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Alleged Corruption: I’m ready to go to jail — Ex-Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2017

Former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who is being investigated for a series of multi-billion dollar fraud and money laundering offences in Nigeria, the United Kingdom and America has threatened to squeal on his co-conspirators, Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore. She said after opening

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Diezani ‘received’ £537k in rent, £393k in chauffeur services from Aluko

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2017

The civil forfeiture notice filed by the US department of justice (DOJ) to recover $144 million assets from Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former minister of petroleum resources, has given an insight into her lavish lifestyle allegedly funded by proceeds of shady oil deals. In the notice filed on Friday, prosecutors said Jide Omokore and Kola Aluko, […]

Politics

APC alleges plot to assassinate Delta Senator, Omo-Agege

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2017

Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sunday raised alarm at what it termed as an orchestrated and pre-meditated assassination attempt on the life of the senator representing Delta Central Senatorial district, Obaisi Ovie Omo-Agege. Omo-Agege The party in a statement by its acting publicity secretary, Leonard Obibi, disclosed that the senator in […]

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Senator Omo-Agege, Wife escape assassination attempt

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2017

Senator Ovie Omo-Agege representing Delta Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, his wife and some top members of All Progressive Congress APC, on Saturday escaped assassination attempt. At least two persons was reported to have sustained life threatening injuries when armed youths attacked during an empowerment programme in Effurun, Uvwie council area of

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Dasuki speaks from detention, opens up on 2015 elections, Boko Haram

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2017

Incarcerated former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) has spoken of the prompt intervention of the regime of President Goodluck Jonathan in tackling the Boko-Haram menace and recovering dozens of towns and villages which led to the smooth conduct of 2015 general elections in the North-Eastern part of Nigeria. Dasuki stated this from detention […]

Politics

PDP holds National Caucus, BOT, NEC meetings tomorrow

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2017

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has fixed its expanded National Caucus, Board of Trustees (BoT), and National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings for Monday, July 17. The notice of the meeting was jointly issued in Abuja on Saturday by Sen. Ben Obi, the National Secretary of PDP National Caretaker Committee, and Amb. Aminu Wali, the National […]