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US calls for calm in Army-IPOB clash

Daily Dispatch September 15, 2017

The United States Government has called for calm as violence between the Nigerian Army and the secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, continues to cause tension within the South-East. The US Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria said in a tweet on Friday that it was joining well-meaning

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Anxiety in Kaduna as Igbos lock-up their stalls

Daily Dispatch September 15, 2017

The action of Igbos in Kaduna Friday created anxiety as all their stalls were under lock and key, thus, suspending business activities. DailyTrust observed that all stalls belonging to Igbos in the state metropolis and its environs were put under lock and key for reasons unknown to the people. Residents of the state therefore became […]

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Nigerian Senate a merciless, ruthless organisation, behave ”like locusts” – Sagay

Daily Dispatch September 15, 2017

The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Itse Sagay, has described the Nigerian Senate as “a merciless and ruthless organisation” with no value. Mr. Sagay who also added that the lawmakers behaved ”like locusts” said this on the sidelines of the Hallmarks of Labour Foundation Reunion Symposium held at the Nigerian Institute of […]

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Kanu’s action endangering Igbo living in North – Arewa youths

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2017

A Kaduna-based youth organisation, the Arewa Youth Forum (AYF), on Thursday, called on the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, and his supporters to stop endangering the lives of their kinsmen resident in other part of the country especially in the North. The group believed that the IPOB was planning to […]

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Biafra Secret Service behind assassination, kidnapping in Southeast – Igbo group

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2017

A South East Revival Group, SRG, has accused the Biafra Secret Service, BSS, of unlawful activities in the region. The group claimed BSS, is responsible for the “assassinations of kinsmen opposed to their fluid and dubious idea of a Biafran state.” The group maintained that BSS, which is a militant arm of the Indigenous People […]

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Repentant looters free to join fight against corruption – EFCC Boss

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2017

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, on Wednesday said repentant looters were free to join the fight against corruption. “We are calling on every Nigerian to join us; you can even return loot, face consequences then join us to fight corruption,” Magu said, according to a statement from […]