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Help Nigeria out of present political darkness, Frank begs Theresa May

Daily Dispatch June 6, 2018

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has urged the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May, and her country to prevail on Nigerian government on the alleged human right abuses and persecution of so e perceived opponents of President Muhammadu

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POLICE ARREST OGUN LAWMAKER, 18 OTHERS FOR THUGGERY, CULTISM

Daily Dispatch June 6, 2018

-A member of Ogun State House of Assembly representing Remo North State Constituency, Adebiyi Adeleye, has been arrested, alongside eighteen others, by men of the Federal Anti-Robbery Squad in the state. This is coming less than 24 hours after the lawmaker accused the majority leader of the House, Yinka Mafe, of attempting his life on […]

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Defense Minister Calls For Suspension Of Anti-Open Grazing Law

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2018

The Minister of Defense, Mansur Dan-Ali, has called for the suspension of the implementation of the anti-grazing law. The minister said that the suspension will reduce the tension in troubled states. He disclosed this on Tuesday after a security meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital. According to […]

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Benue killings: Police prosecute 188 herdsmen over anti-grazing law, others

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2018

Police in Benue State have declared that 188 persons are currently facing prosecution over the anti-open grazing law in the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, also confirmed that another 61 armed bandits associated with killings are facing trial. Owoseni, who addressed newsmen on Tuesday in Makurdi, the Benue capital, further revealed […]

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Borno IDPs: Soldiers raped us in camps but we were forced to deny it

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2018

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the north-east say they are being suppressed from opening up on the alleged sexual abuse ongoing in their camps. They have also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to send an independent investigative panel to the camps regarding the issue. Amnesty International released a report alleging that soldiers and members of civilian joint

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Suspended SEC DG, Gwarzo granted bail

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2018

The suspended Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mounir Gwarzo, was on Tuesday arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) on a five-count charge for alleged fraud. Gwarzo was arraigned alongside a commissioner at the commission, Zakawanu Garuba. Both men were accused of abusing their offices