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NDLEA uncovers N20m worth of Indian Hemp

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2018

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has discovered a large quantity of the harvested dried weeds suspected to be cannabis sativa in a warehouse in Ugbubezi Forest, Owan West Local Government Area of Edo. The Edo State Commander of the NDLEA, Mr Buba Wakawa, made this known in a

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Army’s 6 Division gets new GOC

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2018

Maj.-Gen. Musa Yusuf has taken over as new General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, the division’s Spokesman, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, said. Iliyasu made this known in a statement in Port Harcourt on Wednesday that Yusuf would command army formations and units in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers states. The new […]

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#NigerDelta: Buhari Fires Presidential Amnesty Boss

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Special Adviser on Niger Delta and head of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, retired Brigadier-General Paul Boroh, THEWILL can report. THEWILL gathered authoritatively from presidential sources that the president ordered Boroh’s removal and replacement because he lost confidence in his ability to effectively manage the programme

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Python Dance: Army killed 100, injured 200 in South-East – Civil Society groups claim

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2018

The Igbo Civil Society Coalition (ICSCO), a coalition of civil society organisations, activists, human rights groups and the academia in Igboland has claimed that the Nigerian Army killed no fewer than 100 people and injured 200 others during the Army operation ‘Python Dance’ in the south-east last year. The fresh allegation was contained in a […]

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BREAKING: Ooni suspends Oduduwa University’s founder over poetry

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2018

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has suspended Chief Ramon Adedoyin, as the Maye of Ife, for allegedly releasing an ewi ( poetry) composed to deride the stool of the Ooni. The Chiefs also said that they had started the process of removing the Oloyere of Oyere, Oba Adeoye Adefarakan, who they accused of […]

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Ex-VP Atiku Abubakar condemns burning of Ole Falae’s farm

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2018

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has condemned the burning of a farm belonging to former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Olu Falae, by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Atiku said in a press statement by his media office in Abuja on Tuesday that arson is a punishable offence under the law and that when the […]