Politics

PDP members defecting to APC fear Buhari – Fayose

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2017

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, has said members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) were doing so for protection from President Muhammadu Buhari’s investigation of their corrupt practices. According to Fayose,

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82 Chibok girls to remain with Ministry of Woman Affairs till September – Minister

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2017

The Department of Service Services, DSS, has on Monday handed the recently released 82 Chibok girls to the Ministry of Women Affair has now received the 82 chibok girls for further rehabilitation. While receiving the girls, the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, pointed out that they will undergo four months rehabilitation in the properties available in […]

BUSINESS

CBN lifts Naira with $482.6m

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2017

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday intervened in the inter-bank market to the tune of $482.6m in the first trading day after the Democracy Day celebrations. A statement issued by its Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor in Abuja said that this was part of measures to underline its determination to guard the […]

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Senate passes anti-corruption bill

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2017

The Senate has approved and passed the Bill on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between Nigeria and other Foreign States. The executive bill, presented to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari, provides for the repeal of the Money Laundering Act of 2011 (as amended in 2012) to prohibit money laundering activities, expand the scope of […]

NEWS

Female Nigerian prisoner on the run arrested after six years

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2017

A condemned prisoner, Rabi Ismail, who escaped from lawful custody in Hadejia Prison, Jigawa State on December 16, 2011, has been recaptured by the Intelligence Unit of the Nigerian Prisons Service with the support of operatives of the Department of State Services. Ismail was sentenced to death by hanging for culpable homicide by a High […]

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Reps to investigate state of 33 silos worth N280b

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2017

The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to investigate the construction of 33 silos worth N280 billion across the country with a view to ensure their completion for immediate usage. This was sequel to a motion moved by Solomon Ahwinahwi at the plenary. Ahwinahwi said that in the past eight years, the Federal Ministry of […]