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South East Businessmen Provides Us With Information, Shares Loot With Me-Evans

Daily Dispatch June 24, 2017

Kidnap kingpin, Chukwudi Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, has said some prominent businessmen in the South-East provided information on victims and got a percentage from the ransom received. The Nation reports that the suspect gave some names to the police. Evans also confessed that some

TOP STORIES

Osinbajo lacks the ability to stop Biafra agitation-Onaiyekan

Daily Dispatch June 24, 2017

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has said in spite of the series of meetings and engagements with relevant stakeholders, the Acting President – Yemi Osinbajo lacked the magic to stop the current Biafra agitation and other tension in the country. Onaiyekan stated this at a Mass to mark the Centenary of the […]

BUSINESS

Failed loan: Mubadala of Dubai pulls out of Etisalat-CBN

Daily Dispatch June 24, 2017

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed that Dubai-based investment fund – Mubadala – has pulled out of Etisalat Nigeria after the telecommunications firm failed on Friday to renegotiate a $1.2 billion loan taken out four years ago with 13 Nigerian banks. The CBN made this revelation, during the weekend, in a statement signed […]

EDUCATION

Usman Danfodio University dismisses lecturer for altering results

Daily Dispatch June 24, 2017

The Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, said it had dismissed a lecturer (names withheld), for altering students’ results. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdullahi Zuru, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto on Saturday, but declined to mention the affected lecturer’s full details. Zuru said “that management of the university took that drastic action to […]

ENTERTAINMENT

Why I played strong sex scenes in my latest film — Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde

Daily Dispatch June 24, 2017

Leading actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, has returned to Nollywood. After a three-year hiatus, the 39-year-old is lined up to debut “Alter Ego”  alongside Wole Ojo and Jide Kosoko. PREMIUM TIMES had an exclusive interview with the award-winning actress who has appeared in over 300 films. Omotola opens up about her career, marriage and playing a controversial […]

NEWS

Sallah Celebration: Borno Police Restrict Vehicle Movement in Maiduguri and Jere

Daily Dispatch June 24, 2017

The Borno State Police Command has announced a restriction on movement of vehicles during the upcoming Eid celebration in Maiduguri and Jere Local Government Areas of the state. Victor Isuku, the spokesman of the command, announced this in a statement in Maiduguri. The statement said: “In view of the Eid-el-Fitr sallah celebration coming up, Borno Police […]