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Under Jonathan, Boko Haram strolled into Abuja at will- Lai Mohammed

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2018

Lai Mohammed, minister, says four years ago, Boko Haram insurgents strolled into Abuja, the nation’s capital, at will. Former President Goodluck Jonathan was in charge of the country during that period. Speaking with journalists after a tour of major media houses in the US, Mohammed said the

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B’Haram founder was detained in the same cell with insurgent leader captured in Benue- Salkida

Daily Dispatch April 28, 2018

Ahmad Salkida, a journalist known to have access to the leadership of Boko Haram, says Aliyu Tashaku, the insurgent commander, captured in Benue state, once shared a cell with Mohammed Yusuf, founder of the sect. The army arrested Tashaku, who is head of Benue livestock guards, the group enforcing compliance of the anti-grazing law in the […]

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‘I would have been part of herdsmen attacking people’ – Buhari

Daily Dispatch April 27, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that if not for education, he may have been one of the Fulani herdsmen clashing with farmers across the country. The President said during his two-day state visit to Bauchi State on Thursday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi, where he inaugurated the 261 Nigerian Air Force Referral Hospital, […]

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Reps In Rowdy Session Over $496m Tucano Aircraft Purchase

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2018

The House of Representatives was in a rowdy session over the presidential request to include the $496million fund for the purchase of Tucano aircraft in the 2018 Appropriation Bill before the National Assembly. During Thursday’s plenary at the Lower Chamber in Abuja, some members were of the opinion that the request should be presented as […]

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How Buhari administration encourages human rights abuses – U.S. Government

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2018

Just days before President Muhammadu Buhari meets his American counterpart, Donald Trump, in Washington DC, the United States government has released a report indicting the administration of the Nigerian leader of the festering human rights abuses in the country. The US Department of State in its “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017” blamed […]

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My Job Is A Very Difficult One – Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2018

Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has admitted that his job as the nation’s Vice-President is a very difficult one. He said the job of the President or Vice-President was so difficult that one could not do it for a lifetime. According to a statement on Tuesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu […]