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[BREAKING] IPOB asks court to set aside proscription order

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2017

The Indigenous People of Biafra on Friday asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to set aside the orders proscribing it and designating it as a terrorist group. The Acting Chief Judge of the Federal High Court , Justice Abdu Kafarati, had on Wednesday, issued the proscription order upon an ex

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Saraki “willy-nilly endorses IPOB – Reps

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2017

A group of lawmakers from the House of Representatives, under the aegis of Progressive Caucus, has described Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki’s statement over IPOB as shocking beyond belief. The senate president had in a statement on Monday described the Nigerian military’s declaration of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, as a terrorist organisation as illegal. […]

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Senate has not address the damaging allegations by Professor Itse Sagay – SERAP

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2017

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has kept mum after a closed door session with the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, over allegations that a senator gets N29 million in monthly pay, amounting to over N3 billion a year. The group had written a letter to Saraki to confirm the development. But rather […]

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Executive More Corrupt Than Legislature – Saraki

Daily Dispatch September 22, 2017

The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has said the Executive arm of government is more corrupt that the Legislative arm. Saraki said this on Thursday during a meeting with members of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project on Thursday over the disturbing news that senators earn about N29 million every month. Saraki, […]

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IPOB receiving funding from France, says FG

Daily Dispatch September 21, 2017

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, alleged that apart from receiving money from looters in Nigeria, secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, was receiving a large chunk of its financing from France. PUNCH reports that the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this during an interview with State House correspondents after the […]

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BREAKING: Court grants Diezani’s prayer, strikes out fraud charge having ex-minister’s name

Daily Dispatch September 20, 2017

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, struck out one of the nine counts of $1.6bn crude oil fraud instituted against businessman, Jide Omokore, and five others. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, in a ruling, struck out the eighth count after hearing an application by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, who had alleged […]