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Six dead, 30 injured as Boko Haram bombs IDP camps

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2017

About six persons have been killed and 30 others injured following a Boko Haram bomb attack on a camp housing displaced persons in northern Cameroon. The twin blasts which tore through the camp in the town of Kolofata, occurred about 6am after two bombers sneaked into the camp and detonated

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Dino Melaye alleged bribe: Group urges EFCC to urgently probe Senator, judge

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2017

Following the bribery allegation against Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, the Civil Society Network Against Corruption, CSNAC, wants the lawmaker and Justice Akoh Ikpeme probed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. In a petition signed by its Chairman, Olarewaju Suraju, written to the anti-graft agency, CSNAC urged the commission to urgently

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Killer rice all over Nigerian market – Governors’ Forum

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2017

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has expressed concerns over the quality of rice being imported and consumed by Nigerians. The governors, while describing it as substandard, harmful, called on the Nigeria Customs Service to take urgent measures to curb the situation. A statement by NGF’s Head, Media and Public Affairs, Abulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, said this concern […]

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Boko Haram: Yobe spent N15.8billion in the last three years

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2017

Yobe State Government has spent over fifteen billion Naira (N15.8bn) on fighting Boko Haram insurgent in the last three years. Yobe Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam made this known while receiving the House Committee Chairmen on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and Emergency Disaster Preparedness (EDP) at the Government House in Damaturu. “The immediate past federal

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Sultan kick against NYSC camps during Ramadan

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2017

Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar Sa’ad, has condemned the decision of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to continue with its orientation camps for youth corp members during the Ramadan fast. JNI Secretary-General, Dr. Khalid Abubakar-Aliyu, in a statement, also called on the Nigerian Army to postpone its planned […]

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Buhari’s Ill-health: Over 400 orphans pray for President’s quick recovery

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2017

No fewer than 400 orphans from the 36 states of the federation on Thursday prayed for the quick recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari . The prayer was led by the Deputy Imam of the Abuja National Mosque, Kabiru Mohammed and Bishop Musa Fomsin of the Unlimited Masses Church, Jos Plateau State. The joint prayer session […]