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2019: New political party, AFA, emerges …As former first ladies, ex-Buhari spokesman, APC chieftains declare support

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2017

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, a new political party known as Alliance for Feminine Agenda (AFA) has been born in Abuja, at the weekend, with some yet to be unvailed former first ladies and ex-governors behind the move. Already, a former spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari in the

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‘Why we didn’t capture Shekau’ – Army

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2017

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai has revealed why the Nigerian army could not capture Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau despite the most recent massive military onslaught on the dreaded Sambisa forest. General Buratai in an exclusive interview granted to Daily Trust on Sunday when asked of the whereabouts of the Boko […]

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Tour Of North East: We Cannot Meet Your Conditions- FG Tells #BBOG Group

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2017

The Federal has said it cannot meet conditions set by the #BringBackOurGirls group for a meeting before touring North East. Information minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in response letter to the convener of the #BBOG, Oby Ezekwesili it  will not postpone its scheduled trip, stressing that “planning and preparation” were underway. Lai Mohammed explained to the […]

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Southern Kaduna Crisis: Sheathe Your Sword, Abdulsalami Committee Tells Aggrieve Parties

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2017

The National Peace Committee chaired by former Head of State, General Abdusalami Abubakar, has appealed to all aggrieved parties affected in the violent attacks in Southern Kaduna, North West Nigeria, to sheathe their swords and tolerate each other for the interest of peace in the state. General Abubakar made the appeal when he led other […]

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Nigerian Army Sends Troops To The Gambia To Remove Jammeh

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2017

The Nigerian Army has raised an army battalion that would be deployed in troubled Gambia to forcefully remove President Yahya Jammeh from power if he fails to step down on January 19, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report today. The battalion, christened ECOMOG NIBATT 1, was drawn from the Army’s 19th Battalion based in Okitipupa, Ondo […]

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Kudirat Abiola: Major Al-Mustapha, Lagos Govt. Returns To Court

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2017

Barely four years after Appeal Court  discharge and acquitted former Chief Security Officer to late General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (rtd),  Lagos State Government has secured an order of the Supreme Court permitting it to re-open the murder case of late Alhaja Kudirat Abiola against Al-Mustapha. Late Kudirat Abiola wife of the late business […]