NEWS

NAPTIP arrests 45-year-old woman for human trafficking

Daily Dispatch June 20, 2017

Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons from the Benin Zonal Command in the wee hours of Tuesday arrested a 45-year-old woman, Rhoda Omorogie, popularly known as Mama Bobo, for her involvement in the trafficking of young girls from Benin to Europe.

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Gunmen kidnap 27-year-old businessman in Sokoto – NSCDC

Daily Dispatch June 20, 2017

Some suspected gunmen have reportedly kidnapped a 27-year-old businessman, Alhaji Abubakar Kakirko, in his Kakirko Village, Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Mr Babangida Abdullahi, the State Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), made this known on Tuesday at a news briefing in Sokoto. Abdullahi said that the businessman was abducted in

NEWS

‘1 in every 124 people is a refugee, IDP’

Daily Dispatch June 20, 2017

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said recent statistics indicate that one out of every 124 people are either refugees or internally displaced.Vice President of the ECOWAS Commission, Edward Singhatey disclosed this while speaking at the 2017 World Refugee Day commemoration at the ECOWAS Commission Secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday.Quoting the United

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Zenith Bank Account: Fayose wins at Appeal Court

Daily Dispatch June 20, 2017

The Court of Appeal has dismissed the suit brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking to stop the Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, from operating his account with Zenith Bank of Nigeria Plc. The EFCC sought the injunction of the court following the unfreezing of the account by the Federal High Court sitting […]

HEALTH

At last, a vaccine to fight cholesterol

Daily Dispatch June 20, 2017

A cholesterol-lowering vaccine has successfully prevented heart disease in mice — and humans could be next. Known as AT04A, the vaccine triggers the production of antibodies that target an enzyme involved in regulating levels of blood cholesterol. When injected into mice, the vaccine treatment cut their total blood cholesterol by 53% over 12 months and […]

HEALTH

Cholera kills 1, 146 in Yemen-WHO

Daily Dispatch June 20, 2017

The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Yemen rose to 1,146 over the past two months, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, on Tuesday. The UN health agency said the outbreak affected 20 of Yemen’s 22 provinces since it was first reported at the end of April. Cholera, which is contracted through contaminated water […]