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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

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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, […]

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FG accesses $67m World Bank loan to develop Hadejia Dam

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2017

Senator Ubale Shittu, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Water Resources, on Sunday said the Federal Government has accessed a $67 million World Bank loan to rehabilitate Hadejia Valley Dam in Jigawa State. Shittu told the News Agency of Nigeria in in Dutse that $60 million would be used to rehabilitate and expand the […]

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Tinubu Used His Private Jet To Flew Jammeh Into Exile

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2017

Ousted former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh departed his country late on Saturday, January 21 after agreeing to step down for the newly-inaugurated leader Adama Barrow who won the December 1, 2016 presidential polls. What many people did not know however, is that the Gambian president flew out into exile in Guinea on the private jet […]

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Kwara Community Denies Influx Of Boko Haram

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2017

Agbeyangi Community in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara on Sunday denied a reported influx of Boko Haram members into the area. The Alagua of Agbeyangi, Alhaji Aliyu Baba, said in statement in Ilorin that a media report to that effect was not true. A national daily had reported that some items, belonging to […]