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Peace Corps Bill: Should President Buhari make a volte face?

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2018

The recent decline by President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Peace Corps of Nigeria Establishment Bill has continued to elicit impassioned reactions. It has, no doubt, become one of the dominant themes in national discourse lately. Buhari had, in a recent letter read by Yakubu Dogara,

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Live and Let’s Live Nigeria Project: We Will Use Education and Culture to Achieve Peace and Unity in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2018

Taking the bull by the horns, the Nigerian youths under the auspices of Cultural Innovation Precision (CIP) is set to use innovation, education and culture as an emissary of hope to stem the tide of unwanted killings, needless agitations and avoidable crises to achieve peace and unity in Nigeria. This is coming in a grand […]

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Herdsmen: Untold story of recent Benue massacre

Daily Dispatch March 9, 2018

Some new insights have been provided into the recent raid of Omosu village of Edumoga community in Okpokwu local government area of Benue state by suspected herdsmen, with unconfirmed sources saying that the attackers were aided by persons from a rival community. The Benue State Police Command had earlier confirmed that 24 natives and a […]

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[VIDEO] Dapchi schoolgirls are safe with my son Habib and his friends —Mama Boko Haram

Daily Dispatch March 2, 2018

A human rights activist, Mrs. Aisha Wakil, has said that the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls are safe with Habib, whom she called her son, and his friends; and that Nigerians have nothing to fear concerning the overall wellbeing of the pupils. Wakil, also fondly called Mama Boko Haram, revealed that a faction of Boko Haram had […]

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‘The kidnappers came in military uniform’ — lucky Dapchi schoolgirls recount ordeal

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2018

No one knew it was going to be a sad day at school. The blackboard, facing the empty class in ‘Tech 3A’, still bore, in the teacher’s handwriting, 19/2/18. The topic, ‘Weathering’, which they learnt in geography class that day has not yet been erased from the board. And so is their memory of the […]

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Presidential Villa roundup for Feb. 18 to Feb. 24, 2018

Daily Dispatch February 25, 2018

On Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018, President Buhari received Katsina State Senior Citizen’s Forum in his country home in Daura. In his remarks to the Forum, the President called on all citizens of the country, particularly the elites, to be prepared to make sacrifices as a foundation for national growth and development. The President said that […]