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Police nabs 8 suspects with 11 human skulls in Kwara

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2018

The Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday said it had arrested eight suspected ritual killers, including a woman with 11 human skulls in Ilorin, Kwara. Acting DCP Jimoh Moshood, the Force Public Relations Officer, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja. He listed the suspects as: Azeez

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Court grants Ibrahim Shema bail in alleged N5.7 billion SURE-P fraud trial

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2018

The Federal High Court, Katsina has granted bail to a former Governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema, who is standing trial on alleged N5.7 billion money laundering charge. The EFCC arraigned Shema on a 26-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering of N5.7 billion SURE-P state funds. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the […]

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Ibori loses appeal against UK graft conviction

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2018

James Ibori, who was jailed in Britain for laundering tens of millions of dollars in stolen public funds, through British banks and properties, lost an appeal against his conviction in London on Wednesday. Ibori was governor of oil-producing Delta State in Southern Nigeria for eight years. He had pleaded guilty in a London court in […]

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2019: Court restrains APC from fielding candidates in Delta

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2018

A court has temporarily barred Nigeria’s governing party, APC, from presenting candidates for the 2019 elections in Delta State. The Federal High Court in Asaba, the Delta State capital, restrained the National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC from submitting the list of the party’s candidates in Delta State to the Independent National Electoral Commission […]

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We are not keeping Fayose, we are interrogating him, says EFCC

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2018

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, who on Tuesday reported at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s headquarters in Abuja, just as he had promised is still being interrogated by the commission. Head, Media and Publicity of the EFCC,  Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja […]

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Alhassan strips Taraba APC office, retrieves all donated furniture

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2018

Former women affairs minister Aisha Alhassan, who recently resigned her appointment and dumped the APC, has retrieved computers and furniture she donated to the party’s state secretariat in Jalingo. According to Mr Aaron Artimas, APC publicity secretary in the state, Alhassan also removed rugs, air-conditioning sets and tables she had bought for the political party […]