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If PDP had allowed Ekwueme, Nigeria would have been better- Tinubu

Daily Dispatch January 29, 2018

Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Nigeria would have been a better place if the late former Vice-President Alex Ekwueme was allowed to play his rightful role in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a tribute to the deceased on Monday, Tinubu said those

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13,000 migrants repatriated from Libya

Daily Dispatch January 29, 2018

More than 13,000 migrants have been repatriated from Libya since the beginning of December, the African Union’s chief said Monday, nearly two months after reports emerged showing refugees being sold as slaves. That number is short of the AU’s goal to fly 20,000 out of the conflict-wracked north African nation by mid-January, but chairperson of […]

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Appointment: New NIA boss, Abubakar is not a Nigerian-Rights activist insists..Says, Presidency defence is not tenable

Daily Dispatch January 29, 2018

A renowned human rights activist and Executive Chairman, Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ), Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman has insisted that the newly appointed Director –General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Mr. Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, is not hailed from Nigeria but a Chadian by birth, described the defence put up by the […]

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Court Slams N5m Bail On Security Guards, Storekeepers For Alleged Negligence

Daily Dispatch January 29, 2018

A Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Monday slammed N5 million bail on five security guards and storekeepers of Daughters of Charity Hospital, Abuja, for alleged negligence. The defendants are Alfred Iyuagba, 38; Peter Iortin, 25; Moses Joseph, 24; Matthew Iliya, and Alexandra Rume all of Kubwa, Abuja. They had pleaded not guilty to […]

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Two killed, houses burnt in fresh herdsmen attack in Plateau

Daily Dispatch January 29, 2018

Two persons were on Sunday night ambushed and killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Ariri and Tafi-Gene village of Jebu-Miango, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state. This is coming barely three days after the series of killings that claims over 20 lives in Bokkos, Bassa and Riyom Local Government of the state. Investigation revealed […]

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20 Fulani herdsmen arrive Abeokuta to ‘settle and graze’

Daily Dispatch January 29, 2018

About twenty Fulani herdsmen have arrived in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, to “settle” and “graze”. The Ogun State Police Command confirmed the development in a statement by its spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi. Oyeyemi said the herdsmen have been profiled. He said though anyone was free to reside in any part of the country, the condition […]