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NIA Directors write Reps, call on Buhari to fire new DG

Daily Dispatch February 1, 2018

Some directors of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) have written to the House of Representatives Committee on Security and National Intelligence, asking it to call on President Muhammadu Buhari to fire Ahmed Rufai Abubakar as the new Director-General of the agency. Writing on behalf of

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Fish out cabal in your govt, and flush them out- Sagay tells Buhari

Daily Dispatch February 1, 2018

Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to sack those he described as “the cabal” in his cabinet. According to him, they had hindered the progress of the administration. Sagay made the call Wednesday evening, after delivering the convocation lecture of the Federal University of

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Youths are leaders of today, tomorrow – UN chief

Daily Dispatch February 1, 2018

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that young people are leaders of today in addition to being leaders of tomorrow. He said this at the ongoing annual Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum at the UN headquarters in New York. Guterres said: “Young people are leaders of today, not just tomorrow. A warm welcome to […]

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2019: CAN denies instigating Christians to vote for only Christians

Daily Dispatch January 31, 2018

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has denied instigating Christians to vote for only Christians in the 2019 general elections. Speaking in a telephone interview on Wednesday, CAN’s national secretary, Musa Asake, said the association could not have asked Christians to vote only Christians because “it was not the right way to go”. “Where did […]

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NDLEA seizes most dangerous Indian Hemp specie in Adamawa

Daily Dispatch January 31, 2018

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed the seizure of 25.6 kilograms of an illicit substance believed to be Cannabis Skunk in Yola, Adamawa. The State Commander of the Agency, Yakubu Kibo, who confirmed the development to journalists in Yola, said that four suspects were arrested in connection to the alleged offence. He […]

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Oil marketers sentenced to 8 years in prison

Daily Dispatch January 31, 2018

Justice Latifat Okunnu of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced three oil marketers – Adamu Maula, George Ogbonna and Emmanuel Morah on a 26-count amended charge of conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence and forgery to the tune of N789.6million. The charges were preferred against them by the Economic and […]