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Boko Haram: NSCDC deploys 600 personnel to worship centres in Maiduguri

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Borno Command, has deployed about 600 personnel to various worship centres in Maiduguri to assure worshipers of their safety. The State Commandant of the Corps, Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, made the disclosure on Sunday in Maiduguri in an

NEWS

Late Kudirat Abiola: Lagos State Government wants to kill me at cost, I did not killer her- Al-Mustapha

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

The former Chief Security Officer to late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, Hamzat Al-Mustapha has cried out that those behind his case are bent on making sure he die by hanging. Al-Mustapha noted that if he had been guilty of all allegations against him, his conscience would not allow him to speak about what […]

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Northern cabals using the army to fly coup kite-Okurounmu

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

Chieftain of the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, Senator Femi Okurounmu, has accused ‘northern cabal’ of using the Nigerian Army to fly coup kite to see how Nigerians will react. Okurounmu said the north was already warming up to retain power in case President Muhammadu Buhari dies in office. He was reacting to a recent statement by […]

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Allegation of double voter registration: Investigation is on going- INEC Boss, says Yahaya can be prosecuted

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has disclosed that an investigation is in progress on the double voter registration saga involving Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. The INEC Chairman who said the commission is waiting for the outcome of the investigation, hinted that the governor can still be prosecuted after

TECHNOLOGY

FUTA launches Birds 1 Satellite

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

The Federal University of Technology Akure on Saturday made history when the SpaceX Falcon9 Rocket launched Birds 1 satellites, comprising five CubeSats belonging to Japan, Ghana, Mongolia, Nigeria and Bangladesh, into Space from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA. The Nigerian CubeSat, code name NigeriaEdusat-1, is designed, built and owned by FUTA in collaboration with

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Seven killed, 48 injured in London Bridge attack

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

Seven people have now been confirmed killed and at least 48 injured in a terror incident in London in which three male attackers were also shot dead by police. A white van hit pedestrians on London Bridge at about 22:00 BST on Saturday before three men got out and stabbed people in nearby Borough Market. […]