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2,659 Compete as NNPC Foundation Unveils Business Opportunities for Youth Corps Members

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2024

A total of 2,659 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) across Nigeria have been pre-qualified for the final phase of the NNPC Foundation Business Pitching Exercise. The Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPC Ltd Olufemi Soneye disposed this in a statement on Friday. Billed

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2,423 Nigerians killed with 1,872 kidnapped inder Tinubu Presidency – Group

Daily Dispatch January 29, 2024

The Nigerian Government has been asked to take actionable steps to end the endemic insecurity, mitigate further attacks by kidnap syndicates and terrorist groups, and, account for persons missing in these attacks. Addressing a news conference in Abuja on Monday, Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria under the auspices of the Civil Society Joint Action Group,

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About 3,478 Nigerians killed, 2,256 abducted in six months – Report

Daily Dispatch June 21, 2022

At least, 3,478 people were killed while 2,256 others were abducted across the country from December 2021 to June 15, 2022, a tally collated by The Punch has shown. The figures were obtained from the daily incidents recorded by the Nigeria Security Tracker, a project of the Council on Foreign Relations, an American think-tank, during […]

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NDLEA intercepts N1.1billion travellers’ cheques, 10.89kg Cocaine at Lagos airport . Seizes 2.3million Tramadol tabs, 2,919 bottles of Codeine in Kaduna

Daily Dispatch May 1, 2022

Travellers’ cheques in different foreign currencies with a total value of One Billion, One Hundred and Fifty Seven Million, Six Hundred and Seventy Thousand, Four Hundred and Sixty Nine Naira and Ninety Two Kobo (N1,157, 670,469.92) have been intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law […]

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Over N90bn drugs seized, 2,175 suspects arrested in 4 months – Marwa

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2021

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted assorted drugs worth over N90 billion and arrested 2, 175 drug traffickers in four months, the Chairman, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, has said.Marwa disclosed this on Monday in Abuja during a ceremony to present the best performing commands for March and April and presentation of commendation letters […]

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2,619 killed, 1,190 abducted by Bandits in Zamfara – Govt

Daily Dispatch April 2, 2021

No fewer than 2,619 people have been killed in various attacks by bandits in Zamfara, authorities in the state have said. The Commissioner of Information in Zamfara, Ibrahim Dosara, noted that the deaths were recorded in the state between 2011 and 2019. Addressing a press conference on Friday in Kaduna State, he disclosed that the […]