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Obasanjo urges FG to sustain fight against insurgents

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2017

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to sustain the on-going fight against the insurgents and other crimes in the country. Obasanjo made the remarks while presenting a paper at a two-day workshop on ‘Preventing Violent Extremism in Nigeria’, in Abuja. The

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IPOB declares sit-at-home in 10 northern cities

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2017

The Indigenous People of Biafra on Wednesday declared that its sit-at-home order scheduled for May 30 had been extended to 10 areas in northern Nigeria and Abuja. It gave the 10 areas to include: Kano, Kaduna, Jos, Makurdi, Gigawa, Jalingo, Yola and Lafia. It added that the order would also be observed in Ibadan, Benin, […]

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UN to honour 2 Nigerian fallen peacekeepers

Daily Dispatch May 23, 2017

Two fallen peacekeepers from Nigeria, Commodore Christopher Ademu Abu and Sgt. Mayehm Norbert, are among the 117 that would be honoured with the posthumous Dag Hammarskjöld medal. NAN reports that the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal is a posthumous award given by the UN to military personnel, police, or civilians who lose their lives while serving in […]

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Biafra Day Celebration: Confusion as MASSOB pulls out of today’s rally

Daily Dispatch May 22, 2017

The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has pulled out of the contentious Biafra celebration slated for today. The group under the leadership of Uchenna Madu, called on members to shun the May 22 celebration and brace up for the main event slated for May 30, which is Biafra remembrance […]

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Obasanjo to lead discussion on Boko Haram, extremism

Daily Dispatch May 21, 2017

Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has accepted to lead a national discourse against violent extremism championed by Boko Haram terrorists and similar groups in the country. The forum is being championed by Club de Madrid (CdM), in collaboration with the Office of the National Security Adviser to the President (ONSA) with the support of Preventing […]

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Army has converted Deadly Falgore Forest as Training Ground

Daily Dispatch May 21, 2017

Nigerian Army has converted the deadly Falgore forest in Doguwa Local Government Area of Kano State into a training ground. Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, made the disclosure yesterday when he visited and patrolled the notorious forest alongside Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Buratai said the take over was to forestall further […]