NEWS

Army sentences 3 soldiers to 33 years in prison (photos)

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2017

The General Court Martial (GCM) sitting in Maiduguri at the Media Centre, 7 Division Garrison, on Wednesday, July 26, sentenced three soldiers to 23 years and 10 years in prison respectively for unlawful possession of firearms. The soldiers sentenced to 23 years in jail are trooper Fortuned

NEWS

Nasarawa to clear backlog of workers’ salaries with N4.5bn Paris club refund

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2017

Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State on Wednesday acknowledged that the state government has received the second tranche of the Paris Club loan refund to the tune of N4.5 billion. Al-Makura disclosed this during a meeting with leaders of organised labour in the state at the government house in Lafia. He said that out of […]

NEWS

Police kill 5 suspected kidnappers in Ogun, rescue victim

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2017

The  Ogun Police Command on Wednesday said its  officers shot dead five suspected kidnappers on Tuesday night after a failed attempt to collect  a N100 million ransom. Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the command’s  Public Relations Officer (PPRO), said this on Wednesday while  parading  the corpses of the suspected kidnappers to journalists at the Egba Owode Divisional Police […]

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Kaduna kidnapping: IGP kicks out Area commanders, DPOs

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2017

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the immediate redeployment of Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, all other Officers, Inspectors and Rank and File serving in the Police Divisions and stations abutting the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria highways, notorious for kidnapping and robberies. All police officers and men in Police Stations and out posts,

BUSINESS

FG Secures N3.38bn AfDB Loan to Boost Irish Potato Production in Plateau

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2017

Federal Government has secured a N3.38 billion loan to boost potato production in Plateau State. The Ministry of Finance under the purview of Kemi Adeosun facilitated the loans, which has a five-year moratorium, thereafter whatever remained of the loan would be paid at the rate of one percent per annum within 25 years. Adeosun briefed […]

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Military rescues oil workers allegedly kidnapped by Boko Haram

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2017

Nigeria’s military has rescued all members of an oil survey team kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants, it said in a statement on Wednesday, after they were taken in the country’s conflict-ridden northeast. Earlier on Wednesday, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said suspected members of the Islamist insurgency had kidnapped 10 members of