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EFCC director drags Magu to court, narrates ordeal

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2018

A director in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ayo Olowonihi, has accused the commission’s acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu of injustice. The complainant, in the suit marked: NICN/ABJ/347/2017, wants the court to declare his demotion as well as the processes that led to it as

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Dapchi school girls: APC government knew whereabouts of the girls-PDP

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2018

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to the assurance given by the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali, that the Dapchi schoolgirls will be released in two weeks. The PDP said the Minister’s statement portrayed the impression that government knew where the girls were kept. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, told Vanguard […]

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Sultan declares Monday (today) first day of Rajab

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2018

The Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, (NSCIA) Sa’ad Abubakar III has declared today, Monday as the first day of Rajab 1439AH. The Sultan, according to a statment signed by the Wazirin Sokoto and chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Prof Sambo Wali Junaido, said the Sultanate Council did […]

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108 Nigerian peace-keeping police withdraw from Liberia

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2018

The last batch of 108 Nigerian police officers has been withdrawn from the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) after five years of service. UNMIL said the remaining 108 Nigerian FPU officers, the last UNMIL uniformed contingent remaining in Liberia, withdrew as part of the UN mission’s termination. The batch of 200 Nigerian peacekeepers withdrew from […]

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Protest against Lagos LUC: Any attempt to breach public peace will be met with stiff resistance-Police

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2018

Lagos State Police Command on Sunday warned some protesters planning to block the Third Mainland Bridge and other critical public infrastructures in Lagos over the new Land Use Charge (LUC) of the State Government, saying any attempt to breach public peace will be met with stiff resistance. The groups planning the protest had explained that […]

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Grandma, 66, hangs self in Anambra

Daily Dispatch March 18, 2018

Residents of Achalla -Umana, Mgbakwu in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State were thrown into mourning on Friday when a 66-year old woman committed suicide in her room. The deceased, identified as Uzoaku, a mother of two, was said to have hung herself with a rope which she suspended on the burglary proof […]