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APC sweeps Benue LG poll

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

The Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC) announced on Sunday that the All Progressive Congress (APC), had won all the 23 local government chairmanship seats in the elections held on Saturday. It also announced that the party won all the councillorship positions, with some of the

NEWS

FG directs release of 6,000 seized smuggled rice to IDP’s

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

The Federal government have directed the release of about 6,000 bags of rice seized from smugglers by the Katsina/Kaduna customs area command to Internally Displace Persons in the North East. The Area controller of the command, Comptroller Kayode Olusemire who disclosed this noted that already about 808 bales of seized second hand clothes have been […]

Falana writes Osinbajo, demands release of El-Zakzaky, cleric’s wife, Dasuki

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has demanded the release of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (otherwise called Shiites), Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and the cleric’s wife, Zeinab, from illegal custody. Falan in a letter written to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, also urged Osinbajo to “direct the Nigerian Army to investigate and prosecute the […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

BREAKING: Police arrest 12 people over London attack

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

British counter-terrorism police said Sunday they had arrested 12 people in Barking, in east London, in connection with the van and knife attack at London Bridge that left seven people dead. “Searches of a number of addresses in Barking are continuing,” they said in a statement. A woman was also arrested but was released following […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

London attacks: Trump demands travel ban restored, orders ‘extra, tough’ security in U.S.

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

President Donald Trump has called for vigilance and what he termed “extra level of safety” following the multiple terrorist attacks in London on Saturday night. Trump was briefed of the incident by the National Security Adviser, Herbert McMaster, according to the White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. The terror incidents reportedly left unconfirmed number of […]

NDLEA arrests woman feigning pregnancy with wraps of cocaine

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said it arrested a 54-year-old single mother of four at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos with 32 wraps of cocaine. The suspect, identified as Owolabi Oluwayemisi Modinat was apprehended during the outward screening of passengers on a Qatar Airline flight to Saudi Arabia. According to […]