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Ramadan: Pray for Nigerian leaders, Dogara urges Muslims

Daily Dispatch May 28, 2017

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has enjoined the Muslim Ummah to use the opportunity provided by the Holy month of Ramadan to continue to pray for the leadership of the country, its peaceful coexistence and speedy economic revival. The Speaker made the call in a

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NYSC member from Lagos State dies in Kebbi

Daily Dispatch May 26, 2017

A member of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) serving in Kebbi State, Yusuf Ege Olaide, with registration number KB/16 A/379, has passed away. State Coordinator, Alhaji Lawal Turawa, made the disclosure on Thursday during the swearing in ceremony on Batch A stream I at the NYSC permanent camp, Dakingeri. Turawa commended the state government […]

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Biafra: We did not plan to wipe out Igbos – Obasanjo

Daily Dispatch May 25, 2017

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that it was not the intention of the Federal Government to wipe out Igbos during the civil war. Obasanjo made this comment at an event tagged, ‘Memory and Nation Building: Biafra 50 years later’, which held in Abuja on Thursday. The event was held to mark 50 years of […]

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BREAKING: FG tenders nine cash-filed boxes recovered from Justice Ngwuta

Daily Dispatch May 25, 2017

The Federal Government on Thursday tendered nine bags and boxes filled with local and foreign currencies before a Federal High Court in Abuja , that was allegedly recovered from a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta. The items were said to have been recovered from Justice Ngwuta’s official residence in Abuja during a search operation […]

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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 event was jointly organised by the Office of the National […]

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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, […]