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Part of the recovered loot will be used to finance 2017 budget-Presidency

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2017

Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Prosecutions, Okoi Obono-Obla,  has said that part of the 2017 budget will be financed by recovered looted funds. Obono-Obla stated this on Tuesday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen on what the Federal Government was doing with looted funds

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Sponsored Ramadan Message: THE MESSAGE:- Q33:V35

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2017

THE MESSAGE:- Q33:V35 For Muslim men and women, For believing men and women, For true men and women, For men and women who are Patient and constant, for men And women who humble themselves, For men and women who give In charity, for men and women Who fast (and deny themselves), For men and women […]

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N30t Forex probe: Senate threatens to drag CBN to EFCC

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2017

The Senate on Tuesday gave the Central Bank of Nigeria seven days to recover monies collected by banks on behalf of Nigeria Customs Service but not remitted to it. The order was given by the Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff at an investigative meeting with the CBN, Ministry of Finance, Federal Inland Revenue Service, […]

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Court remands ex-commissioner over alleged N35.5m fraud

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2017

A Kogi State High Court sitting in Okene has remanded a former Commissioner for Agriculture in the state, Zacchaeus Atte, in prison custody over alleged financial impropriety of N35.5 million. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Atte was arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission on an eight-count charge. The […]

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Osinbajo: National Assembly has no powers to insert projects in budget

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2017

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday said the National Assembly has no right to introduce new projects or modify those contained in an appropriation bill. Osinbajo said the executive was disappointed in the legislature for delaying the passage of the 2017 Appropriation Bill which he signed on Monday. He was speaking at the Old Banquet Hall […]

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Boko Haram responsible to the estimated 11 million out-of-school children in Nigeria-Envoy

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2017

A former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, says the destructive activities of Boko Haram contributed to the estimated 11 million out-of-school children in Nigeria, particularly in the north-east. The Boko Haram insurgency has caused about 100,000 deaths since 2009 and displaced millions, particularly in the north-east states of Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe. Mr. Brown, the