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FG deploys AIG to Lagos airport over security

Daily Dispatch June 24, 2018

In an effort to boost security, the Federal Government has deployed an Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Mr Danjuma Muhammad, to take charge of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Police Command. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Muhammad took over from Mr

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Comfort Obi `clears the air’ on illegal promotion by PSC

Daily Dispatch June 24, 2018

A former member of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Ms. Comfort Obi says that the Commission approves  promotions of only those recommended by the Inspector-General of police (I-GP). Obi, who made the clarification in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, stressed that there was no truth in the story currently […]

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100 shot dead in Plateau, curfew impose in three LGs

Daily Dispatch June 24, 2018

The Plateau state government has imposed a curfew on Riyom, Barakin Ladi and Jos south local government areas of the state, following the deaths of “over 100” persons on Saturday night. Rufus Bature, secretary to the state government, announced the curfew on Sunday afternoon. He said the movements in the three local government areas would […]

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No journalist is in detention in Nigeria – FG

Daily Dispatch June 23, 2018

The Federal Government has debunked the report by the press freedom Organisation, Committee To Protect Journalists, that a certain Nigerian journalist has been in detention for the past two years. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who issued the rebuttal at the Gala/Award Night of the International Press Institute in Abuja on Friday, […]

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Akwa Ibom unemployment rate exaggerated – Official

Daily Dispatch June 23, 2018

The Commissioner for Information in Akwa Ibom State, Charles Udoh, has faulted the inclusion of the state among those with high unemployment rate in Nigeria. Akwa Ibom is ranked second among states with the highest unemployment rate, according to 2018 data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The Akwa Ibom State House of […]

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Breaking: Obasanjo visits Bode George as family declares rift over

Daily Dispatch June 23, 2018

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has visited his former ally and former National Deputy Chairman (South West) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to condole him on the death of his son, Dipo, who died last May 9,2018. The visit was however described as an end to the political rift between the duo by the […]