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Ex-Governors, deputies collect N40b in double pay

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2017

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has nudged the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN to institute legal action to recover over N40 billion dubiously earned in double payment, by former Nigerian state governors, who are now

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Fayose writes Osinbajo, demands release of probe panel report on SGF, NIA DG

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2017

The Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum, Ayodele Fayose, has written to the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, demanding the immediate release of the report of the investigative panel on corruption allegations against the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, David Babachir Lawal, and the Director-General

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Abuja deserves governor not minister – Indigenes

Daily Dispatch July 15, 2017

Indigenes of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, have called on the Federal Government to accord state status to the territory so they can elect a governor. The indigenes under the aegis of Original Inhabitants Development Association of Abuja (OIDA), said that the situation where a minister in appointed to just develop teh center was not […]

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First picture of Buhari surfaces online after 68 days in London [PHOTO]

Daily Dispatch July 15, 2017

The first picture of President Muhammadu Buhari has surfaced online for the first time since her traveled to London, United Kingdom for medical treatment. Voice of America’s correspondent, Saleh Shehu Ashaka, who released the picture, Saturday evening, claimed it was the first picture of the president after 68 days abroad. He wrote, “President Buhari’s first picture […]

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Diezani warned Aluko about buying $80m Galactica Star

Daily Dispatch July 15, 2017

Court documents filed by the US Department of Justice in Houston have revealed that Nigeria’s former oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke tried to warn Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore, her business partners against lavish spending, including splashing millions of dollars on a yacht. “If you want to hire a yacht, you lease it for two weeks […]

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Deizani’s men to forfeit $144m properties acqired through shady deals

Daily Dispatch July 15, 2017

The US government has filed a suit to recover $144 million in assets which were purportedly acquired with proceeds from a shady scheme in Nigeria’s oil industry. The suit was filed by the US justice department’s kleptocracy asset recovery initiative. Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore were said to have paid bribes between 2011 and 2015 […]