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President Buhari leaves for Washington DC tomorrow, to meet with Donald Trump

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2017

Baring any last minute change of mind, President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Nigeria on Monday, September 4, 2017 for a trip to Washington, DC. Buhari’s trip to the US is at the invitation of President Donald Trump. SaharaReporters quoted a Nigerian Presidency source as saying that Trump had

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EFCC sends 103 high profile cases to office of the AGF

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2017

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has finally made the details of the high profile cases being handled by the anti-corruption agency available to the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice based on request. Sources at the commission said that the list sent to the AGF’s office a fortnight ago, […]

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Boko Haram: Chief of Air Staff, Abubakar orders total cleanse of Sambisa Forest

Daily Dispatch September 2, 2017

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has ordered the complete clearance of Sambisa Forest. Abubakar noted that the time had come to completely cleanse the forest in order to forestall attempts by the Boko Haram insurgent group to further carry out attacks against Nigerians. Sadique gave the directive while hosting the Air […]

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Sallah: Buhari splashes N.25 million, rice, a bull on corps members

Daily Dispatch September 2, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday splashed N250,000 on National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in his home town of Daura. The President also gave them a bull and 10 bags of rice to mark the Muslim Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. The youth corps members visited the President in his Daura residence after the Eid prayers where […]

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Our Main Thrust Is To Decapitate All Terrorists’ Factions – Buratai

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2017

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the main thrust now of the military operations in the North-East is the decapitation of all the remaining terrorists’ factions. Buratai said: “With this feat achieved, the relevance of Shekau is no longer of any consequence.” In a statement issued on Friday in Abuja, by Brig-Gen. Sani […]

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Breaking: Truck ram into Eid congregation, two worshippers, Policeman killed

Daily Dispatch September 1, 2017

At least two worshippers were confirmed dead few hours ago, as a truck loaded with forest wood logs rammed into a Muslim congregation observing this year Eid prayers to mark the annual Eid-el-Kabir celebration at Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State. Also, a police officer was killed by a stray bullet in an ensuing melee shortly after […]