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Herdsmen Attack: 15, 000 flees their homes in Taraba

Daily Dispatch May 18, 2017

More than 15, 000 persons, mostly farmers, have fled their homes to IDP camps in Taraba State following renewed attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Suspected herdsmen had launched deadly attacks on Gazabu, Kungana, Tukun Ruwa, Utsua Daa and Kpenkpen villages, among others, leaving at least 11

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BREAKING: Army captures 126 suspected jihadist as Boko Haram infiltrate IDP camp

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2017

The Nigeria Army has arrested about 126 suspected Boko Haram members. The army disclosed that the suspects were apprehended at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), camp in Damboa, Borno state. Army chief, Lucky Irabor, made the disclosure while fielding questions from journalists in Maiduguri. The Major General said the suspects were flushed out during mop […]

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Senate summons FIRS, CBN, Chevron others over $5b tax fraud

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2017

The Senate has summoned the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Central Bank of Nigeria, National Petroleum Investment Management Services and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation over alleged $5 billion tax evasion by Chevron Nigeria Limited. ‎Dr. George Uboh of the Panic Alert Security System had petitioned the Senate over alleged $5 billion fraud at Chevron Nigeria

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Another Chibok girl rescued

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2017

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday confirmed that another Chibok schoolgirl had been found, barely 12 days after the release of the 82 abducted girls by their captors. Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, who made this known to State House correspondents in Abuja, said the recovery of the […]

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Protesters besiege NASS over 6,000 Nigerians in China’s prisons

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2017

A group of protesters under the aegis of Black African Reorientation and Development Organisation (BARADO) on Wednesday staged protest at the National Assembly, over alleged inhuman treatment meted against over 6,000 Nigerians languishing in China’s prisons. The group in a petition titled ‘A passionate appeal to save the souls of Nigerians in China prisons,’ sent […]

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Mutiny in Cote d’voire : Obasanjo sues for dialogue with Ivorian govt.

Daily Dispatch May 17, 2017

A former Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has appeal to the soldiers in Cote d’voire to embrace dialogue, and allow the government to look into their complaints. Obasanjo who expressed concern over soldiers protest over wage and bonus noted that though they were entitled to their wages and bonuses, they must act within the code of […]