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Former Taraba Governor, Suntai, is dead

Daily Dispatch June 28, 2017

Former Gov. Danbaba Suntai of Taraba, who was  involved in a plane crash in October 2012 has died in Houston, Florida, in the United States on Wednesday. Mr Emmanuel Bello, Senior Special Assistant to Gov. Darius Ishaku on Public Affairs confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria

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EFCC official escapes death by the whiskers, when gunmen open fire on him

Daily Dispatch June 28, 2017

A top investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on June 24, 2017 escaped death by the whiskers when gunmen opened fire on him  in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Mr. Austin  Okwor an operative in the Property Fraud Section of the EFCC Zonal office in Port Harcourt, had closed late for the day and as […]

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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 was spent. The organisation had in April filed a […]

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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 […]