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Ijaw Group Urges Buhari To Approve $13.5b Zabazaba Deepwater Project

Daily Dispatch January 1, 2018

An Ijaw socio-political group, Patriots of Ijaw Nation, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to approve the Zabazaba Deepwater Project as a way of boosting local content in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. PIN made the call Monday in Yenagoa in a statement by its Publicity Secretary,

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Group mobilizes support for Operation Safe Haven

Daily Dispatch January 1, 2018

The West African Youths Initiatives for Peace-Building & Leadership Development (WAIPLD), a Non-Governmental Organisation, has called on Nigerians to support security agencies under the aegis of Operation Safe Haven, in restoring and sustaining peaceful co-existence in Plateau State and environs. The coordinator of WAIPLD, Mr Victor Zoho, stated this on Monday in a New

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Breaking: Online Publisher Arrested

Daily Dispatch January 1, 2018

The Publisher of Elombah.com, Daniel Elombah, has been arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police, The Will is reporting. According to the report, the UK-based publisher was arrested in the wee hours of Monday. Elombah, according to The Will, was arrested by the SARS operatives based on “orders from above”. […]

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Toll in Boko Haram attack on loggers rises to 25

Daily Dispatch January 1, 2018

The number of loggers killed in a Boko Haram attack in Maiduguri has risen to 25 following the discovery of more victims, survivors and militias said on Sunday. Motorcycle-riding gunmen attacked a logging site where people were loading firewood into vehicles some 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the state capital Maiduguri on Saturday. Four bodies […]

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Prominent Traditional Ruler Murdered on New Year Day

Daily Dispatch January 1, 2018

Unknown gunmen have killed Chief of Numana, in Sanga local government area of Kaduna state, Dr. Gambo Makama and his wife. Leadership reports that the couple were killed at their residence by unknown gunmen in the early hours of Monday, January 1. Chairman of the Sanga local government Area, Abdulmumin Yakubu Ashafa confirmed the murder […]

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New Year Day Fire: Tankers, properties razed in Rivers

Daily Dispatch January 1, 2018

Properties worth several millions of naira were destroyed on Monday morning in a New Year fire blaze in Port Hardouer, River state. The fire, which started at about 5am, was reportedly caused by some recalcitrant persons who set a heap of condemned motor tyres afire around Njemanze Street, Mile 1 in Diobu area of the […]