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Corruption Cases: FG to Sack Five SANs As Prosecutors

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2017

the Federal Government is currently investigating its team of special prosecutors to fish out those who may be operating with conflict of interest. Punch report that five Senior Advocates of Nigeria out of the 20 on the team are said to be have been found culpable, according to a preliminary

Politics

Going To Supreme Court Will Hamper Our Chances In 2019-Prof. Wale Oladipo Tells Makarfi

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2017

Former national secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prof. Wale Oladipo has appealed to the party’s national caretaker committee chairman, Senator Ahmed Makarfi not to appeal the judgement of the Port Harcourt division of the Appeal Court at the Supreme Court. The court had last Friday, declared Sheriff as the authentic national chairman of […]

LEAD STORY 1

Saraki To read Buhari’s Letters On Vacation Extension, Onnoghen’s Confirmation To Senate On Tuesday

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2017

As plenary resumes on Tuesday after a three-week break, President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki will on resumption read two letters from President Muhammadu Buhari on the extension of his holiday and the nomination of Justice Walter Onoghen as Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN on the floor of the senate. This disclosure was made […]

NEWS

N250m Proposed Gatehouse For VP’s Residence Funded by Jonathan – Presidency

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2017

There is no proposal in the 2017 budget to build a N250 million gatehouse for the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The Senior Special Assistant Media in the Office of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, made the rebuttal in a statement on Sunday. Opposition Senator, Ben Bruce, had questioned the item, which he said was […]

NEWS

Breaking: Andrew Yakubu Asks Court To Return $9.7m, £74,000‎ to Him

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2017

A former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Andrew Yakubu, has asked the court to return the $9.7 million and £74,000‎ recovered from him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. To achieve this, Yakubu has instituted a suit at the Federal High Court, Kano requesting it to set aside the order […]

NEWS

Borno Adopts New Measures To Tackle Boko Haram’s Remnants

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2017

The Borno State Government has approved the introduction of new security measures to curtail the increasing attacks by remnants of Boko Haram insurgents in the state. Malam Isa Gusau, the Special Adviser to Governor Kashim Shettima on Communication and Strategy, stated this in a statement in Maiduguri on Sunday. According to Gusau, the measures include […]