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Privileged Nigerian students fight over whose dad is richest

Daily Dispatch May 14, 2018

Two Nigerian students — Ilonze Elvis and Daniel Oluyemi — who battered a fellow student, Prince Nnaji, with a shisha pipe in an argument over who had the richest father, have been spared jail in the UK. Ilonze, 20, attacked Nnaji, who is said to be his childhood friend, in the flat they shared

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Suspected Fulani herdsmen sack 2 Kogi communities, kill 10

Daily Dispatch May 14, 2018

Some suspected Fulani herdsmen early hours of Monday attacked two communities in Kogi west, killing ten people. It was reliably gathered that the herdsmen invaded two Tiv settlement, one in Ilai outskirt of Mopamuro and the other in Ido-Gbede of Ijumu local government councils at about 4am on Monday. Source close to the two local […]

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Court fixes May 16 for the arraignment former Plateau state governor

Daily Dispatch May 14, 2018

A Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos on Monday has fixed May 16, for the arraignment of Senator David Jang who is being detained by the EFCC for misappropriation of funds. Recall that that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had on Monday, May 7, preferred a 12 count charge bordering on alleged corruption […]

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Foreign affairs ministry names alleged killer of Nigeria’s attaché in Sudan

Daily Dispatch May 14, 2018

Foreign Affairs Ministry on Monday said that the immigration attaché, Mr. Habibu Almu, who was murdered in Khartoum, Sudan on May 10, was killed by a Sudanese woman of Nigerian origin. The ministry’s spokesperson, Dr. Tope Elia-Fatile, in a statement in Abuja alleged that the suspect, a student at the Sudanese-Canadian College in Khartoum, murdered […]

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Buhari flags off rehabilitation of Irrigation scheme

Daily Dispatch May 14, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari who is currently on a two-day official visit to Jigawa on Monday flagged off the project for the rehabilitation of Hadejia Valley Irrigation Scheme (HVIS) in Auyo Local Government Area of Jigawa. The project will be executed under the Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria (TRIMING) that is supported by World Bank. The […]

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Judges appointment highly politicised, CJN laments

Daily Dispatch May 14, 2018

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Monday, lamented the undue interference of politicians in the process of judges appointment. According to the CJN, the current system of judges appointment in the country is such that the governor of a state might not allow the names of persons nominated for judicial appointment to be sent […]