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Nigeria will no longer condone xenophobic attacks on its citizens — Lawan

Daily Dispatch July 15, 2019

The President of the Senate Dr. Ahmad Lawan on Monday condemned the continuous killings of Nigerians in South Africa, warning that further attacks on Nigerians would no longer be condoned. Lawan expressed concern that about 118 Nigerians had so far lost their lives in different attacks over the

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Enough of ‘talk, talk and talk’ on security – Atiku tells Buhari, says Nigeria must return to community policing

Daily Dispatch July 15, 2019

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has condemned President Muhammadu’s approach in superintending the security of Nigerians by equating it with ‘all talk and no action’. In a series of tweets and Facebook post on Monday, Atiku recalled in nostalgia the calm and security that pervaded the country decades ago, in his growing up years. “We did […]

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Breaking: 37 Kogi gov aspirants back indirect primary, say Bello beatable

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2019

Another group of 37 governorship aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday backed the decision of the National Working Committee(NWC) of the party to approve indirect primary to select its candidate for the November 16 governorship election in the state. The group under the auspices of Coalition of Kogi APC […]

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I saw my statement for the first time before tribunal, says Atiku’s witness

Daily Dispatch July 9, 2019

A witness called by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate at the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, stunned all on Tuesday when he said he was seeing for the first time the statement attributed to him, which he adopted as his own. Bako Umar Katanga, who said he acted as Local Government Polling […]

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Senate seeks ban of Sniper insecticide

Daily Dispatch July 9, 2019

The Nigerian Senate has urged the federal government to ban the production, importation and circulation of Sniper insecticide in the country. This is part of the resolutions the lawmakers adopted on Tuesday. The resolutions follow a motion by Theodore Orji (Abia-PDP) on the rising cases of suicide in Nigeria. Mr Orji argued that cases of […]

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Sex toy shop assault: Senator Elisha Abbo granted N5million bail

Daily Dispatch July 8, 2019

The Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District was granted bail on Monday by Senior Magistrate Abdullahi Ilellah. This was after the lawmaker was arraigned by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police at Zuba Magistrate Court, Abuja. He was granted bail in the sum of N5million and the sureties must have verifiable addresses within the Federal […]