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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

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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 […]

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Boko Haram: NSCDC deploys 600 personnel to worship centres in Maiduguri

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Borno Command, has deployed about 600 personnel to various worship centres in Maiduguri to assure worshipers of their safety. The State Commandant of the Corps, Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, made the disclosure on Sunday in Maiduguri in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said the deployment was part of […]

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Late Kudirat Abiola: Lagos State Government wants to kill me at cost, I did not killer her- Al-Mustapha

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

The former Chief Security Officer to late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, Hamzat Al-Mustapha has cried out that those behind his case are bent on making sure he die by hanging. Al-Mustapha noted that if he had been guilty of all allegations against him, his conscience would not allow him to speak about what […]

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Northern cabals using the army to fly coup kite-Okurounmu

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

Chieftain of the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, Senator Femi Okurounmu, has accused ‘northern cabal’ of using the Nigerian Army to fly coup kite to see how Nigerians will react. Okurounmu said the north was already warming up to retain power in case President Muhammadu Buhari dies in office. He was reacting to a recent statement by […]

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Allegation of double voter registration: Investigation is on going- INEC Boss, says Yahaya can be prosecuted

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2017

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has disclosed that an investigation is in progress on the double voter registration saga involving Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. The INEC Chairman who said the commission is waiting for the outcome of the investigation, hinted that the governor can still be prosecuted after