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Osinbajo approves 19 Judges for NICN

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2017

Following the recommendation of the National Judicial Council NJC, Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has approved the appointment of 19 Judges for National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN). Director of of Information in the NJC, Soji Oye, in a statement gave the names of new judges

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Aisha Buhari to Senator: Hyenas, jackals will be ejected from my husband’s kingdom

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2017

The wife of the President, Hajia Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday took on the representative of Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, on comments credited to him on the absence of her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari, from the country. Senator Sani had said in a message with veiled reference to the power play in the […]

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Death toll in Suleja flood rises to 16

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

Death tolls in the weekend flood in Suleja and Tafa local government areas of Niger State has risen to 16, Daily Trust learnt on Monday. Eleven people initially lost their lives in the flood occasioned by heavy down pour that started on Saturday until Sunday morning in the affected local government areas. However a witness, […]

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IGP fires four policemen for extortion

Daily Dispatch July 9, 2017

Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police (IGP), has sacked four policemen attached to Ijebu-Ode area command in Ogun state for extortion. The men were found guilty of extorting N50,000 from a man they arrested on trumped up charge. The affected officers are Mufutau Olaosun, Adebayo Temitope, Bakare Taiwo and Adesoye Ayokunlehin. According to a statement by […]

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Nigerian Army Begins De-radicalisation Of 53 Repentant Boko Haram Insurgents

Daily Dispatch July 8, 2017

Maj.-Gen. Attahiru Ibrahim, the Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maiduguri, on Saturday transferred 53 Boko Haram insurgents who had surrendered, to the military rehabilitation centre for de-radicalisation process. Ibrahim disclosed this at the handing over of the former insurgents to the Commander, Operation Safe Corridor, in Maiduguri. “We have started the

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Air force jet crashes in Borno

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2017

A helicopter belonging to the Nigerian air force (NAF) crashed into a pool of water in Maiduguri, Borno state, on Thursday. Olatokunbo Adesanya, spokesman of the force, who disclosed this in a statement, said no life was lost in the incident. Adesnaya said Sadique Abubakar, chief of air staff, had constituted a panel of inquiry […]