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Trump says Nigerians, other immigrants from ‘shithole’

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2018

US President Donald Trump has very zero regard for immigrants from Nigeria and other countries as he described them as people coming from “shithole”. It is the latest profanity to be mouthed by the American leader about foreigners. The last one reported, which his spin doctors denied, was that

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In Libya 20 Nigerians sold for $730

Daily Dispatch January 7, 2018

Nigerian returnees from Libya have continued to recount the harrowing ordeal they experienced while in the country, including a day when 20 of them were sold for just $730. The Nigerians gave their accounts in interviews with BBC at a hotel in Benin, where they are being accommodated by the Edo State government. Agen Akhere, […]

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Nigerian Judges, Court officials defrauded government N4.8billion

Daily Dispatch December 27, 2017

About N4.8 billion was either misappropriated or unaccounted for between 2012 and 2015, by federal courts across the country, audit reports of the Auditor General of the Federation revealed. A PREMIUM TIMES’ analysis of the reports covering four years shows how court officials illegally spent the taxpayers’ money in flagrant abuse of the Fiscal Responsibility […]

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At 55: Saraki most vilified, yet the best – Aide

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2017

An Aide to the President of the Senate Dr Bukola Saraki has said that he (Saraki) had continued to break many new grounds as the Senate’s President in spite of being “vilified”. Mr Chuks Okocha, Special Assistant to the Senate President on Print Media, in an opinion piece titled: “Saraki: *The Most Vilified, Yet the […]

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EFCC recovers N2.8 billion cash from pension thieves as Ibrahim Magu opens up on assets

Daily Dispatch December 10, 2017

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), acting Chairman Ibrahim Magu, has confirmed that over N2.8 billion was recovered from suspected pension thieves in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation and Police Pension Office. The cash component excludes many choice assets placed either under permanent or interim forfeiture by […]

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After Boko Haram Raped Us, Security Forces Raped Us Too – Girls Share Sad Stories

Daily Dispatch December 8, 2017

The camp was supposed to be a refuge. Falmata’s life had been stolen by war ever since the sixth grade, when she was abducted from her home and raped repeatedly by Boko Haram’s fighters for the next three years. She finally escaped last spring, slipping into the bush while her captors slept. Fourteen years old […]