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2015 Presidential Elelction: Ex-President Jonathan finally releases details of his defeat

Daily Dispatch May 5, 2017

Obviously not happy with claims in the recently published book: Against the run of play’ by Segun Adeniyi, a top journalist, former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, May 5, 2017 released his own version of what he says truly transpired. NAIJ.com reports that Jonathan had claimed that

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I’m alive, I was never wounded – Boko Haram leader Shekau says in new video

Daily Dispatch May 5, 2017

Abubakar Shekau, leader of Nigerian Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram, has dismissed claims by Nigerian Airforce that he was injured in a recent aerial bombardment of the sect. Recall that the Nigerian Air Force on Wednesday, May 3, said two of its fighter jets had bombarded Boko Haram fighters and injured Shekau while observing prayers […]

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Amaechi says Buhari dredging River Niger for N100m which Jonathan paid N34bn

Daily Dispatch May 5, 2017

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has claimed that the immediate past administration of President Goodluck Jonathan paid a contractor N34 billion for the dredging of the River Niger which was never done. Speaking in Lagos, the former Rivers State Governor disclosed that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is spending N100m on the same

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Boko Haram: 12,850 children killed, maimed used as child soldiers in three years – UN

Daily Dispatch May 5, 2017

Children in North East Nigeria continue to be brutalized as a result of Boko Haram’s insurgency in the region and the ensuing conflict, a UN report released on Thursday has said. The “Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict in Nigeria” documented the impact on children of the severe deterioration of the security […]

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3 medical doctors arrive in Aso Rock to treat Buhari

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

Three medical doctors have arrived in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, to attend to the ailing President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Sahara Reporters reports. According to the report, the three doctors, two males and one female are all British and Caucasian. This comes even as a highly placed presidency source disclosed to Sahara Reporters that […]

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Next Ebola Outbreak ‘inevitable’ WHO

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

A new outbreak of the Ebola virus is “inevitable” but a new vaccine and rapid-response measures mean it will be more effectively contained, the head of the World Health Organization said Thursday. The Ebola crisis that began in December 2013 killed 11,300 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia and has left thousands more survivors […]