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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

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 […]

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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 […]

NEWS

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 […]