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Census may hold early 2018 – NPC

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

Dr Ghaji Bello, Director General of the National Population Commission says the National Population Census will hold in 2018 if necessary logistics are provided. Bello, in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York on Sunday, said that the exercise should have been conducted in

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Breaking: Explosion At Egypt Nile Delta Church Kills 25, injures 60

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

At least 25 people were killed and 60 injured on Sunday when an explosion rocked a Coptic church in Egypt’s Nile Delta, state television reported, the latest assault on a religious minority that has increasingly been targeted by Islamist militants. There was no immediate claim of responsibility and the cause of the blast, just one […]

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How Obasanjo’s govt plotted to kill me, ex-army chief Bamaiyi says

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

A former Chief of Army Staff, Ishaya Bamaiyi, has narrated how the Nigerian government under former President Olusegun Obasanjo allegedly plotted to kill him while he was in detention for over eight years. Mr. Bamaiyi, a retired lieutenant general, was detained in October 1999 and charged for the attempted murder of the late publisher of […]

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BREAKING: Soldiers, policemen killed in Ikorodu gun battle with militants

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

Ikorodu area of Lagos was tensed overnight as militants struck at Woodland Estate area, Ishawo in Ikrodu. Two soldiers and five policemen have been reportedly killed. Security agencies it was gathered have reinforced and stormed the area. A few weeks ago, Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters said it will soon commence another military action on creeks in Lagos and […]

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Bamaiyi Tortured Abiola, Abacha Was Better Than Him – Gen Ajayi

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

Gabriel Ajayi, one of the military officers roped in by former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi, in the 1995 phantom coup has reacted to contents of the retired officer’s book. In an interview with Punch reporter, Ajayi said “Vindication of A General” contained lies, adding that he expected that Bamaiyi who tortured MKO […]

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Buhari Query EFCC, DSS, ICPC Over Funds Recovered From Corrupt Nigerians

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

Following the non-disclosure of funds recovered from looters, President Muhammadu Buhari has queried the Ibrahim Magu-led Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The President directed the EFCC to as a matter of urgency, provide a detailed submission on amount of monies recovered so far by the agency since the commencement of the present administration on […]