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Food shortage: Children in Bauchi IDP camp feed on onion leaves

Daily Dispatch April 21, 2019

Intense hunger as a result of inadequacy of food items in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in the outskirts of Bauchi, has forced adolescent children to feed on onion leaves for survival. Children between the ages of three and five, looked pitiful as they consume the leaves, NAN

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Tackling maths phobia among students through competitions

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2019

For some students, doing math can cause negative emotions like fear of failure. This harms their ability to perform. But in this piece, Olumide Bajulaiye writes on efforts made at tackling his problem. Many students claim not to like math. But for some, the issue with math is more than simply disliking algebra or fractions. […]

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News analysis: National Assembly Leadership and Crisis of Endorsement

Daily Dispatch April 15, 2019

A News analysis by Obike Ukoh, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Who leads the 9th National Assembly is already a contentious issue. Although the National Assembly is self-regulatory, the controversy was sparked off by the endorsement of personalities for the positions of the Senate President and Speaker House of Representatives by the leadership of All […]

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What Amosun would be remembered for

Daily Dispatch April 8, 2019

”To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.  A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant…, ” (Eccles  3:1&2) By Olusola Balogun  For Governor Ibikunle Ikheel Amosun, the self-imposed objective to reposition and rebuild Ogun state and plant it among 21st […]

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Kajuru crisis: Adara community requires N50m to rebuild 545 houses

Daily Dispatch March 31, 2019

The Adara Community in Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna state says it requires about N50 million to rebuild 545 houses destroyed by gunmen following series of attacks. The Chairman of the community Mr Mumini Madugu, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Sunday. He said the […]

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Special Report: Nigerian Libraries are deteriorating daily

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2019

By Punarimam Fehintola The state of public libraries in Nigeria is deteriorating daily. From shabby structures, poor funding, ill motivated staff and outdated books to lack of power, the decay scare a majority of researchers away.  This report shows how corruption is killing a vital national project. He was standing outside the state library with […]