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Residents flee Abonema in fear of reprisal attack by soldiers

Daily Dispatch March 3, 2019

Some residents of Abonema in Akuku Toru local government area are said to have fled their homes in the wake of an attack on soldiers keeping guard in an area in the community. The attack, which unconfirmed reports say left one soldier dead and another with serious gunshot injuries, is said to

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Atiku may not be able to win in court, he will have to defend many negative comments by Obasanjo – Falana

Daily Dispatch March 3, 2019

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, has said that Atiku Abubakar may not be able to successfully challenge President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in court. He also said that he would be surprise if the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had won. He said this during an interview […]

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Dickson desperate, arming thugs ahead state assembly elections – Nabena …Wants operation Doo Akpo proscribed

Daily Dispatch March 3, 2019

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson has been accused of plotting violence by flooding the state with arms ahead of Saturday’s State House of Assembly elections in the state Mr. Yekini Nabena, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who made the damning allegation while speaking to journalists in Abuja […]

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Nigeria court says extradition of Cameroon separatists ‘illegal’

Daily Dispatch March 3, 2019

A Nigerian court has condemned as “illegal and unconstitutional” the arrest and deportation of Cameroonian separatists who had applied for asylum in Nigeria, the lawyers representing them said on Sunday. In January 2018, Nigeria arrested and deported 47 anglophone separatists who had fled Cameroon following a crackdown by the authorities. The move was denounced by […]

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Video: Popular Pastor who resurrected dead man confesses truth

Daily Dispatch March 3, 2019

Popular Pastor Alph Lukau of Alleluia Ministries who appeared in the viral video of him ‘resurrecting’ a man who was in a coffin has confessed the truth behind the incident. In the viral video, the popular pastor was seen speaking in tongues as he raised a dead man in the coffin back to life. But, […]

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Court stops INEC from issuing winner of Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial election

Daily Dispatch March 2, 2019

Senator Godswill Akpabio has acquired a court injunction which stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from issuing return certificate to winner of the Akwa Ibom North West senatorial election. Business Day reports that a Federal High Court in Apo, Abuja on Friday, March 1 ordered INEC to stay action on the issuance of certificate […]