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Nigerian military alerted before Dapchi abduction, says Amnesty

Daily Dispatch March 20, 2018

Nigeria’s military was on Tuesday accused of ignoring repeated warnings about the movements of Boko Haram fighters before they kidnapped 110 schoolgirls in the country’s restive northeast. The students — the youngest of whom is aged just 10 — were seized from the town of Dapchi, Yobe state, on

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Updated:BREAKING: NAF aircraft crashes in Kaduna

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2018

A pilot sustained injuries after a jet belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) was involved in a mishap in Kaduna state on Monday. Olatokunbo Adesanya, spokesman of the force, who confirmed this, explained that a student pilot forced-landed the aircraft – a Diamond 40 trainer – on the outskirts of Kaduna while on a […]

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[BREAKING] IG withdraws policemen attached to VIPs, others

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2018

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Monday ordered the withdrawal of all police offices attached to Very Important Persons, including political and public office holders nationwide. The police boss, who announced this in Abuja during a conference with senior officers, stated that the directive also affected private businessmen, multi-national companies and

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Kukah Blasts Northern Muslim Elite, Says They Use Religion to Hold onto Power

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2018

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has accused the Northern Muslim elite of using religion to hold onto power to the detriment of their people and the larger society. Speaking in Kafanchan at the burial Sunday of Joseph Bagobiri, the late Catholic Bishop of the Kafanchan Diocese, Kukah maintained that despite its access […]

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15 million youths on the streets begging in the North

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2018

Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has lambasted northern Muslim elite for using religion to hold on to power at the detriment of the region and the country as a whole. He said despite political power being in the hands of northern leaders for long, the region remained one of the […]

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2019 Presidency: Buhari will make his intentions known after May 29 – Presidency

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2018

Nigerians who are eager to know President Muhammadu Buhari’s mind on the 2019 presidency may have to wait for another three to four months. Indications emerged yesterday that the president may eventually decide whether or not to seek reelection in the 2019 presidential poll after the Democracy Day celebration billed for May 29 this year. […]