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Breaking: Suspected IPOB Members Attack Abia CP’s Residence, Burn Cars

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2017

A mob suspected to be made up of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra has attacked the residence of the Commissioner, Abia State Police Command, Adeleye Oyebade, Television Continental is reporting. According to the television station, the attackers burnt down cars in the official

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Herbalist, Others Dupe Man N25m To Cure Headache

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2017

A man identified as a fake herbalist, Musiliu Alashela, has been arrested for allegedly defrauding a businessman of N25 million to cure him of severe headache. The headache had been on for over two years. Alashela, 45, was arrested alongside four others by the Zonal Intervention Squad of the Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria […]

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Fed govt, NLNG sign N120b contract to construct Bonny-Bodo road

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2017

The Ministry of Power, Works and Housing has signed a tripartite agreement of N120 billion with Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) and Julius Berger Plc. for the construction of Bonny-Bodo road. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, at the tripartite agreement and contract signing on Wednesday in Abuja said the project would […]

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Lai elected VP of UN World Tourism Organisation

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2017

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has been elected Vice President of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) General Assembly. Mohammed, who represents Nigeria, was elected by acclamation to speak for Africa, alongside Cape Verde, at the 22nd General Assembly of the UNWTO, which opened in Chengdu, China, on Wednesday. His election […]

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Biafra: No reasonable Ibo man backing agitation-Okorocha

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2017

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, who is also the Chairman of Progressive Governors’ Forum, has described the agitation by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, for a sovereign republic in the South-East as a child’s play. Okorocha, who spoke yesterday after leading a delegation of the forum on a visit to internally displaced persons, […]

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106 Chibok girls to begin school after meeting parents in hometown

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2017

Aisha Alhassan, minister of women affairs and social development, says 106 Chibok girls will begin school in two weeks after reuniting with their parents and friends in their hometown. The girls, who have undergone medical and psychological rehabilitation, will commence a special foundation programme at American University in Yola, Adamawa state. The minister disclosed