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Fear of Boko Haram: 70 lecturers quit UNIMAID

Daily Dispatch August 7, 2017

At least 70 lecturers have resigned from the University of Maiduguri since 2009 owing to the Boko Haram insurgency in the north-east. Dani Mamman, chairman Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Maiduguri chapter, who disclosed this to BBC, said the number of students enrolling had dropped

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True Story of Anambra Church killing

Daily Dispatch August 7, 2017

The tragic incident that happened on Sunday at St. Phillips Catholic Church, Amakwa, Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State where 12 people where killed and 25 others injured has been confirmed to be gang related. According to a reliable source, the genesis of the beef started in South Africa between the man at […]

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Anambra church killing: Target’s father killed, mother injured

Daily Dispatch August 7, 2017

The target of the gunmen who stormed St. Philips Catholic Church, Ozubulu in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State, has been identified. His name was given as Aloysius Ikegwuonwu, a Nigerian based in South Africa. Identified as a businessman, he was said to have built the church in which close to 20 persons have […]

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What you are asking for is not known to our laws, Femi Adesina tells anti-Buhari protesters

Daily Dispatch August 7, 2017

Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, says the demands of the civil society groups that are staging a protest in Abuja, are not known to the laws of Nigeria. In a statement on Saturday, the groups said Charly Boy, entertainer and activist, would lead a protest to demand that President […]

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Anambra Church Massacre is abominable, barbaric, inhuman- Dogara

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2017

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has described Sunday’s attack on worshippers in a Catholic church in Anambra state as abominable,  barbaric, inhuman, and the height of wickedness.  Scores of worshippers were murdered by gunmen  inside a Catholic church in Ozubulu in Anambra State. The shooting is said to have occurred during church […]

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[Updated] Breaking: Gunmen kill over 50 worshippers in Anambra church + photos, videos

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2017

Gunmen on Sunday stormed the St. Philips Catholic Church, Ozubulu in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. They were said to have killed no fewer than 50 worshippers out of the over 100 at the early morning mass. An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday that the gunmen went into the […]