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UPDATED: Kidnapped Briton killed in Niger Delta

Daily Dispatch November 6, 2017

One British hostage kidnapped in Nigeria has been killed, while three others have returned home safely, the Foreign Office in London announced Monday. The four, who were working with a Christian medical charity providing free health treatment in southern Nigeria’s Delta state, were kidnapped on

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Paradise Papers: Saraki violates Nigerian law again, linked to another firm in offshore tax haven

Daily Dispatch November 6, 2017

The President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, is in trouble again. On Sunday his name popped up in the global list of infamy exposing some leading world politicians for utilising shell companies in tax havens to either conceal assets, evade tax, or launder funds. That revelation, which is capable of attracting fresh criminal charges […]

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BREAKING: 26 Nigerians die while crossing Mediterranean Sea

Daily Dispatch November 6, 2017

Twenty-six Nigerian women lost their lives while attempting to cross the Mediterranean sea, the BBC is reporting. The Nigerians are suspected to have been sexually abused and murdered at the sea. Italian prosecutors have begun an investigation into the deaths of the women, said to be mostly teenagers. The BBC also reports that their bodies were […]

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You’ll get your allowances this week, Buratai assures soldiers

Daily Dispatch November 6, 2017

Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, says the two months’ allowances owed soldiers involved in Operation Lafiya Dole, would be paid this week. In a statement issued on his behalf by to Sani Usman, army spokesman, Buratai said the release of funds by the ministry of defence would facilitate the payment. The soldier had among […]

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BREAKING: Buratai promises to pay outstanding allowances of soldiers

Daily Dispatch November 6, 2017

Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, says the two months’ allowances owed soldiers involved in Operation Lafiya Dole, would be paid this week. In a statement issued on his behalf by to Sani Usman, army spokesman, Buratai said the release of funds by the ministry of defence would facilitate the payment. He made the promise […]

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Current hard time would not last long- Obasanjo, urges Nigerians to be patient

Daily Dispatch November 6, 2017

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has observed that Nigeria’s economy is not booming yet. He made the observation at the 52nd Annual Service of Songs of the 1st ECWA Church, Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Obasanjo, who spoke in Yoruba during the church service, urged Nigerians to be patient, adding that the current hard time would […]