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Court rejects EFCC’s documents in Dasuki aide’s trial

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2017

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday rejected an e-payment document tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the ongoing trial of Col. Nicholas Ashinze, an aide to retired Col. Sambo Dasuki. The judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, held that the e-payment schedule of

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Army arrests 24 suspected Boko Haram members in Auchi

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2017

His Royal Highness, Alhaji Aliru H. Momoh, the Otaru of Auchi Kingdom, in Edo, on Monday announced the arrest of 24 suspected Boko Haram members in the community by the Nigerian Army. The monarch, while speaking in his palace at Auchi, headquarters of the Estako-West local government area of the state, said the commandant of […]

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How arrested kidnap kingpin Evans made millions of dollars from ransom – Police

Daily Dispatch June 11, 2017

The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday paraded one of the most wanted kidnap suspects in Nigeria, Chukwudi Onuamadike, who was named the “most wanted kidnap kingpin” in February. Mr. Onuamadike, 36, popularly known as Evans, was overpowered by the police at his home in Magodo, Lagos, after a gun battle that lasted several hours. […]

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Why I collect ransom in dollars – Kidnap kingpin

Daily Dispatch June 11, 2017

Suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudi Dumeme Onuamadike , also known as Evans, who was arrested by police in Lagos  said  on Sunday that he chose to collect ransom in American dollars to be different from other kidnappers. The suspect, while being paraded at the Lagos Police Command in Ikeja, told newsmen that he started  kidnapping in 2015, […]

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PHOTOS: Nigerian arrested in India with drugs worth N161 million

Daily Dispatch June 11, 2017

A Nigerian drug trafficker has been arrested in Gujarat India, with narcotics worth over $525,000. The 27-year-old Nigerian, identified as Chinedu Okafor, was travelling from Delhi to Goa when he was nabbed on the Madgoan Rajdhani Express train. He had frequented the route and triggered suspicions before his arrest by operatives of the Narcotics Control […]

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North threat on Igbos: Prepare for Yoruba nation – 18 groups tell South-Westerners

Daily Dispatch June 11, 2017

The O’odua Nationalist Coalition (ONAC) has called on Yoruba people to prepare for their own sovereign nation. ONAC said its call was in reaction to the threat by northern groups as well as “pain and misery on the Yoruba people due to distort of the development plan of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo for the […]