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As a fighter, we’re usually paid N30, 000 after each attack- Boko Haram Commander reveals

Daily Dispatch July 21, 2018

One of the 22 members of the Boko Haram sect, recently arrested by the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, identified as Maita Alhaji Modu, also known as Abu, has revealed how the Chibok girls were kidnapped in 2014. Abu, a commander of the Islamic sect, Boko

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Abba Kyari leads FG delegation to ex-IG Coomasie’s burial

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday sent a Federal Government delegation to the burial of a former Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Coomassie. According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the delegation offered condolences to the family and relatives of the deceased and to the government […]

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Don’t abandon parents of yet to be released Chibok, Dapchi girls – ex-Mauritius President urges the world

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2018

Former President of Mauritius, Prof. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, on Thursday, urged the world not to forget the parents of the yet to be released Chibok and Dapchi girls. Gurib-Fakim told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that she had a meeting with some parents of the yet-to-be-released Chibok and Dapchi girls who shared their stories […]

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Presidency describes NEF statement on security challenges ‘as the shedding of crocodile tears by selfish leaders’

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2018

The Presidency on Friday came down hard on some leaders who recently faulted the way President Muhamamdu Buhari is handling the nation’s security challenges, describing them as selfish leaders. Leaders of some socio-cultural organisations led by the Northern Elders Forum, had issued a communique accusing Buhari’s administration of incompetence in handling the security

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2019: I declared my intention early to ‘save a lot of time and cool tempers’ – Buhari

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari says he announced his second term bid in April to “save a lot of time and cool tempers”. The president announced his intention declared his reelection at a meeting of the national executive committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking when he received the Buhari Support Group Centre (BSGC) at the presidential […]

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Why we cannot release Dasuki now- Malami

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2018

Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the federation (AGF), says the federal government cannot release Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), because the allegation against him is a matter of public interest. The attorney-general said this in a Voice of America, Hausa, interview obtained by Premium Times. Malami said Dasuki’s right is not important more than