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Nigerian in US pleads guilty to taking part in global email scams

Daily Dispatch June 23, 2017

A Nigerian man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to taking part in email scams attempting to defraud thousands of victims around the world out of millions of dollars, U.S. prosecutors said. David Chukwuneke Adindu, 29, entered his plea to two conspiracy counts before U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty in

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Taraba killings: Osinbajo talks tough, orders security reinforcements

Daily Dispatch June 22, 2017

Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on Thursday condoled with the victims of the recent violent attacks in a number of communities in Taraba State. Osinbajo, in a statement by Laolu Akande, his spokesman, condemned the acts of violence, adding that perpetrators of the attack would be brought to book. ​The Acting President has, however, held […]

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Sallah: NSCDC deploys 40,000 personnel, sniffer dogs

Daily Dispatch June 22, 2017

The Commandant General (CG), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu has directed the deployment of 40,000 personnel across the nation to provide maximum security for the festivity. In a statement from the corps spokesman Emmanuel Okeh stated that the Commandant General said that adequate preparation is being made to protect critical areas

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Boko Haram attacks convoy being escorted by soldiers to Damboa

Daily Dispatch June 20, 2017

Boko Haram insurgents have attacked a long convoy of carrying the corpse of one police sergent whose relations were going to bury in Lassa town in southern Borno. The Commissioner of Police, Damien Chukwu, said on phone that although they did not touch the ambulance the driver was killed and many others wounded this Tuesday morning. The […]

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Gunmen kidnap 27-year-old businessman in Sokoto – NSCDC

Daily Dispatch June 20, 2017

Some suspected gunmen have reportedly kidnapped a 27-year-old businessman, Alhaji Abubakar Kakirko, in his Kakirko Village, Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Mr Babangida Abdullahi, the State Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), made this known on Tuesday at a news briefing in Sokoto. Abdullahi said that the businessman was abducted in

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SERAP drags FG, Queen’s College to UN over pupils’ deaths, suffering

Daily Dispatch June 20, 2017

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has dragged the Federal Government and the management of Queens College over the recent deaths three pupils in the schools. SERAP, in a statement on Tuesday by its Deputy Director, Timothy Adewale, said it petitioned four UN special rapporteurs urging them to use their “good offices and mandates to […]