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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

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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 […]

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Biafra: How Obasanjo, Nigerian government prevented Biafrans from honouring their heroes – Col. Achuzia

Daily Dispatch May 20, 2017

Biafran war lord, Col. Joe Achuzia, rtd., also known as ‘Air raid’ has revealed how former President, Olusegun Obasanjo frustrated plans to bury the dead in the Civil War. Achuzia, also called the Hannibal, said this when he played host to the Senior Special Assistant on political matters to Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state, […]

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Buhari’s Ill-health: President must resign, Osinbajo can’t do anything -BBBOG co-convener, Aisha Yesufu

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2017

Co-convener of the BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, advocacy group, Aisha Yesufu, has called for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari over his failing health. Yesufu, in a video on her twitter handle stressed that the issue of addressing Yemi Osinbajo as the Acting President is not working out. She said, “When are we going to realize that […]