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N1.6bn spent to repair Kaduna-Kano pipline-NNPC GMD

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2017

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it had spent over N1.6 billion on the repairs of the vandalised pipeline between Kaduna and Kano in 2016. The NNPC Group Managing Director, Mr Maikanti Baru, disclosed this when he paid a courtesy visit to Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje on Tuesday

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Magu not using money discovery as bait to stay in office-CSO

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2017

Partner for Electoral Reform (PER), a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), says Mr Ibrahim Magu, is not using strings of money discoveries as bait to remain at Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Chairman of the organisation, Mr Ezenwa Nwagwu, told newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja that Magu was just doing his job to curb corruption […]

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Oshiomole’s 334 other foreigners receives certificate of Nigeria citizenship

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2017

Wife of the immediate past governor of Edo Stae, Adams Oshiomole, Mrs. Lara Oshiomole and 334 other  foreign nationals have been granted  citizenship by the Federal Government after statutory clearance and due diligence by the relevant security agencies.‎ ‎ Presenting certificates of citizenship to the foreigners, Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd)

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Shell contributed $29b to Nigeria’s purse in four years-Osagie Okunbor

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2017

Shell remains strongly committed to the development of Nigeria, Osagie Okunbor, the Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria said in Lagos. Okunbor said this while announcing that The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited operated Joint Venture alone contributed $29 billion to the Nigerian purse between 2012 and 2016. Also in 2016, the royalties […]

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Senate summons Rotimi Amaechi

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2017

The Senate, on Tuesday asked Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, to appear before it and explain why the eastern corridor of the country’s rail lines was excluded from the proposed loan from the China Exim Bank. Amaechi was summoned, following a motion sponsored by the Senator representing Anambra south, Enyinnaya Abaribe. Abaribe said, “The eastern […]

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Why IBB sent Buhari bag of money – Prof Paden

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari’s biographer, Professor John Paden, has alleged that former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babaginda, IBB, gave President Muhammadu Buhari a bag of money to share to Nigerians in 1988. In his book titled “Muhammadu Buhari: The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria,” Paden said after Buhari was released from detention in