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Boko Haram has links with terror group in Mali-Buratai

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2017

Tukur Buratai, the chief of army staff, says the Boko Haram insurgent group has links with terror groups in northern Mali. The PUNCH quoted Buratai as saying this on Monday while receiving Babi Abdulrahman, Mali’s army chief, in Abuja. According to Buratai, the link was proven by the recent

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NTA reporter shot dead in Benin

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

A reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Benin, Mr Lawrence Okojie, was allegedly shot dead by gunmen on Saturday night in Benin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okojie was said reported to have been killed around Ogunola Junction, off Siluko Road. The spokesman of the State Police Command, DSP Moses Nkombe, […]

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Maitama Sule: We lost diplomat of international ‎repute- Atiku

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, in Kano, said that Nigeria had lost a diplomat of international repute with the death of an elder statesman Maitama Sule. ‎Abubakar, who made this remark when he paid a condolence visit to Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State,  stressed that Maitama’s death was a great loss to […]

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How to solve legislature-executive rift – Prof.

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

A Professor of Political Science, Femi Otubanjo, has urged the legislative and executive arms of government to approach the Supreme Court to resolve their differences over the retention of  Mr Ibrahim Magu in office. He spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday, on the backdrop of the latest face-off between […]

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Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu a betrayer, blackmailer – Uwazuruike

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

Leader of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Ralph Uwazuruike, has described Nnamdi Kanu who leads the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a betrayer and blackmailer. He accused Kanu of using the platform and opportunities he gave him to push the Biafra struggle forward against MASSOB. Uwazuruike insisted that […]

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Quit notice: Nigerian students set to shutdown Kaduna

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has vowed to mobilise over 5,000 students and 60 affiliate associations across the country to occupy Kaduna State from September 30 to October 3. National President of NANS, Aruna Kadiri, who made this disclosure at a press conference held on Sunday, said the decision of the Nigerian students was […]