NEWS

Despite Pledging Transparency, FG Conceals Details of Paris Club Refunds

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2017

Months after paying N522.74 billion Paris Club loan refund to 36 states, the federal government has concealed details of the disbursements, frustrating Nigerians keen about knowing how their governors spent the huge amount, PREMIUM TIMES can report today. For months, Finance Minister, Kemi

NEWS

It Is Not Outrageous For Buhari To Nominate Magu 4 times – Senator Ita-Giwa

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2017

Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, has affirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari has the power to re-nominate Ibrahim Magu for the chairmanship of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ita-Giwa who was a former special adviser to the president on National Assembly Matters, said the president has the rights to tender Magu’s name a 4th time. Speaking […]

NEWS

Bauchi Community Imposes N100 Fine To Check Open Defecation

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2017

The imposition of N100 fine as punishment for open defecation in Khamsin village of Dass Local Government Area in Bauchi, has helped check the menace, community leader, Malam Abdulkadir Sarki, said on Sunday. Sarki told the News Agency of Nigeria in Khamsin that the fine, introduced some time ago, had brought about sanity to the […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

German spy agency chief says does not believe Gulen behind Turkey coup attempt

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2017

The Turkish government has failed to convince Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency that U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen was behind last summer’s failed coup in Turkey, the BND head told a German magazine. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and the Turkish government accuse Gulen of orchestrating Turkey’s failed coup on July 15 in which more than 240

NEWS

FG Will Protect, Reward Whistle-blowers – Minister

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2017

The Federal Government will protect and reward whistle-blowers who provide information that leads to the recovery of stolen funds or assets, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has reiterated. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday, the Minister said the Federal Government will protect the identity of all whistle-blowers, whether in the public

BUSINESS

43 oil bunkerers nabbed, property with fake 2.5m litres diesel in Lagos sealed off

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2017

The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force have nabbed 43 oil bunkerers and sealed-off property with 2.5 million litres of adulterated diesel at Alausa, ikeja. The Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force, SP Olayinka Egbeyemi, disclosed that the Agency acted on Save Our Soul petitions submitted to his office on illegal activities of […]