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House of Reps orders arrest of EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu

Daily Dispatch October 4, 2017

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant against the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, for refusing to appear before it. The committee had, several times, invited Magu to appear before it on a

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N500m fraud: Court to hear Diezani’s application on October 30

Daily Dispatch October 4, 2017

Justice Rilwan Aikawa of Federal High Court in Lagos will, on October 30, hear an application by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke, seeking to be joined as defendant in money laundering suit. The former minister is seeking to be joined as defendant in a N500m fraud charge slammed on Senior Advocate of […]

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Malami to Diezani: No need to bring you back to Nigeria, face your UK case

Daily Dispatch October 4, 2017

The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Wednesday said there was no need for the Federal Government to bring a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, back to Nigeria to face corruption charges. Malami, in an interview he granted State House correspondents in Hausa at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said the move […]

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Why I wrote to President Buhari over NNPC chief Baru’s activities – Ibe Kachikwu

Daily Dispatch October 4, 2017

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has revealed the reason why he decided to write a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari to complain about the activities of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru. Many Nigerians have been blaming the minister for escalating the crisis […]

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$25b Contracts scam: Senate Investigates NNPC GMD

Daily Dispatch October 4, 2017

The Senate on Wednesday set up an ad-hoc Committee to investigate the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Baru Maikanti, over allegations of insubordination by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu. The Minister had in the leaked letter accused Baru of insubordination and called for cancellation of […]

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Senator Misau accuses IGP impregnating woman police offer, as senate moves to investigate him

Daily Dispatch October 4, 2017

The Senate on Wednesday resolved to investigate the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over alleged bribery and corruption under his watch. This is even as Idris has been accused of impregnating a serving Woman Police Officer and secretly married her in Kaduna. Senator Isa Misau, who disclosed this on the floor of Senate on […]