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Nigeria will regret if Pantami is sacked, Gumi warns

Daily Dispatch April 27, 2021

Controversial Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has warned against removal or sack of embattled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami. There have been calls for the resignation of the Minister over his pass support for terror groups, which he has since renounced. Many

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Abducted pregnant student, others call for help in new video released by bandits

Daily Dispatch April 27, 2021

Bandits who abducted the 39 students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, in Igabi local government area of Kaduna state have released another video of the students including a pregnant female student. When contacted, a senior management staff of the college, who craved anonymity, identified the faces in the video as their students The […]

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Medical doctor arrested for allegedly being Boko Haram informants

Daily Dispatch April 27, 2021

The government of Niger State in north-central Nigeria has said it has arrested nine persons, including a medical doctor, for being Boko Haram informants. Abdulberqy Ebbo, the director-general of strategic operations, ICT and public enlightenment unit at the Niger State Government House, claimed the men confessed to revealing the movements of troops to Boko Haram […]

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Buhari meets Zulum over insecurity

Daily Dispatch April 27, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday night met with Borno Governor Babagana Zulum, at the State House, Abuja Although details of the meeting are still being awaited, sources said the discussions centred around the security situation in Borno State. Activities of terrorist elements, including Boko Haram and the Islamic State, West African Province (ISWAP), have intensified

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Breaking: IDPs block Makurdi-Lafia highway, protest killing of seven by herdsmen

Daily Dispatch April 27, 2021

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the Abagana camp have blocked the Markurdi-Lafia Federal Highway protesting the recent killings by herdsmen and laying the corpses of the victims on the road. The suspected herdsmen on Tuesday morning invaded Abagana IDP camp killing seven persons and injuring about 15 of them. According to an eyewitness account present at […]

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60th Independence Day: Osinbajo departs Nigeria for Sierra Leone

Daily Dispatch April 27, 2021

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo will leave Abuja, the nation’s capital this morning for Sierra Leone to attend the country’s 60th Independence Day celebration. Prof. Osinbajo, who is representing President Muhammadu Buhari at the celebration will join other leaders in Freetown. A statement on Tuesday by his Spokesman, Laolu Akande, said historically, Nigeria and Sierra Leone