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Quit notice: IPOB warns against killing of any Igbo in the north

Daily Dispatch June 26, 2017

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Monday warned that if any Igbo is killed in the North as a result of the quit notice issued by Arewa youths, “Hausa-Fulanis will get a dose of their senseless attacks and stupidity back.” IPOB, while issuing the threat warned the North that, “Biafrans

NEWS

Man killed by gunmen in Yenagoa not NYSC member — Spokesman

Daily Dispatch June 26, 2017

Samuel Collins, the 31-year-old man shot dead by unknown gunmen on Saturday in Yenagoa, is not a corps member, an official of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) in Bayelsa, has said. Mr Mathew Ngobua, Head, Public Relations Unit, NYSC office Yenagoa, made the clarification on Monday in Yenagoa in an interview with the News […]

TOP STORIES

Sallah Day Bombing: 16 confirmed dead in Borno multiple suicide attacks

Daily Dispatch June 26, 2017

No fewer than 16 persons have been confirmed dead in multiple suicide bombs attacks in Borno State between Sunday night and Monday morning. The attacks began at about 10:21pm on Sunday at the University of Maiduguri, which is located in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. According to a statement by the Borno State Commissioner of […]

Politics

Dino Melaye’s Recall: Calm down, don’t worry yourself about INEC, Bello tells Senator

Daily Dispatch June 26, 2017

In reaction to the allegations that the process of collating the signatures needed for the recall of Dino Melaye – the Senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly – was fraudulent, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has asked the embattled Senator not to worry about INEC. Senator Melaye last week alleged that governor […]

BUSINESS

CBN’s intervention in forex market temporal – Prof. Nwaekeaku

Daily Dispatch June 26, 2017

Prof. Charles Nwaekeaku of Nassarawa State University, says the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) interventions in the Foreign Exchange Market (FOREX) is a temporary relief. Nwaekeaku, a lecturer at the Pubic Administration Department, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that CBN might not be able to sustain the interventions. “CBN’s intervention in […]

Sport

No national team without grassroots development – Ogunjobi

Daily Dispatch June 26, 2017

Taiwo Ogunjobi, a former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said on Monday that the success of National Teams is hinged on grassroots development. Ogunjobi made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. “I believe every concerned football enthusiast is beginning to see that the grassroots remain […]