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Northern elders: We’ll resist those trying to detach our communities

Daily Dispatch July 22, 2019

The Northern Elders Forum says that it will reject any move by leaders in the Middle Belt Forum to detach communities in North Central Nigeria from the North. Deputy Chairman Amb. Yahaya Kwande in a press statement issued in Jos on Monday said the states that make up the North Central region

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Boko Haram: Special Force detect location of abducted aid workers, arrest informants

Daily Dispatch July 21, 2019

A special force comprising operatives of intelligence service and the military have detected the location of missing humanitarian aid workers of Action Against Hunger (AAH) who were declared missing after Boko Haram terrorists ambushed their vehicle in Borno State. An intelligence operative told PRNigeria on Sunday that the operation of special force is being directly […]

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COZA twist: Police invite the Dakolos to Abuja for ‘criminal conspiracy’

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2019

There has been a twist in the tale of rape accusation by Busola Dakolo against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, as the police sent separate invitations to Busola and her husband, Timi on Saturday. The invitations which were delivered in the couple’s home in Lagos today, came from police headquarters in […]

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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 Taraba Command of NDLEA in Jalingo, NAN reports. He said that […]

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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 […]