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I’m ready to die – Boko Haram leader, Shekau gives up

Daily Dispatch February 8, 2018

Abubakar Shekau, elusive leader of Boko Haram insurgents has said he is tired of the “calamity” that has befallen his sect. In a video he released in Hausa on Wednesday, the Boko Haram leader said it’s better to die and rest in paradise because he is tired of the calamity that has befallen his

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Boko Haram chief Abubakar Shekau appears in new video, says his men still in Sambisa + video

Daily Dispatch February 7, 2018

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has appeared in a new video, days after the military said the sect has been completely defeated. Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, had made the claim last weekend. He disclosed that hundreds of insurgents surrendered, several others fled their enclave, while over 100 civilians were rescued. […]

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Breaking: Buhari rejects three national assembly bills

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has withheld his assent to three bills passed by the national assembly. The bills are the establishment of Police Procurement Fund, Chartered Institute of Public Management of Nigeria bill and Nigeria council for social work establishment bill. Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, announced this during plenary on Tuesday. He

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Controversial IBB statement: IGP defamed Afegbua- Falana, asks police boss to retract statement without delay

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2018

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria, says the inspector-general of police has defamed Kassim Afegbua by declaring him wanted as if he is a fugitive. The police declared Afegbua, spokesman of Ibrahim Babangida, wanted on Monday night over a statement he issued in which the former military president and retired general was […]

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President Buhari signs bilateral air agreements with five countries

Daily Dispatch February 5, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed bilateral air service agreements with five countries. The five countries are Algeria, Congo, China, Qatar, and Singapore. The signing was confirmed in a terse statement by Mr. Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu. “Following the approval of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja signed the

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IBB false statement: Police declare Afegbua wanted

Daily Dispatch February 5, 2018

The Police Force Headquarters in Abuja, has declared Kazeem Afegbua, wanted. Afegbue, was declared wanted after the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, ordered for his arrest Sunday night following a statement he released on behalf of former President Ibrahim Babangida, asking president Buhari, not to seek re-election in 2019. Force Public Relations Officer,