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55 top govt. officials, private businessmen looted $8m, trillions squandered under OBJ, Yar’Adua, Jonathan-FG

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2017

Fifty five top government officials and private businessmen illicitly diverted roughly $7.5m (equivalent of N1.35trn at that time) to themselves between 2006 and 2013 at the expense of ordinary Nigerians. The chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Itse

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Osinbajo goes tough, says corrupt officials funding anti-govt media war

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2017

Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo has carpeted those who have stolen public funds are the ones spearheading a “media war” against the anti-corruption efforts of the Muhammadu Buhari administration The Acting President spoke in Abuja at the Conference on Promoting International Co-operation in Combating Illicit Financial Flows and Enhancing Asset Recovery to Foster

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Breaking: Ex-Minister Babatunde Osotimehin is dead

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2017

Nigeria’s former Minister of Health, Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, is dead. PREMIUM TIMES said it learnt Osotimehin, the Executive Director of the United Nations Populations Fund, died in the early hours of Monday. The online newspaper said the death of the former Provost of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan was confirmed to it by […]

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Presidency drags National Assembly to Supreme Court over power of appropriation

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2017

In a bid to end the perennial disagreement over appropriation bills the presidency has resolved to approach the Supreme Court for interpretation of Section 80 of the 1999 Constitution. According to a report by THISDAY, the presidency’s move is due to the unending disagreement with the legislature over the extent of its power of appropriation. The section of […]

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Plan to sell Port Harcourt Refinery – NUPENG threatens nationwide strike

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2017

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has threatened to shutdown work in oil sector if the federal government continues with the plan to put the Port Harcourt refinery on sale. The group alleged that despite order by the Senate to put the sale on hold, the federal government has ignored orders […]

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Constant Attacks on Osinbajo: A ploy by the northern politicans to cause conflicts between Buhari and his Vice-Shehu Sani

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2017

The Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has claimed that some Northerners are bent on causing conflict between the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo and President Muhammadu Buhari. Sani said the Northerners were trying to cause disaffection through the constant attack on the Acting President. He noted that the attack on Osinbajo can create room for […]