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ActionAid urges negotiation in Chibok, Dapchi girls release

Daily Dispatch April 22, 2018

An NGO, ActionAid Nigeria has urged the Federal Government to continue to use negotiations as a means to release the remaining abducted Chibok and Dapchi girls. The Country Director of AAN, Ene Obi, gave the advice on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. Obi said:

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General Gowon: Nigeria’s security challenges worrisome

Daily Dispatch April 22, 2018

Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, has described as worrisome the widespread security challenges and killings in the country. Gowon, who attended a special prayer summit in Yenagoa, said that he had prayed and hoped at the end of the Nigerian Civil War that the country would not go through that path again. He […]

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Same sex marriage: Discard Theresa May counsel- CAN tells Buhari

Daily Dispatch April 22, 2018

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has advised the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to discard the counsel of British Prime Minister, Theresa May, on same sex marriage. May, while speaking at the first joint forum at Commonwealth Head of Government Meetings in Westminster, said there should be no laws criminalising same-sex relationships across the

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Buhari respects Nigerian youths: Adesina

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari respects and applauds Nigerian youths, contrary to negative reports and distortions in a section of the media that said the president derided them at a Commonwealth Business Forum in London on Wednesday. Femi Adesina, media adviser to President Buhari blamed mischief makers, twisters and manipulators for the distorted message. “President Buhari

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Boko Haram: US urges military to change tactics

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2018

Nigerian forces battling Boko Haram jihadists need a change of mindset to overcome an evolving guerrilla threat, US military officials said this week on the sidelines of an African security summit. Boko Haram’s tactics — from improvised explosive devices to hiding within the local population — necessitate a shift away from conventional strategies, said Lieutenant-Colonel

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BREAKING: Ekweremadu meets Osinbajo inside Aso Rock

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2018

The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu is currently meeting behind closed doors with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The meeting which is coming a few hours after the invasion of the Senate chambers by suspected thugs is holding inside Osinbajo’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in London on […]