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Money Laundering: Go After CBN, NNPC, Senate Panel Tells EFCC

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2017

The Senate, on Monday, asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation over alleged racketeering in foreign exchange transactions. According to Punch report, the lawmakers also urged the

LEAD STORY 1

Northeast Crisis Centre Stage As Donors Meet In Oslo

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2017

The first-ever international donor conference focusing on the crisis in the north east of Nigeria gets underway in Oslo, Norway this week in hopes of raising more than $1 billion to fund humanitarian response in the northeast and Lake Chad region. The 2017 Humanitarian Response Plan for Nigeria seeks more than $1b targeted at the […]

EDUCATION

TETFund Shares N213b To Varsities, Polytechnics

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2017

The Buhari administration has approved the Tertiary Education Trust Fund 2016 intervention budget of N213.4 billion, the highest ever to be distributed to the tertiary institutions. Dr. Abdullahi Baffa, the Executive Secretary of TETFund, disclosed this at a news briefing in Abuja on Monday. Giving a breakdown of the budget, Baffa said each of the […]

NEWS

We’ll Wipe Off All Fulani Herdsmen From Niger Delta – Pro-Jonathan Group

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2017

A group under the aegis of GoodluckNigeria has thrown its weight behind the alleged plan by a former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, and his wife, Dame Patience, to rid the Niger Delta of Fulani herdsmen. The group in a statement signed by its President, Joseph Spiff Wilcox, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday said […]

LEAD STORY 2

Sheriff Meets Jonathan, As Makarfi Appeals Judgment

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2017

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, met with former President Goodluck Jonathan at the ex-President’s residence in Abuja on Monday. The meeting, which held behind closed doors, was also attended by Sheriff’s Deputy National Chairman, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh; Acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Bernard Mikko; and the National

NEWS

Why I Will Not Handover To Reckless Politicians – Governor Gaidam

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2017

Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State, has declared that he would not handover to politicians he described as “drunkards, Indian hemp smokers or gamblers” at the expiration of his tenure. Gaidam made the declaration during the inauguration of 17 elected local government council Chairmen in Damaturu, the state capital. According to Gaidam, his decision was aimed