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Jammeh’ll Not Step On Jan. 18- Gambian Minister

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2017

Gambia’s outgoing President Yayah Jammeh will not step down when his mandate which ends on Jan. 18, in spite of his electoral defeat, the Information Ministry said on Thursday. The autocrat, who ruled the small West African nation for 22 years, will remain in office until the Supreme Court

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Boko Haram: FG Working To Ensure Remaining Chibok Girls Return Safely- Buhari Assures Malala

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his administration’s unrelenting efforts to ensure safe return of remaining Chibok still in captivity. Responding to a letter written to him by Ms. Malala Yousafzai, the Co-Founder of the Malala Fund, President Buhari said while he cannot divulge the details of ongoing negotiations to secure the release of the girls […]

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Breaking: Nig. Govt. May Grant Asylum To Jammeh

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2017

With six days to go when Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh’s  constitutional term in office will ends, Nigeria’s House of Representatives is to consider whether the country should grant asylum to him. Abdulrazak Namdas, spokesman of House of Reps told  BBC Hausa service that the  Lower House will be debating the motion today. Mr. Jammeh lost […]

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Allow Saro-wiwa’s Widow Access To Legal Document- Shell’s Lawyer Told

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2017

The widow of an activist executed after protesting against Royal Dutch Shell’s oil production in Nigeria has won access to legal documents for use in a legal case for damages against the oil giant that she says she plans to launch in the Netherlands. A U.S. judge in December told Shell’s U.S. lawyers to give […]

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Breaking: New Ambassadorial List: Mamora, Tallen, Bugaje Missing

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted a new list of non-career Ambassadorial nominees with the exclusion of Senator Olorunimbe Mamora,  Dr. Usman Bugaje and PauIine Tallen who were on the list submitted last year. The Senate had last year rejected the list of the 47 non-career Ambassadorial nominees of President Buhari following the outcry that trailed […]

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Breaking: New Ambassadorial List: Mamora, Pauline and Bugaje Missing

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted a new list of non-career Ambassadorial nominees with the exclusion of Senator Olorunimbe Mamora,  Dr. Usman Bugaje and PauIine Tallen who were on the list submitted last year. The Senate had last year rejected the list of the 47 non-career Ambassadorial nominees of President Buhari following the outcry that trailed […]