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South African Police Fire Rubber Bullets at Anti-immigrant March

Daily Dispatch February 24, 2017

South African police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades to break up clashes between local protesters and migrants in Pretoria on Friday at a march against immigration, an AFP journalist said. Shops and homes owned by foreigners have been looted and torched in recent weeks, with some locals

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Seized Property: Judge Withdraws From Adegboruwa’s Case

Daily Dispatch February 24, 2017

Justice Oluremi Oguntoyibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos Friday withdrew from the trial of activist-lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa. She said would return the case file to the Chief Judge, Justice Ibrahim Auta, for re-assignment to another judge. Justice Oguntoyibo said she was withdrawing from the case for “personal reasons.” The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission

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Breaking News: Akeredolu Sworn – in As Governor

Daily Dispatch February 24, 2017

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Rotimi Akeredolu, has been sworn-in as the governor of Ondo State. Akeredolu, a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was sworn-in as the sixth governor of the state at exactly 11:34am on Friday. The former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, emerged winner of the November 26 […]

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Zuma Condemns Violence Against Foreigners

Daily Dispatch February 24, 2017

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has condemned acts of violence between citizens and non-nationals, his office said on Friday. Anti-immigrant violence has flared sporadically in South Africa against a background of near-record unemployment, with foreigners being accused of taking jobs from citizens and getting involved in crime. Citizens in Pretoria are set to march

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Mimiko Reveals His Greatest Regret As Governor of Ondo State

Daily Dispatch February 24, 2017

Outgoing governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, has disclosed that his inability to pay salaries as at when due was one of his biggest insurmountable challenges his administration faced in its eight years of governance. Recall that Mimiko had yesterday handed over power to the incoming governor of the state, Rotimi Akeredolu. In his farewell […]

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Famine: Nigeria, Norway and Germany Will Today Organise A Conference To Raise Fund For North East, Lake Chad Region

Daily Dispatch February 24, 2017

  Nigeria, Norway and Germany will today Friday organise an International Conference in Oslo aimed at increasing funding for the crisis in north-east Nigeria and the wider Lake Chad region. Hundreds of thousands of children under the age of five in north-eastern Nigeria will suffer from severe acute malnutrition this year, with up to 20% dying unless […]