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411 Boko Haram insurgents, 9 soldiers killed in Borno

Daily Dispatch October 23, 2017

About 411 members of the Boko Haram sect were killed in an air strike carried out by the military on Saturday in remote areas in northern Borno. Some local hunters and members of the volunteer youth groups known as Civilian JTF who are working with the military in the fight against insurgency

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Nigeria still suffering from Malabu scandal, says Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch October 23, 2017

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that Nigeria is still suffering the consequences of the lack of transparency involved in the award of OPL 245 to Malabu Oil and Gas Ltd in 1998. Speaking in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Monday at a conference on beneficial ownership organised by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), Osinbajo also said hidden […]

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Updated: BREAKING: We aren’t propagandists, facts are there – Buhari

Daily Dispatch October 23, 2017

   President Muhammadu Buhari said his Administration has recorded concrete achievements which are there for all to see, contrary to the opposition’s statement that the Administration is running on propaganda and lies. The President, who was represented by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the assertion at the opening of the […]

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Breaking: 16 killed in a twin explosions in Maiduguri

Daily Dispatch October 23, 2017

Twin explosions in Maiduguri late Sunday night have killed 16 people including the suicide bombers. The explosions occured at the Muna Garage and Muna Dalti, suburds of Maiduguri which have experienced more than five blasts in the past. Commissioner of Police, Borno Command, Mr Damian Chukwu said a male suicide bomber with explosives strapped to […]

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Senate calls for arrest and prosecution of Audu Ogbeh over exportation of rotten yams

Daily Dispatch October 23, 2017

Chairman of the Senate committee on Agriculture, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has called for the arrest and prosecution of the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, and other individuals who were indicted in the recent export of rotten yams from Nigeria to the United States of America. He also blamed the federal government over the rising food […]

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EU Denies Favouring Buhari During 2015 Presidential Election, Commends Jonathan For Accepting Defeat

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2017

The European Union has denied favouring President Muhammadu Buhari above other candidates during the 2015 Presidential Elections in Nigeria. Santiago Fisas, the former Chief Observer of the 2015 EU Election Observation Mission and Member of the European Parliament, said this in Abuja on Sunday while making clarification on EU assessment of the 2015 Elections. Fisas said