NEWS

17 Nigerians killed in Cameroon

Daily Dispatch March 6, 2017

No fewer than four million Nigerians resident in Cameroon have been affected by the security clampdown on the South-West region of the country by the government of President Paul Biya. A group, African Rising for Justice and Peace, at a press conference on Monday in Abuja said about 17 persons

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Highlights of Trump’s new travel ban

Daily Dispatch March 6, 2017

President Donald Trump’s administration issued a revised immigration ban Monday that temporarily freezes US visa issuance to anyone from six mostly-Muslim countries and halts for 120 days all refugee arrivals. Here are the key points: – What’s new in the revised order? – Iraq, which was targeted by the original January 27 travel ban, is […]

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Police arrest Vampire’s herbalist

Daily Dispatch March 6, 2017

Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police’ (IGP) Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have arrested an herbalist who allegedly produced charms for armed robbers and kidnappers. The suspect, Gad Iweajuo, 55, a native of Asoeme town in Abia State was arrested around 5:00 a.m. on Sunday. IRT operatives led by Abba Kyari, an Assistant Commissioner of Police […]

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N1.162bn Fraud Case: Dariye Loses Bid To Scuttle Trial

Daily Dispatch March 6, 2017

Joshua Dariye, a former Plateau State governor has again lost his bid to scuttle his N1.162 billion alleged fraud trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Gudu, Abuja, on Monday threw out his motion seeking for his lordship to be disqualified from […]

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Onukaba Ojo is an irreplaceable asset – Atiku

Daily Dispatch March 6, 2017

The former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has described the former Managing Director of Daily Times, late Onakaba Adenoyi Ojo as a loyal and an irreplaceable asset and a great loss to the Journalism profession in the country. The late Onukaba was Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Atiku during the Obasanjo regime. In a […]

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Obasanjo compelled PDP governors to donate to his library – Fayose

Daily Dispatch March 6, 2017

Governor Ayodele Fayose, on Monday accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of forcing Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors to donate N10m each in 2005 to his library project. Speaking in Ado – Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, during the opening session of the PDP Southwest stakeholders’ meeting, Fayose said this is the greatest fraud. Fayose called […]