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NDLEA intercepts N6bn insurgents’ drugs in Lagos port

Daily Dispatch September 8, 2021

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd) on Wednesday gave graphic details of how loads of captagon, a brand of amphetamine meant for insurgents camps in Nigeria were intercepted by operatives of the agency at the

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Saudi Arabia has been kind to us- Buhari

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday played host to the Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs at State House, Abuja, declaring that the oil rich kingdom has been quite kind to Nigeria. Receiving HRH Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al-Saud, the President said with Nigeria’s large population and infrastructural deficit, the country needed all the revenue she could get […]

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Nnamdi Kanu demands N5bn damages, apology from Malami, DSS

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2021

Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has asked the High Court of Abia State to compel the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN); the Department of State Services and six others to pay him N5bn in damages being monetary compensation for the “physical, mental, emotional, psychological and other damages” […]

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UN rejects call to postpone COP26 climate summit

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2021

The United Nations on Tuesday rejected a call by a global NGO network to postpone the upcoming COP26 summit in Britain on the grounds that a lack of Covid vaccines risked sidelining developing countries. “For now, no changes are planned, but we understand the concerns,” said UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq, adding that “the global […]

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CJN reads riot Act to heads of courts granting frivolous exparte orders to politicians

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2021

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad on Monday evening read riot Act to judges in the country, granting frivolous ex-parte orders in undeserved matters to politicians in Nigeria. He warmed the affected judges to desist from the act or have themselves to blame for any act of judicial misconduct. At a […]

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Bawa at Cambridge, advocates global action against financial crimes

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2021

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has advocated collective and collaborative approach by authorities around the world in dealing with the challenges of financial crimes which, he noted, is a global scourge as no nation is spared its virulence. Bawa’s views are contained in a keynote address which he […]