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Fresh Kaduna Attack: One Killed Six Injured

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2017

Unknown gunmen have attacked Zankan village in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna state, killing one person and injuring five others. Spokesman for the Kaduna State Police Command, Aliyu Usman, who confirmed the incident, said that the gunmen invaded the community, a predominantly Fulani

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Gambia: Dogara Commends Buhari, ECOWAS Leaders

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2017

The Speaker of the House of Representatives in Nigeria, Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and other ECOWAS leaders for the role they played in averting a major political crisis in The Gambia. In a statement issued on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Turaki Hassan, Dogara […]

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Clampdown on journalists: Total breakdown of democratic tolerance – Adegboruwa

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2017

Eminent lawyer and human rights activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has expressed fears over the recent clampdown on the media by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, saying the situation is a ‘tip of the iceberg.’ DAILY POST recalls that the police, on Thursday raided Premium Times head office in Abuja, and arrested the newspaper’s publisher, Dapo Olorunyomi, […]

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Hajj 2017: Saudi Arabia Lift Ban On Nigeria

Daily Dispatch January 19, 2017

The Saudi Arabia authority recently announced the lifting of the 20 percent restriction on all pilgrims worldwide due to the renovation and expansion works at the holy sites in the kingdom. Nigeria’s quota until 2012 was 95,000 and was slashed to 76,000. The Chief Information Officer of the commission Mousa Ubandawaki, in a statement on […]

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Gambia: Jammeh Bows To Pressure, Agrees To Go Into Exile

Daily Dispatch January 19, 2017

Barely a few hours before his mandate expires, outgoing President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia is reported to have accepted a last-minute deal to relinquish power peacefully and go into exile. According to reports from Banjul which are yet to be independently confirmed, Mr Jammeh agreed to step down in the interest of peace and […]

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Your Economic Policy ‘Are Archaic and Opaque’- Oby Ezekwesili Tells Buhari

Daily Dispatch January 19, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari’s current economic policies are similar to those he promulgated during the military regime he led in the 1980s, a former Minister of Education and social critic, Oby Ezekwesili, has said. Mrs. Ezekwesili said Mr. Buhari’s “archaic” and “opaque” economic principles are not only encouraging massive corruption and abuse of power, but also […]