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Resettlement Of IDPs: Over 1,300 Displaced Persons Expected In Borno

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2017

A fresh challenge of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), is facing the government and people of Borno state, as about 1,300 of them are expected to return to Maiduguri. The displaced persons would be travelling through Yola and would be in Maiduguri by Monday. They had been in Abuja since

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‎Ogun Set To Commence Construction Of Rural Roads

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2017

Omooba Risawe   Ogun State Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs.) Yetunde Onanuga, has assured rural dwellers across the three senatorial districts of the State, of government’s readiness to commence the construction of rural roads to improve socio-economic activities in the rural areas. She made this known while fielding questions from journalists in Abeokuta, explaining

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Demolition Of Churches: Plot To Annihilate Christians- CAN

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2017

The Northern West zone of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, on Saturday raised alarm over alleged plot to annihilate the Christian community in the region through continuous demolition of churches. The alarm was raised by the zonal Chairman of CAN, Bishop David Bakare.  Worried by the continuous demolition of churches, Bakare asked, “Do we […]

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Edo To Build Seaport, Gov. Obaseki

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2017

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Saturday said the state government had concluded arrangements to build a seaport at Agenebode to fast track economic activities in the area. Obaseki stated this during the All Progressives Congress mega rally for the January 28 Etsako Federal Constituency by-election. The election is billed to hold in Agenebode […]

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Rann Error Airstrike: “Most of the dead and injured were women and children”-MSF

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2017

On 17 January at least 90 people were killed and 120 wounded in an airstrike carried out by the Nigerian military on a camp for displaced people in Rann, in the east of Nigeria‘s Borno state. An MSF medical team, which had started work in the camp just a few days earlier, provided first aid […]

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Watch Your Ultrances: Sultan Warns Religious Leader

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2017

Watch Your Ultrances: Sultan Warns Religious Leader The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has advised religious leaders to disdain from making inciting statements capable of igniting trouble among Nigerians. Abubakar made the call at the Abdullahi Fodio award presentation and book launch in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State on Saturday. The Sultan pointed out that […]