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Fighter Jet Misses Boko Haram Target, Killing Several People In IDP Camp

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2017

The Nigerian Army said a fighter jet in the fleet of the Nigerian Air force component of Operation Lafiya Dole has misfired and shot some humanitarian aid workers of the International Committee of Red Cross, the Medicines Sans Frontiers and some civilians in Kala Balge in Borno State during an

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Shekau Claims Responsibility For UNIMAID Attack

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2017

Leader of Boko Haram insurgents,  Abubakar Shekau has reacted to yesterday bomb attack on the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID). In an audio tape allegedly released on You Tube,  Shekau said the attack was as a result of the ‘ungodly’ activities going on in the mosque. It will be recall that there was a bomb blast […]

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UNIMAID Bomb Blast: Attackers Are Ignorant Of Islam-Buhari

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday described perpetrators of the terrorist attack at a mosque in University of Maiduguri, UNIMAID, as cowards who have no understanding of Islam. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari said the unjustifiable act of the terrorists was punishable before God Almighty and […]

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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 defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) […]

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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 […]