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Osinbajo finds Adamawa town deserted

Daily Dispatch December 6, 2017

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo visited several villages and towns in Adamawa state on Tuesday affected by recent communal violence, that led to killings of people and destruction of property. Among places visited were Numan and Dong, but Osinbajo and his team were surprised to find that Kikan,

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NBTE’s VISIT TO IPOKIA: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: The Eye Witness Account

Daily Dispatch December 6, 2017

By Moshood Muhammed Recall that when the current imbroglio that followed the pronounced conversion of our highly revered MAPOLY to a University started, I have not said anything publicly. Today, I feel constrained to place on record the most recent happening, on which destiny of thousands of students had been hung. Also remember that NTBE […]

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The ECONOMIST: The Unprecedented Level of Patience Shown to Buhari-The Economist

Daily Dispatch November 26, 2017

Nigerians have never shown such level of patience and tolerance towards any of their past leaders for his record and strange policies as that shown to their current leader, Muhammadu Buhari – a former military dictator now self-confessed democrat who said he came to fight corruption. Buhari, 75, is being plagued with failures across every […]

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Federal govt ends rehab for freed Chibok girls

Daily Dispatch November 26, 2017

The federal government has ended the rehabilitation programme for 106 Chibok school girls freed from Boko Haram’s captivity and says that it has completely reintegrated them into the society. It has also approved the release of N164.7million for payment of their second-semester school fees at the American University of Nigeria, (AUN) in Yola. A statement […]

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Some Abuja communities still kill twins – NAN investigation

Daily Dispatch November 22, 2017

In spite of stopping the killing of twins at infancy in Nigeria many years ago, some communities in the FCT still indulge in the practice, a News Agency of Nigeria investigation has revealed. The communities are: Gbajingala clan of Basa Komo, Chukuku, Gaube, Chibiri, Kulo, Kiyi, Gawu and Sabo in Kuje Area Council. The investigation […]

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How Nigeria’s largest Independent Power Plant is set up to funnel billions to tax haven

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2017

Nigeria’s largest independent power plant (IPP), Azura Edo Power Plant, is a huge suction pipe set up to siphon millions of tax-free dollars through a network of Mauritius-incorporated offshore shell companies to a number of trusts and private equity firms, an investigation by PREMIUM TIMES and the International Consortium of Investigative journalist (ICIJ) has revealed.