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Terror threat: Alerts by UK, US, others blown out of proportion – IGP

Daily Dispatch November 10, 2022

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has said the terror alerts issued by the various embassies of the United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA) and others, were blown out of proportion. IGP Baba said this when he addressed State House correspondents during the weekly

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US, Dubai-bound drugs seized at Lagos airport as NDLEA arrests 39 in Abuja raids

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2022

……..destroys 5.3 hectares of cannabis farm in Edo A Nigeria-based Congolese, Kandigu Kadi and a Nigerian, Makowulu Ebuka Anthony have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the NAHCO and SAHCO export sheds of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos for attempting to export controlled and illicit drugs

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Omicron: Hong Kong bans flights from UK, US, Canada, others

Daily Dispatch January 5, 2022

Hong Kong announced strict new anti-coronavirus controls on Wednesday, banning flights from eight nations, shuttering bars and gyms and cancelling evening restaurant dining after the Omicron variant was detected within the city. The restrictions are the latest economic blow to an international business hub pursuing a zero-Covid strategy that has kept cases low but left

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US, Nigeria, 81 others to meet on ISIS threats in West Africa

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2020

The United States and Nigeria are to convene a virtual meeting with members of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. The countries and 81 other members of the coalition will meet on Tuesday November 10. U.S. State Department, in a statement, said the parley is to affirm the commitment to countering the threat of ISIS […]

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Hushpuppi faces 20-year jail term in US – Official

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2020

Nigerian Instagram celebrity Ramon Olorunwa Abbas a.k.a. “Ray Hushpuppi” faces may be sentenced to 20 years jail term in the United States. Hushpuppi is facing criminal charges alleging he conspired to launder hundreds of millions of dollars from business email compromise (BEC) frauds and other scams. “If convicted of conspiracy to engage in money laundering, […]