Politics

Ali Modu Sheriff Behind PDP Leader’s Travails-Fani-Kayode

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2017

Former aviation minister and PDP stalwart Femi Fani-Kayode has accused factional chairman of the party Ali Modu Sheriff of masterminding the travails of the opposition’s leaders in recent times. In a tweet on Wednesday, February 22, Fani-Kayode claimed that Sheriff was responsible for the

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Obanikoro Slam N100m Suit Against EFCC

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2017

A former Minister of State for Defence, Sen. Musiliu Obanikoro, has sued the EFCC for the seizure of his property. He filed the suit on Wednesday at the Federal High Court in Lagos. Obanikoro and his family are suing the commission, seeking court’s declaration that the forceful seizure of their personal effects constitutes a gross […]

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Why I Withheld Assent To Four Bills – Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2017

The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has given reasons for withholding ascent to the National Lottery Bill, Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme ‎Fund, Currency Conversion (freezing order) Bill and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Bill. Osinbajo, in a letter dated February 7, said the reason he withheld assent to National Lottery bill was as a result of […]

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Archbishop Okoh Urges FG To Disarm Fulani Herdsmen

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2017

The primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), The Most Reverend Nicholas Okoh has called on the federal government to come up with a policy to disarm Fulani herdsmen, Daily Sun reports. Okoh made the call, on Wednesday, February 22 in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, during his opening address at the church’s standing […]

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Rivers rerun: INEC investigative panel accuse security operatives of hijacking material, intimidating voters

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2017

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Administrative Inquiry Panel has accused security operatives involved in the December 10, 2016 Rivers rerun election of electoral fraud. The five-man panel led by INEC National Commissioner, Professor Okechukwu Ibeanu, which was set-up to look into the rerun election in the state accused security operatives of allegedly

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Man Kills Self After Third Deportation From US

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2017

With just a plastic bag of belongings in his hand, a Mexican man who was deported from the United States Tuesday promptly killed himself, jumping off a bridge in view of the US border. Sinaloa state native Guadalupe Olivas Valencia, 44, threw himself to his death, authorities said. He had jumped 30 meters (100 feet). […]