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Resign Now You’re Corrupt- Aisha Yesufu (#BBOG)

Daily Dispatch January 25, 2017

In a swift reaction to President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter to the Senate on why he cannot sack and prosecute Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal allegedly indicted for fraud, co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG, group, Aisha Yesufu, has called the president

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Breaking News: Kidnapped Students and Staff of NTIC Ogun State regains Freedom

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2017

The kidnapped students and staff of the Nigerian Tulip International Colleges (NTIC) Ogun state, have regained freedom. In a press statement issued by the spokesman of the school, Mr. Cermal Yigit, the victims were released this evening after a painstaking collaborative effort by the relevant security agencies in the country. The statement reads: “The management of

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Boko Haram: Babies Used in Suicide Bombings, Officials Warn

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2017

Female suicide bombers in Nigeria are now carrying babies to avoid detection in their attacks, authorities warn. An attack in the town of Madagali on 13 January saw two women detonate their devices, killing themselves, two babies, and four others. They had passed a vigilante checkpoint, mistaken for civilians because they were carrying infants. Female […]

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N19bn Arms Fraud: Court Re-Affirm Dasuki Bail

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2017

An Abuja High Court has again reaffirmed the bail granted former National Security Adviseer, Colonel Sambi Dasuki and five others in the arm deal trial involving $2.1bn. Justice Baba Yusuf reaffirmed the bail on Dasuki on the ground that he was entitled to it and having being admitted to same since 2015 when the federal […]

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Boko Haram: 11m Survivors Need Aids-UN

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2017

No fewer than 11 million survivors of the destructive Boko Haram insurgents are in desperate need of humanitarian aids. News Agency of Nigeria reports that Mr Toby Lanzer, the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, said this while spotlighting the desperate plight of millions in Africa’s Lake Chad basin. The top United Nations humanitarian official for […]

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FG Plans To Raise Crude Oil Production To 2.2mbp

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2017

The Federal  government has maintained its earlier commitment to sell some of its identified but ‘yet-to-be-named’ assets as well as ensure the revamp of local crude oil refineries as part of twelve priority strategies which it is now adopting to quickly take the country out of biting recession. Also, the government said it plans to […]