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Fresh Boko Haram abductions threaten gains for girls’ education in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch February 24, 2018

The kidnapping of dozens more schoolgirls in northeast Nigeria by Boko Haram militants could undermine efforts to keep girls in schools and threaten progress on women’s education in the region, experts said on Friday. At least 76 schoolgirls from the village of Dapchi were snatched by a faction

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“El-Rufai, did you drive bulldozer; Ortom, how are cattle rearers” – Buhari jokes with govs [VIDEO]

Daily Dispatch February 23, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday joked with some governors before the commencement of the Council of State meeting. The meeting held at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. In attendance were former heads of state – Olusegun Obasanjo, Abdusalami Abubakar, Yakubu Gowon, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and many state chief executives. As is the […]

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2019: APC governors meet Buhari tonight

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to meet with state governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) tonight at the conference hall of the Wife of the President, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting might be a follow-up to the Daura meeting which was held at the president’s private […]

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BREAKING: 2 Yobe schoolgirls killed in rescue operation, others still missing

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2018

The corpses of two missing Dapchi schoolgirls who were abducted by the Boko Haram terrorists on Monday, in Yobe state, have been recovered by the Nigerian military. Their bodies were recovered during rescue operation, according to Reuters. Recall that Boko Haram terrorists had on Monday, attacked the Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe […]

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Dapchi schoolgirls: Angry youths attack Gov Gaidam’s convoy

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2018

Anger erupted in Dapchi, Yobe State on Thursday after officials fumbled to account for scores of schoolgirls who locals say have been kidnapped by Boko Haram jihadists — a disappearance reviving traumatic memories of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls. Police said on Wednesday that 111 girls from the state-run boarding school in Dapchi, were unaccounted for following […]

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50 Dapchi schoolgirls yet to return, says Yobe government

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2018

In an update, the Yobe State government on Wednesday said 50 out of 926 Dapchi schoolgirls, whose school was attacked by Boko Haram on Monday have not reported back to school. The government doubted whether any of the girls at Government Girls Secondary School in Dapchi,  had been abducted by the attackers, saying there was […]