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Macron, African leaders meet over al-Qaida, Boko Haram

Daily Dispatch July 1, 2017

President Emmanuel Macron of France will meet West African leaders on Sunday in Mali to discuss support for a new 5,000-strong multinational force meant to counter a growing threat from terror groups including Boko Haram and al-Qaida. Heads of state from five nations across Africa’s vast Sahel

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Nigerian Doctor kills one, injures six in US hospital shooting

Daily Dispatch July 1, 2017

Hellbent on revenge and armed with an assault rifle, a former Bronx-Lebanon Hospital physician in New York, United States of America, wearing a white lab coat opened fire Friday inside the medical center — killing one doctor and injuring six other people before killing himself, authorities said. The shooter, Dr. Henry Bello, 45, had vowed […]

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UK Deports 28 Nigerians

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2017

The Government of the United Kingdom on Thursday deported 28 Nigerians for committing immigration-related offences in the country. The Nigerians were sent back home barely 48 hours after 23 Nigerians were deported from Spain and five days after another batch of 34 were jointly deported by the governments of Switzerland, Germany, Iceland, Austria, Belgium and […]

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Nigeria’s unity not negotiable – Sen. Wamakko

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2017

The unity of Nigeria is not negotiable, hence the need to sustain the fervent prayers for its peace and unity, Senator Aliyu Wamakko said on Wednesday in Sokoto. Wamakko made the assertion on Wednesday while receiving the state Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, various groups and individuals who paid him homage on Sallah celebration. The senator, […]

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FG Acquires Abuja Metro Plaza As Headquarters For Hajj Commission

Daily Dispatch June 28, 2017

The Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by Acting President,Yemi Osinbajo rose from its sitting on Wednesday with a resolution to acquire the popular Metro Plaza building in Abuja to serve as permanent headquarters of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON. The move came just few days after the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations marked by muslims […]

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My loyalty to Ganduje, President Buhari’s FG Unshakable – Sanusi II

Daily Dispatch June 27, 2017

The Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi II, Tuesday declared his unalloyed loyalty to Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as a marked of a new beginning following the crisis nearly consumed his crown. Sanusi II, a first class Emir in a more compromising stand said, ” my loyalty to you and the Federal Government of President […]