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Nigerian army arrests three foreign Boko Haram members

Daily Dispatch April 23, 2017

The Nigerian army has arrested three Chadians in connection with terrorism in the north-east. In as a statement by the army spokesperson of the 28 Task Force Brigade, Mubi, Akinloye Badare, the Chadians were arrested in a foiled terrorist attack between Borno and Adamawa states’ border.

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Cabals have turned Buhari into private property – Northern Group

Daily Dispatch April 23, 2017

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has claimed that a cabal in the current government has turned President Muhammadu Buhari into a private property. AYCF made the allegation in reaction to the continuous absence of the President in public. The group’s leader, Yerima Shettima, in a statement maintained that the President was not elected to […]

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Buhari makes new appointments for FAAN, NCAA, NAMA, Rural Electrification Agency

Daily Dispatch April 20, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Engr. Saleh Dunoma as the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Also apprved by the president is the appointments of Captain Mukhtar Usman as the Director-General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and Captain Fola C. Akinkotu as the Managing Director of Nigerian Airspace

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Intending Couple(s) Who Contravenes Pre-Marital Medical Text Risks Six Months Jail

Daily Dispatch April 20, 2017

Any Intending couple (s) in Kaduna State will now have to under go pre-marital medical examination as passed by the State House of Assembly on Thursday. The law known as the Kaduna State Pre-marital (medical examination) enforcement law, 2017 stated that any person intending to marry shall submit his/herself for medical examination before the conduct of […]

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Passengers panic as smoke engulfs ‘Lagos-bound’ aircraft

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

Twitter user, Oriaku Okwesilieze, took to the social media platform on Tuesday to narrate how smoke engulfed an aircraft reportedly travelling from Port Harcourt to Lagos. Tweeting via @puffypearl, she said, “20 minutes after take off, our aero contractor flight started smoking. For 35 min we were chanting prayers, screaming, panicking”. She added that “the […]

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Prosecute Dino Melaye for stealing items meant for North East IDPs – Council Chairman urges EFCC

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2017

The Administrator of Ijimu Local Government Area of Kogi state, Toufiq Isah, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate Senator Dino Melaye for allegedly moving items meant for Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the North-East last December to his country home in Ayetoro-Gbede. Isah, who is also the state chairman […]