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Just In:NDLEA smashes human trafficking syndicate, frees 34 kids trafficked from Ijebu-Ode to Jos

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2021

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have smashed a human trafficking syndicate and intercepted 34 children between ages of 8 and 14 being trafficked from Ijebu Ode to Abuja enroute Jos. Also intercepted by the NDLEA are 64,000 pump action gun cartridges and a new pump

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Paris Club Funds: Appeal Court okays forfeiture of $500,000, N500m to FG

Daily Dispatch December 15, 2021

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal Wednesday, December 15, 2021 set aside the judgment of Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court Abuja refusing the final forfeiture application of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in respect of the sums of $500,000 and N500m allegedly looted from the Zamfara state’s share […]

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Zulum to Military: Hasten up, End Insurgency in the North-east

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2021

Governor Babagana Zulum has called on the military to intensify efforts and end insurgency in the North-east region of the country. The Governor, who spoke during the opening ceremony of the 6th meeting of North-east Governors Forum warned that there would be no development without the termination of the violence being perpetuated by the insurgents. […]

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Full text of DSS press briefing

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2021

PRESS BRIEFING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SERVICES (DSS) HELD AT ITS NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA, ON TUESDAY, 14TH DECEMBER, 2021 Gentlemen of the Press I bring you warm compliments of the Director General, State Services (DGSS), Alhaji Yusuf Magaji BICHI, fwc. The importance of this Press briefing is to partner with you to inform the […]

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Breaking: Hotel quarantine scrapped as Nigeria, 10 others removed from red list

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2021

All 11 countries have been dropped from the red list, ending the need for travellers to hotel quarantine on their arrival in the UK. Ministers at Tuesday’s Covid O Cabinet meeting accepted the red list was no longer required to protect the UK from the import of the omicron variant. Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, […]

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Nigerians expecting more from Buhari “whipping a dead horse” – Obasanjo

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2021

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari has done his best and Nigerians should not expect anything more from him. Speaking at an event organised by the Global Peace Foundation and Vision Africa in Abuja on Monday, Obasanjo said if Nigerians are expecting anything more from Buhari, they are “whipping a dead horse”. The […]