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BREAKING: Marine police recovers body of doctor who jumped into Lagos lagoon……body not my son, doctor’s mother tells police

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2017

Marine police, on Monday recovered a body suspected to be the corpse of a medical doctor, who jumped into the lagoon on Third Mainland Bridge, Allwell Orji, has been recovered. A source who spoke with Punch disclosed that the body suspected to be Orji’s body was recovered at about 11.30am

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Cameroon expels 2,600 Nigerians fleeing Boko Haram

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2017

Cameroon have expel over Two Thousand Six Hundred Nigerians fleeing Boko Haram jihadists have been forced to go home since the start of the year, the UN said Tuesday. Thousands of Nigerians have been displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency, which has seen deadly attacks since 2009 in pursuit of a caliphate in northern Nigeria. […]

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Wanton Killings: We’ve Lost Vale For Human Life-Buhari

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday lamented the wanton killings being witnessed in parts of the country lately, saying Nigerians have lost value for human life. He has therefore directed security and law enforcement agencies to rise to the occasion and end what he called “this blight on the image of the country.” Buhari’s position was […]

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Breaking: Senate moves to probe Saraki over imported Jeep

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2017

The Senate on Tuesday approved the probe of the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, over the alleged importation of a Jeep without paying Customs duty. Saraki has been accused of failure to pay duties on the vehicle to the Nigeria Customs Service. It was alleged that this accounted for why the Senate […]

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BREAKING: Court grant ex-NNPC boss, Andrew Yakubu N300m

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2017

Former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu, has been granted a N300m bail by an Abuja Federal High Court. Yakubu was arrested and arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, after about $9.8 million cash was found in his house in Kaduna. The trial judge, Justice A. R. Mohammed […]

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BREAKING: Senate to investigate Saraki, Melaye

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2017

The Senate, on Tuesday resolved to investigate its President, Senator Bukola Saraki over the reported bullet proof Range Rover SUV worth N370 million seized by Nigeria Customs Service.  Presided over by the Deputy Senate President,  Ike Ekweremadu, the senate also resolved to investigate the alleged certificate scandal against Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West