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“It is the sins that the PDP members committed that God is punishing them with it,” – Bafarawa

Daily Dispatch April 8, 2018

Attahiru Bafarawa, former Sokoto governor, has advised members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to intensify prayers and repentance towards God. “It is the sins that the PDP members committed that God is punishing them with it,” he said at the PDP north-west zonal rally on Saturday in

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Killer herdsmen not Nigerians, backed by top govt officials – Security expert

Daily Dispatch April 7, 2018

Colonel Bude Nnakee Okafor (retd.), a crisis and security management consultant, has said that the Fulani herdsmen who perpetrate terror in parts of Nigeria are not Nigerians. Okafor said the terror herdsmen were being moved into Nigeria through the nation’s porous borders from Niger, Chad, Mali, Togo and other neighbouring African countries where their activities […]

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Femi Adesina: Critics of $1 billion security fund playing politics

Daily Dispatch April 6, 2018

Presidential media adviser Femi Adesina says those opposing or criticizing President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of one billion dollars for security funding are only playing politics with the lives of Nigerians. The Minister of Defence, retired Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, had on Wednesday revealed that President Buhari had granted assent for the release of the one billion

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Melaye: IGP reinstates Janga as Kogi police commissioner

Daily Dispatch April 5, 2018

Mr. Ali Janga has been reinstated as the Commissioner of Police in Kogi State, the state police command spokesman, ASP William Aya, has confirmed. Aya told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lokoja on Thursday that Janga returned to office on April 3 on the orders of the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris. He […]

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We won’t take issue with Obasanjo – Presidency

Daily Dispatch April 3, 2018

The Presidency on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari would not take issue with former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his comment. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said this in an interview monitored on Channels Television. Adesina said Buhari would not engage Obasanjo who was his senior in the military. […]

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Bishop Kukah Calls For Introspection In Easter Message

Daily Dispatch April 1, 2018

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah, has asked Nigerians to look inwards and re-order their priorities so as to provide solutions to the various socio-political and economic problems burdening the nation. He made the appeal in a special Easter message addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, the country’s political leaders and […]