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Accidental Airstrike In Rann: I Feel Pained-Aisha Buhari

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2017

The wife of the president, Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, feels really pained by what she described as the erroneous bombing of Rann in Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno State by the Nigerian Air Force fighter jet. The president’s wife, in a statement on Wednesday by her Special

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Rann Airstrike: Conditions For Post-operative Care Not Adequate- ICRC Surgeon

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2017

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called for the evacuation of all the patients involved in the accidental airstrike on Monday to Maiduguri, saying the conditions for post-operative care are not adequate. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement expressed shock at the death of civilians, including six aid workers from […]

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How Saraki Trnsfer $3m To His Foreign Account

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2017

A banker Nwachukwu Amazu, on Tuesday told the Code of Conduct, CCT, how the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki made transfers of over $3m to his foreign account while he was governor of Kwara State. Senator Saraki is facing charges before the Danladi Umar-led tribunal for false and anticipatory assets declaration when he […]

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Air Force Strikes Boko Haram New Hideout In Northern Borno

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2017

The Nigerian Air Force on Monday said its fighter jets struck Boko Haram new hideout about one nautical mile south of Tumbum Rego in northern Borno. A statement from Air Force spokesman Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa said the NAF fighter jets and helicopter gunship assaulted the location in a coordinated day and night operation following […]

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N4.9B Money Laundering: Judge Turned Down Request To Meet Lawyer In Private

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2017

  Justice Muslim Sule Hassan of a Federal High Court in Lagos who is the presiding judge in the trial of Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation minister and two others over N4.9billion alleged money laundering charge, on Monday turned down request by defence counsel to meet with him in private At the resumption of the […]

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SW Youths Protest At EFCC Over Jonathan

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2017

Youths from South West South-West geo-political zone on Monday stormed the Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) protesting alleged persecution and harassment of the former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan. Armed with a petition addressed to the acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, the group warned against what it […]