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Execution reduces Ohio’s death roll to 138

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

The state of Ohio now has 138 people sentenced to death, among the nation’s highest death row populations. The number of those on death roll has dropped by one in the state of Ohio, following an execution on Wednesday; the first time the state will carry out a death sentence in more than three

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BREAKING: We can’t confirm rescue of NNPC staff, says Kachikwu

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

‎Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum resources, says he cannot confirm if any of the oil workers kidnapped by Boko Haram has been rescued. He said this while speaking with journalists at the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) towers in Abuja, on Thursday. “We only heard, but can’t confirm if anyone has been rescued,” […]

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N700m suspicious transaction: Sokoto State Government Reacts

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

The Sokoto State government has denied wrongdoing after federal anti-graft agents questioned a member of the Sokoto traditional council, the Sultanate, over a suspicious N700 million transferred to his account by the state government. The spokesperson to Governor Aminu Tambuwal, Imam Imam, said in a statement Thursday that the funds were approved for the purchase of a […]

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Sokoto kingmaker quizzed as Sultan Abubakar Sa’ad is named in N700million suspicious transaction

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

Crack detectives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday and Wednesday interrogated Kabir Tafida, the Sarkin Fada of Sokoto, who also acts as the chief of staff to Sultan Abubakar Sa’ad. Mr. Tafida was questioned over a suspicious transfer of N700 million into his account from the Sokoto State government account, people familiar […]

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We Will Not Compromise Prudence, Accountability-Masari

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina says the present administration in the state has restored the culture of public accountability, prudence, transparency, confidence and discipline in its civil service for rapid socio-economic development. Governor Aminu Masari made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Daura on Thursday. He assured the people […]

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Akwa Ibom senatorial seat: US rights group storms Nigeria on call to ban Saraki, 10 others from entering US

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2017

The controversy surrounding the refusal by the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, to inaugurate Hon. Bassey Etim as the senator representing Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District as ordered by a competent court of jurisdiction, is gradually assuming an international dimension.  PELDEF, it would be recalled, had accused the Saraki-led Senate of using double