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BREAKING: Court orders forfeiture of N449m found in BDC shop

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the temporary forfeiture of the sum of N449,750,000 found in an abandoned Bureau de Change shop in Victoria Island by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The forfeiture order was made by Justice Rilawan Aikawa following an ex parte

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Nigeria: As refugees flee violence, others are forcibly returned

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

Violence and insecurity continue to force people from their homes in northeast Nigeria, where new waves of displaced are arriving in remote towns of Borno State. Nigerian refugees are also being forcibly returned from Cameroon. Over 11,300 people have arrived in Pulka, close to the Cameroonian border, since January, and this has brought the total […]

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Happening Now: Osinbajo in closed door meeting with suspended SGF

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is currently in a closed-door meeting with the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, David Lawal, in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Punch reports that the suspended SGF was in Osinbajo’s office when his suspension was announced. Recall that Buhari had earlier ordered the suspension of the […]

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Babachir: I am not aware of my suspension

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

The suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir Lawal says he is not aware of his suspension. Lawal said this in an interview with State House reporters after meeting Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. President Muhammadu Buhari had in a statement today by his spokesman Femi Adesina, ordered an investigation into the allegations […]

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NSCDC arrests wife of Boko Haram factional leader

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

The Borno  Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC), said it had arrested  a 15-year -old girl, Fatima Kabir believed to be a former wife of a Boko Haram factional leader, Malam Mamman Nur. The Commandant of NSCDC in  Borno, Malam Ibrahim Abdu, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Maiduguri on […]

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OGUN POLICE ARREST HUSBAND WHO CHAINED WIFE TO GENERATING SET

Daily Dispatch April 16, 2017

‎ A 37 year old husband,Ifeanyi Ajaero has landed himself in trouble for allegedly tying his wife(Obiageli)  to a generating set, as a punishment measure. The Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi  told our correspondent  on Saturday that the suspect has been arrested. He  said the incident happened at the couple home […]