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‘12,000 Nigerians studying through online Islamic University’

Daily Dispatch April 10, 2017

The proprietor of Islamic Online University (IOU), Dr Bilal Philips, said on Monday that no fewer than 12,000 Nigerians were presently studying through the institution. Philips made the disclosure in Kano, when he visited former Kano State Governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau. According to him, the

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BREAKING: Seven Fulani herdsmen sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping Olu Falae

Daily Dispatch April 10, 2017

An Ondo State High Court, on Monday sentenced seven Fulani herdsmen who were involved in the kidnap of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Olu Falae, to life imprisonment. The herdsmen were arraigned by the state government in 2015 of kidnapping the former SGF from his Ilado Village, Akure North Local […]

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Nigeria records 1,177 cases of kidnap in 14 months

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

The commitment of the present Nigerian Police management to curb the spate of kidnappings in the country is paying off as its efforts has resulted in the arrest of 1,347 suspected kidnappers in 1,177 cases recorded in about the last one year. This was revealed in a report to the Presidency. According to the report: […]

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221 police personnel attached to Wike for protection

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

Two hundred and twenty one police personnel are attached to the River State Governor, Nyesom Wike for his personal and office protection. The Police Force Headquarters stated this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday by the Spokesman, CSP Jimoh Moshood while responding to a media report that Wike alleged that the Inspector General of […]

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MY GOVERNMENT NEVER PLOTTED TO KILL BAMAYI, OBASANJO

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

Former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has denied any plot by  his government to kill former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi (rtd ) as claimed by Bamaiyi in his book. Obasanjo made this clear on Sunday while  hosting members of Ogun State journalists, at his palatial  hilltop residential residence  in Abeokuta. He explained that […]

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Insurgency: Borno to evacuate 78,000 IDPs from Cameroon

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2017

The Borno Government said on Sunday that it plans to evacuate 78,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) back home from Cameroon. The News Agency of Nigeria [NAN] reports that the affected IDPs fled to Cameroon at the peak of the Boko Haram insurgency in the state. The IDPs had a week ago urged the state government […]