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EFCC arraigns Justice Yunusa for alleged corruption

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2018

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned a suspended judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Mohammed Yunusa, for alleged corruption. Justice Yunusa, alongside one Esther Agbo, who works in the law firm of Rickey Tarfa & Co., was arraigned on Wednesday before the Lagos

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Army recovers 63 bags of Indian hemp from Ondo notorious gang

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2018

The Nigerian Army says it has recovered 63 bags of  cannabis sativa (Indian hemp) from a notorious gang in a forest in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Capt. Ojo Adenegan, Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Cantonment, Akure, disclosed this in a statement in Akure on Wednesday. Adenegan said 23 […]

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Kogi gets 21 new permanent secretaries

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2018

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has approved the appointment of 21 new permanent secretaries into the state civil service. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mrs Petra Akinti-Onyegbule said in a statement in Lokoja on Wednesday that the appointments were made in furtherance of the ongoing reform of the state civil service. She […]

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BREAKING: Police arrest three suspects over Edo explosion, recover IEDs

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2018

The Edo State Police Command has arrested three persons in connection with an explosion which left one person dead in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Johnson Kokumo, identified the suspects as Idris Ibrahim, Zainab Ibrahim and Oyeza Abdul. Kokumo said that while the prime suspect, one Idris Abdulmalik, […]

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BREAKING: Customs officials kill man in Lagos, flee

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2018

Some operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service on Wednesday shot a man to death in the Oko-Oba area of Lagos State. The officials had reportedly chased a yellow commercial bus, popularly called Danfo, to the spot and opened fire on it.  It was learnt that the yet-to-be-identified victim was on the bus suspected to be […]

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How DSS tracked kidnap kingpin, Don Waney – Source

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2018

A top official of the Department of State Security on Wednesday revealed how a kidnap kingpin, Don Waney, was tracked to his hideout in Enugu. Waney allegedly masterminded the killings of 23 worshipers on New Year’s Day, in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers.   The source, on condition of anonymity, on Wednesday said that the […]