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IPOB Solidarity Rally For Trump urns Violent, 11 Feared Killed

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2017

No fewer than eleven (11) people were feared dead during solidarity rally by the indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for new US President, Donald Trump in Port-Harcourt, as it turned violent. In a statement by Media and Publicity ‎secretary of IPOB, Mr. Emma Powerful, alleged that the group was

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Leave Office Before Noon or Be Force Out- ECOWAS Leaders Tells Jammeh

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2017

West African leaders have given Yahya Jammeh a final opportunity to relinquish power after Senegalese troops entered The Gambia. Mr Jammeh has been given until noon on Friday to leave office or be forced out by UN-backed regional forces. Troops have been told to halt their advance until the deadline passes. The Economic Community of […]

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UN, AU, ECOWAS Congratulate arrow

Daily Dispatch January 19, 2017

The ECOWAS Commission, African Union and United Nations have congratulated the President of the Republic of The Gambia, Mr Adama Barrow, on the occasion of his swearing-in and assumption of office. This is following his victory at the presidential election of December 1, 2016 and in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of The […]

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Constituted Authority: Ajumobi Gets 7 days Ultimatum To Apologise To LAUTECH Students

Daily Dispatch January 19, 2017

Following a video showing altercation between the Oyo state governor Abiola Ajumobi and the protesting students of Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH), a Civil Society organisation on the platform of Citizens Action to Take Back Nigeria (CATBAN), has given the governor seven days ultimatum to apologise for his ’embarrassing comments.’ A statement signed in

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Abducted Tulip Students: No Parent Withdrew Their Children, We’re On Break To Show Solidarity-School PTA

Daily Dispatch January 19, 2017

The Parents and Teachers of the Nigerian Tulip International College NTIC, Ogun State, has denied the reports that parents are withdrawing their children from the school, saying they are on break to show solidarity to the abductees. They also condemned the circumstances which led to the kidnapping of three students and seven other staff of […]

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We’ll Use Pension Fund To Finance Infrastructure-Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2017

The Federal Government is working on “how to tap into the huge pension fund to finance infrastructure in the country,” Vice President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed at the World Economic Forum holding in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday. His Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, in a statement, quoted him as saying “To do […]