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BREAKING: 8 feared dead as Boko Haram opens fire on traveler in Borno

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram Islamist, on Saturday, April 8, opened fire at private and commercial vehicles along the Maiduguri-Damboa road, Borno State, killing eight people. Daily Dispatch gathered that vehicles attacked were those going to southern part of Borno state from Maiduguri,

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Buhari, Tinubu felicitate with Dangote @ 60

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari and a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have felicitated with Africa’s renowned businessman and philanthropist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on his 60th birthday. In separate statements, Buhari and Tinubu described Dangote as a successful businessman worth emulating. In a statement on Sunday, Buhari said he

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SERAP to Buhari: Refer high-profile corruption cases to International Criminal Court

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

Following a string of court rulings against high-profile corruption cases last week, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “adopt a revolutionary approach to his government’s fight against corruption by referring high-level official corruption cases to the International Criminal Court for investigation and possible

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Census may hold early 2018 – NPC

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

Dr Ghaji Bello, Director General of the National Population Commission says the National Population Census will hold in 2018 if necessary logistics are provided. Bello, in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York on Sunday, said that the exercise should have been conducted in 2016 in line with international practice. “If […]

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Breaking: Explosion At Egypt Nile Delta Church Kills 25, injures 60

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

At least 25 people were killed and 60 injured on Sunday when an explosion rocked a Coptic church in Egypt’s Nile Delta, state television reported, the latest assault on a religious minority that has increasingly been targeted by Islamist militants. There was no immediate claim of responsibility and the cause of the blast, just one […]

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How Obasanjo’s govt plotted to kill me, ex-army chief Bamaiyi says

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

A former Chief of Army Staff, Ishaya Bamaiyi, has narrated how the Nigerian government under former President Olusegun Obasanjo allegedly plotted to kill him while he was in detention for over eight years. Mr. Bamaiyi, a retired lieutenant general, was detained in October 1999 and charged for the attempted murder of the late publisher of […]