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Senate summons IGP, DG-DSS over unpaid N6.5billion revenue

Daily Dispatch October 29, 2017

The Senate Special  Ad Hoc Committee on Alleged Misused of Revenue, Under Remittance and Other Fraudulent Activities in the Collection, Accounting, Remittance and Expenditure  of IGR by Revenue Generating  Agencies has invited the Inspector General of Police and the Director General of

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Names of trees were on INEC register when I took over- Jega

Daily Dispatch October 29, 2017

Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says many fictitious names were on the register of the electoral body when he assumed office. In an interview with Jamie Hitchen, a policy researcher at Africa Research Institute, a not-for-profit group that was founded in 2007, Jega spoke on the steps he took to […]

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Anti-corruption agencies Politicised, Weakened After My Tenure – Obasanjo

Daily Dispatch October 29, 2017

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday accused his successors of politicising the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission. Obasanjo was president between 1999 and 2007. He was succeeded by late President Umaru Yar’Adua and Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. The incumbent, Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari, is

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120 people killed by herdsmen in Zamfara

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2017

The police in Zamfara State on Thursday debunked a spreading report which detailed purported murder of 120 people by herdsmen in the state, warning media practitioners to display an acceptable degree of intellectual curiosity before publishing contents. The state commissioner of police, Shaba Alkali, told PREMIUM TIMES Thursday afternoon that his command had not witnessed

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IGP allocated two vehicles to Aisha Buhari’s security – Force PRO

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2017

Jimoh Moshood, police spokesperson, says Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police, allocated two vehicles to the security personnel of Aisha Buhari, wife of the President. Moshood said the vehicles were not for her “personal use” as alleged by Isah Misau, a senator representing Bauchi central. In a statement on Thursday, Moshood described Misau’s claims as a deliberate

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FEC approves 2018 budget proposal

Daily Dispatch October 26, 2017

The Federal Executive Council has approved the 2018  budget proposal. Minister of Budget and National Planning,  Udoma Udoma, who disclosed this while addressing State House correspondents after the cabinet meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, however, did not givr details of the draft budget. Udoma said the executive would liaise with the legislature to agree on