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7 years on, more than 100 Chibok girls still missing

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2021

Seven years after hundreds of schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram jihadists in Chibok, northeast Nigeria, more than 100 are still missing, Amnesty International said Wednesday. Several more mass kidnappings of schoolchildren have occurred in northern Nigeria since Chibok, resulting in

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FEC observes 1-minute silence in honour of ex-Minister Mahmud Tukur

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2021

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has observed a minute silence in honour of former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mahmud Tukur. Permanent Secretary, Ecological Funds Office, Habiba Lawal, standing in for the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, said Mr Tukur died Friday in Abuja at 82. Mr Tukur served was Minister […]

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Bandits committing crimes under the guise of ESN -Umahi

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2021

Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi on Wednesday said bandits are committing crimes in the South-East of the country under the guise of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), but insisted governors of the region will not allow what he termed illegality to reign in the area.  “Of late, we have bandits that are now doing a […]

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Saraki’s Presidential Campaign Posters Flood Abuja, Aide Feigns Ignorance

Daily Dispatch April 13, 2021

The battle for the 2023 presidential election has taken the centre stage of the nation’s politics as political parties and politicians have position themselves to see what could be achieved. This is barely two years to the end of the tenure of the All Progressives Congress (APC) government, which came on board in 2019. Pointer […]

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Nigeria to receive six Super Tucanos combat aircraft in mid-July – Presidency

Daily Dispatch April 13, 2021

Nigeria is expected to receive six of the 12 Super Tucanos ordered from the United States in mid-July, the presidency said on Tuesday. According to presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, 14 Nigerian pilots are currently training with the aircraft at the Moody Air Force Base in Georgia. Mr. Garba posted a video of what appeared to […]

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Former Imo Governor, Rochas Okorocha arrested by EFCC

Daily Dispatch April 13, 2021

A former Governor of the South-East state of Imo, Rochas Okorocha, has been arrested, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report. Mr Okorocha was arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at about 4 P.M. Tuesday at his Unity House private office in Abuja, sources familiar with the matter told this medium. The former governor […]