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FG Summons Turkish Ambassador over Illicit Arms Exports

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2017

The federal government has summoned the Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Hakan Çakıl, for talks over the massive illegal shipment of arms from his country to Nigeria. The government will at the meeting, which is expected to hold Friday, express its dissatisfaction over the matter and demand

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Attacks Against Albinos for Body Parts, Profit Must Stop, Says UN

Daily Dispatch September 21, 2017

“When I was sleeping in my house, four people came and started attacking me with machetes,” said Mariama Staford, an albino in Tanzania. “One of those four people was a neighbor, and he is the one who took the machete and was cutting my arms.” Staford was 25 years old when she was attacked in […]

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Former Senate President urges UN to endorse declaration of IPOB as a terrorist organisation

Daily Dispatch September 20, 2017

Senator Ameh Ebute, former Senate President, has called on the United Nations (UN) to endorse the proscription of declaration of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), led by Nnamdi Kanu, as a terrorist organization. In a letter on Tuesday, Ebute, on behalf of League of Patriotic Elder Statesmen in Nigeria, said they were concerned at […]

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Sukkuk Bond: Its part of the agenda to Islamise the country through the back door, CAN says

Daily Dispatch September 19, 2017

The Christian Association of Nigeria has opposed the floating of the Sukkuk Islamic bond by the Federal Government, insisting that it is part of the ‘agenda’ to Islamise the country through the back door. It queried the introduction of Islamic financing into the country, saying it is in violation of Section 10 of the Constitution. […]

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$1.6bn Fraud Allegation: You Can’t Try Omokore Without Charging Me Along, Diezani Tells EFCC

Daily Dispatch September 19, 2017

Former minister of petroleum resources  Diezani  Alison-Madueke Monday said that she is willing to appear in court to defend herself, but her name has been ‘surreptitiously’ left out of the list of defendants in the $1.9 billion, 9 count charge of fraud and criminal diversion, in court documents obtained by Per Second News. The Economic and […]

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Suicide Bombers Kill 12 In Borno

Daily Dispatch September 18, 2017

At least 12 people were feared killed on Monday when two suicide bombers attacked a village, near Konduga in Borno State. The twin explosions occurred in Mashalari village, near Konduga. The state emergency management agency confirmed the news of the attack to Channels Television and at least 21 people were injured. Mashalari village is near Konduga, […]