Daily Dispatch July 2, 2017

The Lagos State Police Command working in conjunction with Odua Peoples’ Congress (OPC), Onyabo and local vigilantes in Ikorodu axis of Lagos State have arrested 15 suspects in connection with the activities of the dreaded Badoo in Ikorodu. The team, in an operation, which started this morning witnessed the movement of a combined team of […]

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Biafra: We are for Nigeria – South East governors, leaders, Ohanaeze, others

Daily Dispatch July 2, 2017

South East governors, leaders and other stakeholders have opposed Biafra agitation and reiterated their commitment to a united Nigeria. The leaders also backed the call for full restructuring of the country on the platform of fairness and equity. Chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum, Dave Umahi, announced in the early hours of Sunday in […]

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Ogoni widows file civil writ accusing Shell of complicity in Nigeria killings

Daily Dispatch July 1, 2017

The widows of men who were hanged by Nigeria’s military government in the 1990s have launched a civil case against Shell, accusing it of complicity in their husbands’ executions. Esther Kiobel, the widow of Dr Barinem Kiobel, and three other women whose husbands were hanged in 1995, served a writ in a Dutch court this […]