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PIB: Senate warns Kachikwu against making false claims

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2017

The Senate has warned Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, to stop making false claims on the on-going process of passing into law the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). In a statement by its spokesman, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, the Senate said the PIB which has got to

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Boko Haram will soon be history – CDS, Olonisakin

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2017

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, has boasted that the Boko Haram terrorists and their activities would soon become history. He said with the empowered Armed Forces of Nigeria and the collaboration of the Multinational Joint Task Force, the Boko Haram menace would soon be a thing of history. Speaking Monday, in Abuja, […]

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Five AK47 rifles recovered from accident victims by FRSC, as 15 perish in Kaduna

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2017

At least 15 persons, including six national women leaders of the Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ, lost their lives in separate auto accidents that happened in Kaduna on Sunday. The Federal Road Safety Corps’ Sector Head of Operations, Kaduna, Mr. Salish Umar Galadunci, who confirmed the incidents, said one of the accidents occurred along Kajuru […]

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Only strong institutions can fight corruption from roots – Dogara

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2017

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said until strong institutions are built and strengthened, Nigeria might not fight corruption effectively. Dogara said this on Monday in Abuja at the launch of a book titled: “Antidotes for Corruption: The Nigerian Story,” written by Senator Dino Melaye. He said that only strong institutions could fight […]

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Diezani’s bribe: Court fixes date to rule on trial of INEC official

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2017

A Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed May 24 for ruling in an alleged case of corruption against Christian Nwosu, an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission charged with corruption. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had dragged a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke, and three INEC officials to court on […]

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Buhari’s anti-corruption war is nothing but a mere melodrama-Saraki

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2017

The President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, on Monday observed that the current anti-corruption war has not “yielded much success” because of too much sensationalism, tagging the current anti-corruption was as five ”minutes sensationalism” Speaking at the ‎launch of a book written by Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye tagged the, ‘Antidotes for Corruption: The […]