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Buhari approves recruitment of 5,000 personnel for NDLEA

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2019

The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Col. Muhammad Abdallah (retd), has said President Muhammadu Buhari has approved recruitment of 5,000 personnel for the agency to boost its manpower. Abdallah made the disclosure on Friday at the Public Destruction of Drug Exhibits by

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FG warns Shiite members against violent protest

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2019

The Federal Government has told the El-Zakzaky-led Shiite members to desist from violent street protests and await the decision of the court in Kaduna where their leader is currently being tried. Shiite members have been on a series of protests demanding the release of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, who has been in custody since fighting […]

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N25bn alleged fraud: With story still on EFCC website, Goje denies ever being charged

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2019

Sen. Danjuma Goje, has said that he had never faced a N25 billion corruption charge preferred by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Goje, the senator representing Gombe Central at the National Assembly, disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). His denial is […]

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ex-President Jonathan says security challenges will be resolved

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2019

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday assured Nigerians that the country would get above its insecurity issues in no distant time. Jonathan gave the assurance at the public presentation of the book ”Not by Might, Nor by Power” and the launch of the Nicholas Okoh Foundation in Abuja. He said that insecurity had been with […]

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INEC provides Atiku, PDP with requested documents

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2019

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) cartons of documents as requested by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar. The documents contained in about 45 cartons, brought to the court’s sitting venue on Thursday, were received by

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Court adjourns ruling on El-Zakzaky’s bail application for medical treatment abroad

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2019

The Kaduna State High Court, has again, adjourned its ruling on the application filed by the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, for permission to travel abroad for medical treatment. The presiding judge, Justice Darius Khobo adjourned sitting on the matter to July 29, 2019, to rule on the application. […]