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No amount of praying, fasting can make Nigeria great without hardwork- Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2017

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo Wednesday said that without commitment to hardwork, no amount of praying and fasting can take Nigeria’s economy to the desired growth. He said that known great economies were built by men and women with patriotic zeal and not spirits, calling for all hands on deck

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IPOB declares sit-at-home in 10 northern cities

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2017

The Indigenous People of Biafra on Wednesday declared that its sit-at-home order scheduled for May 30 had been extended to 10 areas in northern Nigeria and Abuja. It gave the 10 areas to include: Kano, Kaduna, Jos, Makurdi, Gigawa, Jalingo, Yola and Lafia. It added that the order would also be observed in Ibadan, Benin, […]

EDUCATION

Benue translates science textbooks to Tiv language

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2017

The Benue State Universal Basic Education Board has started translating science textbooks into Tiv dialect for easy learning and sustenance of indigenous languages. The Executive Chairman of the board, Mr Philip Tachin, made this known on Wednesday while declaring open, a two-week teacher professional development workshop. The workshop had the theme: “Strengthening

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As Senate President for 8 Years, You Failed Benue State and the Nation -Ortom replies David Mark

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2017

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom and the former Senate President, David Mark, have engaged each other in a war of words over the wheelbarrows branded in Ortom’s name. While the Ortom administration said the wheelbarrows were donated by the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons for victims of armed herdsmen attacks in the state, a

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2017 Hajj Airlift Begins July 24-NAHCON

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2017

The airlift for the 2017 Hajj will commence on July 24, Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Abdullahi Mukhtar Mohammed, announced on Tuesday. Speaking during an interactive session with the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mohammed said the Jeddah International Airport would be closed for Hajj operations on August 26. […]

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Insurgents’ practices barbaric, unislamic, says repentant Boko Haram cleric

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2017

Repentant Boko Haram Arabic teacher Ibrahim Suleiman has described the group’s practices in Sambisa Forest as barbaric and unislamic. Suleiman revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Wednesday. NAN reports that Suleiman willingly surrendered to the military after escaping from Sambisa Forest along with his three children. […]