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30 million Nigerians may be on drugs by 2050, says Marwa

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2021

About 30 million Nigerians would be on drugs by by 2050 if nothing was done to check the trend, the Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. General Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd), has said. He also stated that 90 per cent of criminalities being perpetrated in

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Niger Governor receives 53 freed passengers of NSTA bus + photos

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2021

Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has received 53 released Niger State Transport Authority (NSTA) bus passengers who were abducted by  bandits. Mary Noel-Berje, Chief Press Secretary to Governor of Niger State disclosed in a statement that the Governor received them at the Government House Minna. According to the CPS, Governor  Bello explained that their

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Billiri chieftancy tussle: Buhari condemns violence, calls for restraint

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed “great shock and deep concern” over the eruption of violence in Gombe State arising from the Billiri chieftaincy tussle.Reacting to the development on Sunday, President Buhari said: “I’m seriously disturbed by the outbreak of violence in Gombe State and call on the parties involved to exercise maximum

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Okowa’s aide assassinated

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2021

The Special Assistant to Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa on Youth development, Comrade Okiemute Sowho has been reported killed by suspected assassins in Sapele. According to sources, the 40-year-old governor’s aide was shot dead at about 6 p.m. on Saturday near a popular hotel. He was reportedly rushed to a hospital by Sympathisers in […]

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Kagara: SERAP asks Buhari to probe, recover ‘billions missing from UBEC, SUBEBs

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2021

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari “to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN to work with appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly probe allegations of corruption in the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and State Universal Basic Education

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Abducted Kagara students, others to be released soon —Zamfara bandits’ leader

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2021

The Zamfara bandits’ leader, Dogo Gide, who controls the southern part of the Zamfara forest, has assured that the kidnapped teachers and students of Government Science College Kagara in Niger State would soon be released. Dogo Gide made the promise when he met with the officials of the Niger State Government under the intervention of […]