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Group Gives Buhari 14Days Ultimatum To SGF, Mgu

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has been given 14 days ultimatum to sack Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir LawalA and Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Ibrahim Magu. The call was made by a new militant group, the Niger Delta Warriors, who warned

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Army 10 terrorists In A Reprisal Attack

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2017

The military says it has successfully repelled attack by the Boko Haram terrorists at Kangarwa in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno. Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, the Director of Army Public Relations, said in a statement in Maiduguri that the operation was carried out on Friday. According to him, the operation was carried out with the […]

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U.S Donates 8 Military Grade Tents To Nigeria Police

Daily Dispatch January 13, 2017

The U.S. on Friday donated eight military grade multi-purpose tents to the Nigeria Police for quick return of civil authorities in communities liberated from the Boko Haram insurgents. Ms Rosalyn Wiese, the Director, U.S. International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, presented the items to the Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, in Maiduguri. Wiese

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Southern Kaduna Crisis: Military Introduce “Operation Kunama 11”

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2017

In a bid to ending the massacre ravaging Southern Kaduna, the military has introduce a drilling exercise codenamed “Operation Kunama 11”. Also plan are underway to rename its exercise in the South East code-named “Operation Python Dance” in order to contain kidnapping in the region. These were parts of the resolutions reached at the Presidential

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Boko Haram scandal: UN strikes back at Governor Shettima

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2017

Following his attack on UN organizations, the UN Resident Humanitarian Coordinator to Nigeria, Edward Kallon, has refuted Borno Gov. Kashim Shettima’s allegations of under-performance and misuse of funds. Kallon said this during a courtesy visit to the Executive Director of Victims Support Fund (VSF), Sunday Ochoche, on Wednesday in Abuja, that UN agencies had scaled […]

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Allow Saro-wiwa’s Widow Access To Legal Document- Shell’s Lawyer Told

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2017

The widow of an activist executed after protesting against Royal Dutch Shell’s oil production in Nigeria has won access to legal documents for use in a legal case for damages against the oil giant that she says she plans to launch in the Netherlands. A U.S. judge in December told Shell’s U.S. lawyers to give […]