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Seized $43million: EFCC invites former Governor, others for questioning

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2017

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited a former Governor and some others for questioning over the $43million discovered in one of the apartments in Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos. According to The Nation, the anti-graft agency has identified how apartment 7B where the

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Malabu oil deal: Compel Jonathan To Appear Before House – MEND

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2017

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has urged the House of Representatives to compel former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, to appear before it in respect of the OPL 245 Malabu oil deal. MEND, in a statement by its spokesperson, Jomo Gbomo, on Monday said the role played by Jonathan in the deal […]

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OPD secures release of detained 250 underage children — Official

Daily Dispatch April 17, 2017

The Office of the Public Defender under the Lagos State Ministry of Justice on Monday said it had secured the release of 250 underage children from prisons, police stations and correctional homes in the state in the last one year. Olubukola Salami, the Director of the office, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos: […]

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Boko Haram: Troops rescue 1,623 persons, kill 21 terrorists

Daily Dispatch April 17, 2017

Troops of 3 Battalion, 22 Brigade Nigerian Army on Operation Lafiya Dole, assisted by 10 Civilian JTF based on information received, on Monday embarked on an offensive on suspected location of Boko Haram terrorists at Jarawa general area, Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno State. While advancing, the troops came under heavy fire at […]

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UN appoints first female Executive Secretary of ECA

Daily Dispatch April 17, 2017

The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, has appointed Vera Songwe as the first female Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa. A statement on the commission’s website on Monday said Songwe is a Cameroonian economist and a banking executive. It also said she was the first woman to ever be appointed to the position. […]

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Whistleblower narrates what transpired in Lagos apartment where EFCC seized $50m

Daily Dispatch April 17, 2017

While Ayodele Oke, the Director-General of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA) has claimed that the $43 million, N23.2 million and £27,800 (N13billion) cash found in an apartment in Lagos last week belongs to his agency, information available to SaharaReporters suggests that the woman seen hauling the money into the apartment in Ghana-Must-Go bags may have […]