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Saraki: Sagay urges FG to appeal the ruling

Daily Dispatch June 15, 2017

The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption, PACAC, Itse Sagay, has expressed shock at the acquittal of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, by the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Mr. Sagay, septuagenarian professor of Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said it was

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Three killed as building collapses in Anambra

Daily Dispatch June 15, 2017

Three persons on Tuesday were killed following the collapse of a four-storey building still under construction in Okeani, Oko community in Anambra State. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the building, located close to the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, is owned by an indigene based in Europe. A source who spoke on condition of anonymity […]

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Abiola: Ayo Opadokun gives Al-Mustapha 7 Days to Retract His Bribery Allegation

Daily Dispatch June 15, 2017

Chief Ayo Opadokun, former leader of the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, has given ​ex-Chief Security Adviser (CSO) to former Head of State, late General Sani Abacha​, ​seven days to ​retract his comment that he and other Yoruba leaders took bribe from those who killed Chief MKO Abiola ​o​r face libel suit. ​He also​ question​ed the […]

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FEC Approves N7.94billion for Kaiama-Kishi Road

Daily Dispatch June 15, 2017

The Federal Executive Council presided  on Wednesday approved N7.94 billion for the reimbursement of the Kwara State Government to undertake the construction of the Kaiama-kishi Road. The FEC was presided over by the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents

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15m U-14 children working across Nigeria — NGO

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2017

An NGO, Development and Peace Initiative, said on Wednesday that no fewer than 15 million children under the age of 14 are working across Niagara. Its Programme Manager, Emmanuel Tagwai, made the disclosure in Makarfi, Kaduna State during a sensitization programme to mark the International Child Labour Day. Tagwai said the figures were from a […]

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Cleric blames Nigerians for lingering economic recession

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2017

A Muslim cleric on Wednesday in Ilorin blamed Nigerians for the lingering economic recession in the country. Sheik Suleiman Danborno said this at the annual Ramadan lecture organized by Ilorin Emirate Community of the University of Ilorin. He said every citizen contributed to the current situation as Nigerians had became incorrigible and appeared not ready […]