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Nigerians attack Saraki, Senate over Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch July 4, 2017

Hundreds of Nigerians today on Facebook pilloried Senate President Bukola Saraki and the entire red chamber for asking Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to respect rejections of nominees. The Senate had also on Tuesday suspended all issues relation to the confirmation of nominees and urged

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Nigeria deports 450 illegal immigrants from Edo

Daily Dispatch July 4, 2017

The Nigeria Immigration Service on Tuesday said it arrested and repatriated no fewer than 450 illegal immigrants from Edo in the first quarter of the year. Comptroller of Immigration in the state, Mr. David Adi, disclosed this at the presentation of a refurbished Hilux van by the Management of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc to […]

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Revive Moribund Tyre Companies NURTW Tells FG

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2017

Alhaji lssa Ore, the chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Kwara branch, on Monday appealed to the Federal Government to revive the moribund tyre manufacturing companies in the country. Ore told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin that this would curb the importers of tyres from importing fairly-used ones. […]

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Osinbajo in Ethiopia for AU Ordinary Summit

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2017

The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, is representing Nigeria at the 29th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union in Ethiopia. The session would hold on Monday after a week-long pre-summit activities involving ministers and other stakeholders. In one of such activities, Nigeria officially assumed the one-month rotational chairmanship of the African Union

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Suspected Boko Haram militants kills 9,abduct many in Niger

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2017

Suspected Boko Haram militants killed nine people and abducted dozens more in an attack Sunday night in southern Niger, the local mayor and a journalist said on Monday. The attackers arrived in the village of Ngalewa on camels at around 9 p.m. (2000 GMT) and abducted some 30 people, the journalist said. Abba Gata Issa, […]

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Boko Haram: Global Amnesty to probe US claims of Nigerian Army using child soldiers

Daily Dispatch July 2, 2017

Human Rights organisation, Global Amnesty Watch, has said it would investigate allegations of the use of child soldiers in the counter-insurgency war in the North East of Nigeria, saying it categorically contravened the Child Soldier Prohibition Act 2008. The findings of the investigation, GAW said, would be made public at the appropriate time. The GAW […]