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IDP Protest: CSO blames FG, State Govt, says Nigeria has no reason to allow it’s citizen starve to death

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2017

The Civil Society Organisation, operating in the northeast, Nigeria has faulted the Federal Government over the protest by 19,600 Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs living in Gubio road IDP Camp in Borno State. The CSO observed that, both Federal and State Government of Nigeria have no reason

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Abacha loot: Why we are finding it difficult to recover funds from US – Presidency [VIDEO]

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2017

The Presidency has disclosed why Nigerian government is finding it difficult to repatriate looted funds stashed in the United States, US, by the late Military Head of State, Gen Sani Abacha (rtd). Senior Special Assistant to President Mohammed Buhari on Prosecutions, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, revealed that the failure of the immediate past administration was responsible […]

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Development of intermodal transportation will create more jobs-Amaechi

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2017

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi on Monday said the development of intermodal transportation would reduce fares and create more jobs in the country. Amaechi made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the 15th National Council on Transportation in Sokoto. The minister, who was represented by Sabiu Zakari, the Permanent Secretary of the […]

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PDP berates FG over N1.3trn projects in 2016

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2017

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has criticized the Federal Government over the said N1.3 trillion investments in 2016 on capital projects in the country. PDP noted that there are no physical projects to justify the claims, adding that if such amount was used for capital projects that there wouldn’t have been infrastructural decay in the […]

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Activists seek FG’s explanation of hate speeches

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2017

Human rights activists have appealed to the Federal Government to come up with a clear explanation of what constitutes “hate speech’’ to guide the populace properly on the issue. The activists made the appeal against the backdrop of the apparent confusion generated by the Federal Government’s recent announcement that it had drawn a line on […]

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Deziani: Court orders permanent forfeiture of ex-Minister’s N7.6bn loot

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2017

A Lagos Federal High Court on Monday ordered the permanent forfeiture of the sum of N7,646,700,000 linked to former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke to the Federal Government. Recall that the court had on August, 9 ordered an interim forfeiture of the sum of N7, 646, 700, 000 allegedly kept in Sterling Bank Plc by […]