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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

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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 […]

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Northern Youths Should Be Arrested and Treated The Same Way Nnamdi Kanu Was Treated- Ohanaeze

Daily Dispatch June 11, 2017

Ohanaeze Ndigbo, apex socio-political organisation of the Igbo, says northern youths asking the Igbo to leave the north should be treated like Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). In an interview with PUNCH on Sunday, Chuks Ibegbu, its deputy national publicity secretary, said that is “the only way the government can convince […]

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Quit notice on Igbos: Northern Youth Council wants Ango Abdullahi, Arewa groups arrested

Daily Dispatch June 10, 2017

Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), has called for the arrest of Arewa Youths that asked Igbo to vacate the North within three months. They also demanded arrest of Prof. Ango Abdullahi, Northern Elders’ Forum spokesman, for backing the ultimatum. The group told newsmen Saturday morning in Kaduna that if there be any crisis as […]