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Boko Haram: Troops Kill Fighters, Captures Gun Trucks Stolen From Niger Army

Daily Dispatch March 5, 2017

Troops of 8 Task Force Division, Nigerian Army, on clearance operations under the auspices of Operation LAFIYA DOLE in the North East, Saturday had an encounter with Boko Haram terrorists at Chikun Gudu, northern part of Borno State. Army spokesman, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, in a statement said

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Ekweremadu Calls For Removal of Security Votes

Daily Dispatch March 5, 2017

Senator Ike Ekweremadu has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari government to abolish security votes as way of fighting corruption and also increase minimum wage to N50, 000. Vanguard reports that the Senate president made this comment when he spoke in Ibadan at the weekend, where he delivered the 4th National Public Service Lecture of […]

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Makarfi Denies Involvement In The Registration Of APDP, says no plan to leave PDP

Daily Dispatch March 5, 2017

The Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied involvement in the planned registration of the Advanced Peoples Democratic Party (ADP). The spokesman of the committee, Prince Dayo Adeyeye in a statement Sunday, said it has no plan to abandon the PDP structure for Senator Ali Modu Sheriff. “We […]

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EFCC Raids House of Jonathan’s godson, Turnah

Daily Dispatch March 5, 2017

A team of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has ransacked the palatial home of George Turnah, popularly known as the godson to former President Goodluck Jonathan. The fierce-looking operatives reportedly stormed the courtyard of Turnah located at Kolo Creek, Ogbia local government area with scores of fully-armed mobile policemen and soldiers. They were

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Northern Group Attacks Obasanjo Over Comments on Buhari, PDP

Daily Dispatch March 5, 2017

*Says former President executioner, undertaker of former ruling party Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been chastised over his veiled criticism of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s handling of the economy, and scoring the president low on the subject-matter. In a press statement, the Northern Professional Initiative (NPI) noted that it was uncharitable

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How Jonathan Rejected UK Offer To Rescue Chibok Girls- The Guardian UK

Daily Dispatch March 5, 2017

British armed forces offered to attempt to rescue nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, but were rebuffed by Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s president at the time, the Observer has learned. In a mission named Operation Turus, the RAF conducted air reconnaissance over northern Nigeria for several months, following the kidnapping