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SERAP gets court’s permission for N388.304bn London-Paris Club loan refund spending review

Daily Dispatch June 28, 2017

Human rights advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, says it has secured the leave of court to apply for a mandamus order to compel the Account General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, to publish the details of how the N388.304bn London-Paris Club Loan refunds

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PENGASSAN Warns FG Against Full Concession of the Nation’s Refineries

Daily Dispatch June 28, 2017

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has warned the Federal Government against the full concession of the nation’s refineries. According to Group Executive Chairman, NNPC Branch of PENGASSAN, Mr. Abdullahi Sale, it would be wrong for any government to hand over its energy for privatisation. Sale made this remark on Tuesday […]

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Aftermath of Evans Incriminating Confession, Heads May Roll in Nigeria Police

Daily Dispatch June 28, 2017

The Nigeria Police Force has launched an investigation into how alleged billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamdike aka Evans, regained freedom in 2006 after he was arrested for armed robbery in Lagos state. The investigation follows a revelation by a senior police officer that Evans was arrested in 2006, after his gang of robbers attacked a […]

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Four Nigerians face trial for £10m scam in UK

Daily Dispatch June 28, 2017

Four suspected fraudsters, who are Nigerian natives, are currently being prosecuted for allegedly using the identities of civil servants to commit a £10million scam in the United Kingdom. The accused were said to have stolen personal details from the Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC), to make fraudulent claims over a four-year period. The gang, which […]

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Coalition of Northern Youths Are Jobless Nigerians Who Have Refused To Work-Dangote

Daily Dispatch June 28, 2017

The Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has reacted to the quit notice issued to Igbos by a coalition of northern youths, describing it as a nonsense. The Arewa groups had asked South-easterners living in the north to vacate before October Giving his position on the issue which has drawn condemnation from many groups […]

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Boko Haram: UN restates support to FG

Daily Dispatch June 28, 2017

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has reiterated the organisation’s support to the Federal Government in the ongoing fight against terrorism and violent extremism. Guterres, in a statement by his spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, condemned the series of suicide bombing attacks in Maiduguri, Borno State on Monday. “The Secretary-General reiterates