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DSS arrests suspected kidnappers of German archeologists, Boko Haram kingpins

Daily Dispatch March 22, 2017

The Department of State Services has arrested two suspected kidnappers of the two German archeolologists, Dr. Peter Breuning and Johannes Brehinger, on March 13 in Kaduna State. The suspects are: Ibrahim Sule and Bello Shehu. Breuning and Brehinger were kidnapped on February 22 at Pahkogo in

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Multiple Bomb Blast Claims 8 Lives, 20 Injured

Daily Dispatch March 22, 2017

Multiple suicide bomb blasts rocked a camp for migrants who have fled Boko Haram insurgents near Maiduguri, Borno State early Wednesday. Officials of the National Emergency Management Agency said the attacks claimed eight lives and left at least 20 people injured. The Northeast information officer of the Agency, AbdulKadir Ibrahim, in a statement said the […]

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Breaking: Again, Customs CG says He Won’t Honour Senate’s Summon

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2017

The Controller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Colonel Hameed Ali (retd), has again said he would not honour the invitation of the Senate to appear before it. Before he appeared in mufti last week and was told to re-appear in Customs uniform, Ali had snubbed the Senate. When he appeared last week in a […]

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How I Sponsored Obasanjo’s Presidential Campaign With N100m in 1998 – Orji Kalu boasts

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2017

Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has boasted of how he funded ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Presidential campaign in 1998 with the sum of N100m. Speaking during a dinner in Washington DC, United States, US, Kalu also claimed he should own 90% of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stakes by virtue of his N500 million […]

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Boko Haram: Protesters threaten to shut down Nigeria if Amnesty International does not vacate within 24hrs

Daily Dispatch March 20, 2017

Thousands of protesters under the banner, Global Peace and Rescue Initiative (GOPRI) have, Monday March 20, barricaded the Abuja office of the Amnesty International (AI) demanding the international organization to vacate the country within the next 24 hours. Vanguard reports that the Executive Director of the group, Comrade Melvin Ejeh, while addressing the protesters,

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Nigeria Is The 103rd Happiest Country In The World, 6th In Africa-New UN Report

Daily Dispatch March 20, 2017

The annual report produced by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a global initiative launched by the United Nations in 2012 showed that Nigeria is the 103rd happiest country in the world and 6th in Africa. The released on Monday by the United Nations, shows that African countries along with Syria and Yemen are the […]