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Nigerian Army Sends Troops To The Gambia To Remove Jammeh

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2017

The Nigerian Army has raised an army battalion that would be deployed in troubled Gambia to forcefully remove President Yahya Jammeh from power if he fails to step down on January 19, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report today. The battalion, christened ECOMOG NIBATT 1, was drawn from the

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President Muhammadu Buhari On A 2-Day Official Visist To Gambia and Mali

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to embark on a two day official visit to Banjul, the capital of The Gambia and Bamako, the Malian capital tomorrow. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement today. While in Banjul, Buhari, as the mediator in The Gambia, […]

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Southern Kaduna Crisis: Military Introduce “Operation Kunama 11”

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2017

In a bid to ending the massacre ravaging Southern Kaduna, the military has introduce a drilling exercise codenamed “Operation Kunama 11”. Also plan are underway to rename its exercise in the South East code-named “Operation Python Dance” in order to contain kidnapping in the region. These were parts of the resolutions reached at the Presidential

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Kudirat Abiola: Major Al-Mustapha, Lagos Govt. Returns To Court

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2017

Barely four years after Appeal Court  discharge and acquitted former Chief Security Officer to late General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (rtd),  Lagos State Government has secured an order of the Supreme Court permitting it to re-open the murder case of late Alhaja Kudirat Abiola against Al-Mustapha. Late Kudirat Abiola wife of the late business […]

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Breakin: APC Chieftains Meeting In Ibadan

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2017

All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains in the South West geo-political zone are currently meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. Among those who attended the meeting include former interim National Chairman of the party and former governor of Osun state, Chief Bisi Akande; Minister for Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Muhammed and his Finance counterpart, […]

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Troops Recover Notebooks Filled With Boko Haram Members

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2017

The Nigerian army has announced that it made a huge discovery in Sambisa forest, the stronghold of the Boko Haram insurgents. According to the Nigerian Bulletin, the army was on a mop-up operation of Sambisa forest, when they recovered notebooks filled with names of Boko Haram members. Speaking to the press in Maiduguri, Major General […]