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Breaking: Boko Haram kills 13 in fresh Cameroon attack

Daily Dispatch January 8, 2021

Thirteen civilians, eight of them children, died Friday when a woman suicide bomber blew herself up in an attack on a village in northern Cameroon by Boko Haram jihadists, a traditional chief and a police officer told AFP. Cameroon’s Far North region is grappling with deadly incursions from

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Buhari, Osinbajo, SGF, others to receive COVID-19 vaccine on live television – Shuaib

Daily Dispatch January 8, 2021

The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, has said the President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; and other prominent Nigerians will be among the first set to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on live television to help drive awareness. He said at […]

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Buhari angry, orders probe of bribe-for-promotion allegation against Police Service Commission

Daily Dispatch January 7, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari may have ordered a thorough probe of allegations wide-spread corruption in the Police Service Commission (PSC), by senior Police Officers. In series of petitions, the Senior Police Officers are alleging that the Police Service Commission, which is headed by a former Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Musiliu Smith, may have fundamentally

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Facebook bans Trump ‘indefinitely’ – Zuckerberg

Daily Dispatch January 7, 2021

Facebook banned President Donald Trump from the platform “indefinitely” due to his efforts to incite the violence in the US capital this week, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday. Zuckerberg said the 24-hour ban announced Wednesday was extended because of Trump’s “use of our platform to incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government.” The

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FG suspends hike in electricity tariffs till end of January

Daily Dispatch January 7, 2021

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has been directed to suspend the planned bi-annual adjustment in electricity tariff until the joint ad-hoc Committee concludes their discussion by the end of January. The directive was contained in a statement by the Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, on Thursday. NERC had on Monday, issued a circular regarding the […]

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Electoral College Confirms Joe Biden As 46th US President

Daily Dispatch January 7, 2021

Joe Biden’s victory in the electoral college has been certified as 46th President of United States. Joe Biden, the Democratic Party Candidate in the November 2020 Presidential election. The former Vice President secured over 270 EC votes during Certification of 2020 US election by the Congress.