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Power Generation Drops To 2,662-TCN

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2017

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said that the nation’s power generation capacity dropped from 3,959 megawatts on Jan. 4 to 2,662 megawatts on Jan. 22. The Nigerian Electricity System Operator (SO) website, a sub agency of TCN, disclosed the figure in its daily forecast on power

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‘It’s time to eradicate ISIS’, Trump tells CIA

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2017

President Donald Trump of U.S. has told the Criminal Investigative Agency (CIA) that it is time to eradicate the Islamic State (ISIL) terrorist group from the face of the earth”. Trump, made the remarks at the CIA headquarters on his first full day in the office, also also told the intelligence agencies that he was […]

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Trump, sworn in as U.S. president, promises to put ‘America First’

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2017

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Friday, succeeding Barack Obama and telling a bitterly divided country he will pursue “America First” policies at home and abroad. As scattered protests erupted elsewhere in Washington, Trump raised his right hand and put his left on a Bible used by […]

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Nigeria, Iraq, South Sudan Syria and DRC Responsible For 38.2m IDPs in 52 Countries- MSF Nigeria

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2017

While IDPs often flee their homes for similar reasons to refugees (armed conflict, human rights violations, natural disasters) technically, they are not refugees. IDPs have not crossed an international border to find refuge and therefore remain legally under the protection of their own government, even though that government is often the cause of their flight. […]

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Niger Delta Crisis: British High Commissioner Advocates Political Solution, Commends FG

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2017

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright, has commended the Federal Government for its readiness to dialogue with the people of the Niger Delta, in seeking political, rather than military solutions to the problems in the region. This was his position as he spoke on Channels Television’s breakfast show, Sunrise Daily, while analysing the […]

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Nigeria Airstrike Error: ‘I Saw Dead Children’ Eyewitness Relieves Horror

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2017

In a BBC interview, Alfred Davies, an MSF aid worker, relieves the horror of this week’s erroneous bombing by the Nigerian military of a camp for internally displaced people in Rann, in which more than 70 people – including women and children – were killed and many more wounded. Nigeria’s military has admitted that the […]