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Kogi sets aside N5bn for payment of counterpart obligations

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2017

The Kogi Government has set aside N5bn to pay counterpart contributions to its international development partners and donor agencies on various intervention programmes in the state. The Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mr Kehinde Oloruntoba,disclosed this on Wednesday in Lokoja at a dinner

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Chairman KAEDC, Dr. Abubakar Bags SAMOBA Award

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2017

The Chairman, Board of Directors of Kaduna Electric, the operator of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, Dr. Yusuf Hamisu Abubakar, OON has barged the old students distinguished awards of the Sardauna Memorial College Old Boys Association. A press statement by the Head, Corporate Communications of Kaduna Electric, Abdulazeez Abdullahi disclosed that the award was

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Rann Error Airstrike: 78 Victims Operated Upon, Two Boys Died Due To Serious Injury-OCHA

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2017

No fewer than seventy-eight (78) injured people during the military error airstrike in Rnn Maiduguri have been operated upon by the medical team from International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), while two boys in serious condition died from their injuries. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) who disclosed this […]

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Rann Accidential Attack: For Prompt Responce, UN Commended Buhari

Daily Dispatch January 25, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has been commended by the United Nations for his prompt handling of the accidental bombing of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp at Rann, Borno state. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel Toby Lanzer praised President Buhari for showing leadership in handling the situation. “I […]

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Daily Dispatch January 25, 2017

Apostle  Suleiman Johnson of the Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide , has denied security reports that he instructed Christians to retaliate killings by Muslims describing the report as not only senseless but malicious. Officials of the Department of State Services (DSS), were prevented by the Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose from arresting the clergyman on Wednesday […]

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Police Arrests, Teargas Members of IMN In Abuja

Daily Dispatch January 25, 2017

Police on Wednesday arrested and dispersed followers Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigweria (IMN) with teargased. Teargas canister sends huge smoke into the air as Shiite protesters watch some distance away in Abuja The police also blockaded the road leading to the National Assembly through Federal Secretariat to prevent the protesters […]