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Boko Haram: Buratai relocates to Borno

Daily Dispatch August 1, 2017

Some service chiefs have arrived in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital in line with the directive of the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, was the first to arrive in Maiduguri among the service chiefs early on Tuesday Recall

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Borno politicians planning to revive Boko Haram ahead of 2019 elections – Group

Daily Dispatch August 1, 2017

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, some politicians have allegedly perfected plans to revive the Boko Haram insurgents, a group, Concerned Leaders of Conscience, has claimed. According to the group, some statements recently attributed to Senator Ali Ndume, Senator Abubakar Kyari and other northern leaders were capable of escalating terrorism in the north eastern part

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Biafra: Call Nnamdi Kanu, Other Agitators To Order – Governor Shettima To Igbo Leaders

Daily Dispatch July 31, 2017

The chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has called on South East leaders to caution the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, against his “excesses.” Shettima made the call while speaking to journalists after a closed door meeting with the Arewa youth groups over the weekend. […]

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Boko Haram attack on NNPC, UNIMAID staff: Intelligence agencies probe phone call of convoy members

Daily Dispatch July 31, 2017

The recent deadly Boko Haram attack on a convoy prospecting for oil in Nigeria’s part of the Lake Chad Basin, which left in its trail loss of lives, property and abductions, has necessitated a joint security intelligence service in examining calls and messages within the Yesu District in Magumeri axis of Borno State, PRNigeria is […]

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Move to make NFIU independent of EFCC will do more harm than good-Dogara

Daily Dispatch July 30, 2017

Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives, says the move by the Senate to make the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) independent of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may result in more harm than good. Dogara’s comment is contained in the current edition of EFCC newsletter, EFCCAlert. According to Dogara, an autonomous […]

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NEWS Death toll in Boko Haram attack on NNPC, UNIMAID convoy now over 70

Daily Dispatch July 30, 2017

The death toll in the attack by the Boko Haram sect on the convoy of those prospecting for oil in Nigeria’s part of the Lake Chad Basin may have risen to over 70, AFP is reporting. According to the News Agency, a source in the team carrying out the rescue operation put the death toll […]