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1,683 school children kidnapped in eight years in Nigeria –Report

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2023

A report released by Save the Children International, SCI, has revealed that about 70 schools were attacked and 1,683 school children kidnapped across Nigeria between February 2014 and December 2022. The report is entitled, “Education Under Attack: Review and Analysis of Attack on Schools,

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1, 300 stranded Nigerians leave Sudan

Daily Dispatch May 1, 2023

The National Association of Nigerians Students, Sudan, said that 1,300 stranded Nigerians left Khartoum on Sunday. This was contained in a letter signed by the Public Relations Officer, NANS, Amal Pantami, on Sunday. However, the letter did not state where the stranded Nigerians would head to; either Aswan or Port Sudan. The letter read, “This […]

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Sokoto village head, 10 others arrested over 991,320 opioid pills, 1,251kg skunk

Daily Dispatch October 30, 2022

. As NDLEA intercepts 33.491kg Meth, Cocaine, Heroin going to Spain; 13.146kg Cocaine in bathing soaps at Enugu airport The village head of Gidan Abba in Bodinga local government area of Sokoto state, Abubakar Ibrahim, was among eleven suspects arrested in interdiction operations in which Nine Hundred and Ninety One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty […]

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1,000 military trainees dismissed over fake certificates

Daily Dispatch August 12, 2022

Nearly 1,000 trainees  undergoing training at a military academy in Cameroon have been dismissed over corruption allegations. The country’s Minister of Defence, Joseph Beti Assomo, said in a circular made public on Friday. Beti Assomo said the new 2022 recruits who were in full training had applied to join the workforce with fake certificates. Army […]

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Drugs worth over ₦100bn seized, 1,630 criminals jailed – NDLEA Chairman

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2021

Since January 2021, drugs worth over ₦100billion have been seized and about 1,630 criminals have arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. This is according to NDLEA Chairman, General Buba Marwa. Addressing journalists on Friday after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Gen Marwa who gave a brief of milestones attained […]

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1,130 Looted Nigerian Artefacts Would Be Returned In 2022, Says Germany

Daily Dispatch July 8, 2021

German Minister of State for Culture, Monika Grutters has disclosed that 1,130 artefacts would be returned to Nigeria from the beginning of 2022. Grutters said this on Wednesday during a meeting with the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in Berlin, Germany. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the […]