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After 3 Years Suspension NYSC Resumes Orientation In Adamawa

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2017

The National Youth Service Corps has resumed orientation of corp members in Adamawa after three years suspension due to insecurity caused by the Boko Haram insurgency in the state. The last orientation was held in Adamawa in March 2013.  The State Coordinator of NYSC, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, on

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Pandemonium As Nigerian immigration officer Enter Worship Centre With AK-47

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2017

An official of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has been arrested after he stormed a worship centre in Jalingo, Taraba state with an AK-47 rifle and vandalized property belonging to the worship centre. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mahmood Idris, armed with the weapon which he signed and collected from his office, […]

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Lease 380, 000 hectres of Land Belonging To RBDAs To Investor-Ag BPE Boss

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2017

Acting Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Dr. Vincent Onome Akpotaire has said that the only way to check the encroachment of the over 380,000 hectres of arable land belonging to the 12 River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs) in the country by unauthorized persons is to concession or lease such land to […]

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Suspected Herdsmen Abducted Council Chairman 2 Others

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2017

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have reportedly abducted the immediate past transition committee chairman of Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, Chief Friday Akpoyibo, along two others. Sources close to Akpoyibo told journalists on Monday in Ughelli that Akpoyibo and two others were kidnapped along Auchi-Abuja road on Sunday on their way […]

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Southern Kaduna Security: FG To Provide Two Military Battalions

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2017

The Senior Special Adviser, (Media and Publicity) to the President, Garba Shehu has disclosed that the normalcy will soon return to the people of Southern Kaduna as the President has ordered the establishment of two military units to provide security in the area. Mr Shehu gave the assurance while speaking on Channels Television’s breakfast show, […]

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Insecurity In The North: 19 Northern State Govs Currently Meeting In Kaduna

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2017

Worried by the spate of crisis and underdevelopment affecting the Northern region, 19 state governors from the region are currently meeting in Kaduna state. Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, who also doubles as the Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, is presiding over the meeting. The meeting holding at the Government House in Kaduna, […]