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Female IDPs accuse soldiers of demanding sex in exchange for favours

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

Some victims of the conflict in the north-east have accused soldiers and members of the civilian joint task force of raping women and girls in internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps and a hospital in Borno state. In a petition seen by the victims under the Knifar Movement, a body advocating

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Aisha Buhari: My husband is recovering fast… he’ll return soon

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

Aisha Buhari, wife of Nigeria’s president, says her husband who is receiving medical attention in London, is recovering fast and will return to the country soon, The Nation report. President Muhammadu Buhari, who had earlier spent 49 days in London over his ill-health, returned to the UK for medical follow-up on May 7. His wife joined […]

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FG vows to prosecute purveyors of fake news

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

The Federal Government on Sunday said that it will not relent until it has exposed those behind the fake news phenomenon in the country and bring them to justice. In a statement in Abuja, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said that those behind the fake news had the intention of destabilising […]

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Sponsored Ramadan Message: *RAMADAN (DAY 9)*

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

A’isha reported Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) as saying: When a woman spends (something as Sadaqa) out of the household of her husband without causing any damage, there is a reward for her and for him too like it for whatever he earned, and for her (for the wife) because of her spending (for the sake of […]

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CJN approves news registrar for supreme court

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has approved the appointment of a new Chief Registrar for the Supreme Court. The newly appointed registrar, Hadizatu Mustapha, will assume office on July 1. She is to replace the current Chief Registrar, Ahmad Saleh, who has been appointed the new Secretary of the National Judicial Council, NJC. […]

BUSINESS

NNPC calls for the enactment of gas flaring law in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Sunday, stated that Nigeria’s revenue would grow significantly if a law prohibiting gas flaring by oil and gas companies operating in Nigeria is enacted. According to a statement by the NNPC, its Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru, who was represented by the Managing Director of the Nigerian Petroleum […]