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North- East Crisis, Fourth Biggest In The world – UN

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2017

The United Nations (UN) has said the humanitarian crisis in North-East Nigeria is the fourth biggest in the world.   Edward Kallon, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator disclosed this during a Media Breakfast Meeting in Abuja.   While lamenting the pathetic condition of victims of the Boko

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PDP crisis: Fayose Can’t Speak For Governors, Says Sheriff

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2017

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has said that it was wrong for Governor Ayodele Fayose to have rejected him as the leader of the party on behalf of other governors. Sheriff spoke with journalists in Abuja on Saturday on the Court of Appeal judgement in Port Harcourt, Rivers […]

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UN Condemns Boko Haram Attacks in Borno

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2017

he United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has condemned this week’s attacks by suspected Boko Haram bombers in Maiduguri, Borno State. At least eight persons were reportedly killed in the attacks. The Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Farhan Haq, said the “UNOCHA is alarmed by the reported terrorist attacks […]

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PDP Crisis: Members Crying Now Will Laugh Again – BoT Chairman, Walid

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2017

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees, BoT, Walid Jibrin has declared that members of the party who are crying now will smile again. Addressing reporters in Abuja, Walid urged members of the former rulig party not to defect to other political parties. Walid said, “I am sure that very soon […]

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Five Killed, Eight Injured As Suicide Bombers Strike In Maiduguri

Daily Dispatch February 17, 2017

Two suicide bombers were killed on Thursday by the Nigerian Army as they tried to sneak into Maiduguri, the Borno‎ State capital. The army killed the dreaded members of the Boko Haram terrorist sect at the Mafa military checkpoint, about nine kilometres from the state capital as they tried to storm into town. ‎However, as […]

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Alleged N108bn fraud: EFCC seizes Akpabio’s wife’s school

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

A school allegedly belonging to Unoma Akpabio, the wife of the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has been seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. It was learnt that the seizure was part of investigations into the former governor who has been accused of alleged N108bn fraud during his tenure […]