Politics

Anambra polls: Senator Andy Uba leads 40 senators to pick APC ticket

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2017

Senator Andy Uba has picked up the ticket to contest the governorship election in Anambra state. The senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District is one of the leading aspirants of the APC for the election. He was accompanied to the APC national secretariat to pick up his form of

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NDLEA seizes 1.168 tonnes of illicit drugs, arrest 101 suspects in Kaduna

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2017

The Kaduna State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it had seized 1.168 tonnes of illicit drugs and arrested 101 suspected drug traffickers in the state from January to June. The Commander of the agency, Mr Samuel Azige, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]

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Man kills 17 persons to cover up earlier murder of two

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2017

A twenty-eight-year-old man admitted killing 19 people, including his parents and three children, when he went on trial in southwest China on Wednesday, the court said. After returning to his home village in Yunnan province on September 28 last year, Yang Qingpei murdered his parents when they refused to give him money, the Qujing City […]

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Strike: Kogi State government proscribes ASUU-KSU

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2017

Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has announced the proscription of the Kogi State chapter of the Academic staff union of Universities (ASUU) with immediate effect. The governor announced the proscription on Wednesday after an emergency State Executive committee meeting. Alhaji Yahaya Bello said the decision became necessary as all efforts to make members of […]

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Two Saudi teachers face trial for spying for Iran

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2017

Two teachers have gone on trial in Saudi Arabia charged with spying for Iran and plotting to attack a major oil pipeline, two Saudi newspapers reported on Wednesday. In a rare espionage case involving the two arch-rivals, the Saudi teachers face charges of gathering information on the East-West Pipeline of the world’s top oil exporter […]

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Aviation union suspends planned shutdown of NCAA

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2017

The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) on Wednesday suspended its planned industrial action against the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), over the non-release of promotion letters to deserving staff. NUATE confirmed the development in a statement signed by its Secretary- General, Mr Olayinka Abioye. Abioye said the suspension of the industrial action