NEWS

Don’t succumb to threat, intimidation, NLC tells EFCC

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2017

The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has called on the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) not to succumb to any threat of intimidation. Mr Ayuba Wabba, NLC President said this in statement he signed on Friday in Abuja. Wabba condemned the attacked by gunmen on the Area 7 office of the

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Court remands 12 over “Ile-Zik” kidnappers den

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2017

Twelve suspected kidnappers including a woman, arrested by the police in connection with a kidnappers’ den at Ile-Zik Bus Stop in Ikeja, were on Friday remanded at Ikoyi Prisons on the orders of a Lagos magistrate. Chief Magistrate Tajudeen Elias said the accused are to remain behind bars pending a legal advice from the State […]

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Sierra Leone: 109 Children Die In Mudslide

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2017

As UN agencies step up efforts to aid displaced families affected by the deadly mudslides fin Sierra Leon’s capital, Freetown and surrounding areas. reports say 109 children have been killed in the disaster. “The scale of the damage is unprecedented,” UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative Hamid Ibrahim said in a statement. Ibrahim noted that at […]

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Nigerian e-fraudster arrested in India

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2017

The Thane Police, in Gurugram, India has arrested a 33-year-old Nigerian national, Earnest Usunobun for defrauding women on matrimonial website. A victim, 40-year-old woman reported to the Kasarvadavali police in April, saying she was cheated of Rs 3.59 lakh. Earnest has assumed the identity of one Adinath P. and approached her on a matrimonial website, […]

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Cleric wants FG to end illegal possession of firearms

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2017

A Cleric, Christopher Owolabi, wants the Federal Government to end the increase in the possession of firearms by unauthorised persons, saying that it posed a threat to the nation’s unity, peace and stability. Owolabi is the General Overseer, Christ Apostolic Church, Ori-Oke Irapada, along Omu-Aran-Iloffa Expressway, Omu-Aran. He made the call during a special prayer for

EDUCATION

Former Education Minister urges FG, ASUU to reach a compromise to resolve nationwide strike

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2017

Sen. Sam Egwu, former Education Minister, has urged the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to make compromises, so as to resolve the current nationwide strike by ASUU. Egwu, who is representing Ebonyi North Senatorial District, made the call in an interview with newsmen at Umuebe, in Ezzamgbo, Ohaukwu Local Government Area […]