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NSCDC smashes Boko Haram fuel supply operation, arrests land scammer

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2018

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps has smashed the fuel supply to the Boko Haram insurgency group. Addressing a press conference in Maiduguri on Tuesday, the Borno State Commander of the security outfit, Abdullahi Ibrahim, said the fuel supply to the insurgents was cut off by his

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3m women, youths to benefit from FG’s job creation initiative

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2018

Three million women and youths nationwide will benefit from an agro-business programme of the Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises (LIFE) scheme of the Federal Government, an official said on Tuesday. Dr Chinyere Ikechukwu-Eneh, Assistant Director, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said in Enugu that 24 states would be captured under the pilot

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Buhari sending DSS to arrest me over comments on herdsmen killings – Prophet El-Buba alleges

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2018

The senior pastor of the El-Buba Outreach Ministry, Prophet Isa El-Buba has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of sending men of the Department of State Services, DSS to him. The pastor had, while addressing his congregants during a church service, condemned President Buhari for failing to arrest Fulani herdsmen carrying out attacks in various parts of […]

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Gombe: NSCDC supervises lifting of petroleum products

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2018

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has begun monitoring the lifting of petroleum products from Gombe Depot to other states in the North East. Hajiya Altine Sani, Gombe State Commandant, NSCDC, told newsmen in Gombe on Tuesday that the command was mandated to begin the assignment. Sani said the aim was to ensure […]

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NDLEA arrests 211 drug suspects, seizes 3,717.6 kg of hard drugs

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2018

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kebbi State Command, has confirmed the arrest of 211 suspects and seizure of 3,717.6 kg of hard drugs from January to December 2017. The state Commandant, Suleiman Jadi, made the disclosure on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Birnin Kebbi. Jadi said […]

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Army to site a tertiary military hospital in Sokoto

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2018

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has commended the Nigerian Army for its plan to site a tertiary military hospital in Sokoto to serve as centre of excellence for military related diseases. A statement issued on Tuesday by Tambuwal’s Spokesman, Malam Imam Imam, quoted the governor as saying that the hospital would be the first […]