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[BREAKING] Military employs fishermen, farmers to search for missing Dapchi schoolgirls

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2018

The military has employed the services of local fishermen and farmers in the search for the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls, the head of counter-insurgency operation in the North East (Operation Lafiya Dole), Maj. Gen. Rogers Nicholas, has said. Speaking at the inauguration of helipad, office

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Buhari to address the nation on second term

Daily Dispatch February 23, 2018

The Chairman of the APC  Governors’ Forum, Rochas Okorocha of Imo, said President Muhammadu Buhari would soon address the nation on whether he will seek re-election in 2019. Okorocha stated this when he briefed State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting between the President and the APC governors held on Thursday night at the Presidential […]

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Council of state endorses the appointment of 23 members of the NPC, INEC

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2018

The National Council of State on Thursday endorsed the appointments of 23 members of the National Population Commission (NPC) and a National Electoral Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra disclosed this to State House correspondents alongside Gov. Ibikunle Amosun

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Oyegun sabotaging my assignment’- Tinubu writes Buhari

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2018

Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has written the national chairman of the party, John Odigie-Oyegun, accusing him of sabotage. According to TheCable, Bola Tinubu accused Oyegun of sabotaging his Presidential assignment of reconciling aggrieved members. Tinubu said Oyegun contravened the discussion they both had at the party’s national

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Boko Haram striving because of external forces – Irish Ambassador

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2018

The Ambassador of Ireland to Nigeria, Sean Hoy has said that the Boko Haram insurgency grew to deadly proportion because of the failure of Nigeria to tackle the initial local conflict of the insurgents. The Irish envoy stated that external forces took advantage of the then local Boko Haram conflict for their wider agenda. Ambassador […]

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Boko Haram leader, Shekau escapes arrest by Nigerian Army

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2018

The leader of insurgent group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has again escaped from being captured by men of the Nigerian Army. According to the BBC, Shekau escaped from his hideout inside the Sambisa Forest, leaving behind some of his clothing, chewing stick and a pistol. A source from the vigilante force working with the Army […]