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Police recover 120 arms, arrest 5 suspects in Edo

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2018

The Police Command in Edo said it had recovered 120 arms and ammunition in compliance with the Inspector-General of Police’s directive on Arms mop-up nationwide. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Johnson Kokumo, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing newsmen in Benin. Kokumo said

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Chinese arraigned for attempting to smuggle $.3m out of Nigeria

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2018

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a Chinese national, Li Yanping, before Justice Babatunde Quadri of a Federal High Court, Abuja, for allegedly concealing the sum of $300,000 (N108m) while attempting to board a flight to Dubai. The EFCC said in a statement that Yanping failed to inform the officers of the Nigerian […]

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DapchiGirl: Serious negotiations ongoing – Senator

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2018

A senator, Bukar Ibrahim (APC, Yobe East) says negotiations are ongoing for the release of Leah Sharibu, who is still been held captive by Boko Haram insurgents. Mr. Ibrahim made this disclosure while contributing to a point of order raised by Emmanuel Bwacha (PDP, Taraba South) asking the relevant security agencies to double their efforts […]

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Obasanjo under fire for attacking Buhari

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2018

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has criticized former president Olusegun Obasanjo for attacking President Muhammadu Buhari over his decision not to assent to the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, for which a signing session was recently held in Kigali. Nigeria along with ten other nations refused to consent to the Agreement while about

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Buhari’s visit: travellers, commuters, groan over restriction of movement

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2018

Some travellers and commuters were on Thursday, forced to walk long distances to the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos to catch their flights, following restriction of movement around the airport vicinity by security operatives. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the movement restriction around the airport is due to the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Lagos. […]

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Senate rejects Kaduna’s $350m World Bank loan request

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2018

The Senate has rejected the request by the Kaduna State Government for a $350m loan request from the World Bank. The rejection was based on the recommendation of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts and the three senators from the estate. In the report, which was presented by chairman of the committee, Senator […]