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EFCC closes in on governor who allegedly used $3m Paris Club refund cash to build a hotel

Daily Dispatch May 12, 2017

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC have traced $ 3 million of the controversial London-Paris Club loan refund to a governor. According to the report, the cash is believed to be part of the N19billion illegally deducted from the refund by the NGF. The Nation gathered that the cash

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Don’t embarrass Sanusi, Timi Frank begs Ganduje, Kano lawmakers

Daily Dispatch May 12, 2017

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has appealed to the Kano state Governor Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and the state House of Assembly to handle with care the allegations levelled against the Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhammad Sanusi II. Frank specifically begged the governor and other top state government […]

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Boko Haram: Nigerian soldiers lament poor equipment, release image of mass killings of colleagues [PHOTO]

Daily Dispatch May 11, 2017

Soldiers fighting Boko Haram insurgents in the North East have revealed details about the mass killings of their colleagues due to poor firepower and inadequate equipment to combat the insurgents. The soldiers in their lamentation told DAILY POST that efforts to clear remnants of Boko Haram fighters fleeing the Sambisa forest for safe heaven in […]

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National Assembly publishes its budget first time ever [Breakdown]

Daily Dispatch May 11, 2017

The National Assembly, for the first time ever, published the details of its budget on Thursday. This is in fulfilment of promise by President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, that the 8th NASS will publish its 2017 budget.   Senate President, Bukola Saraki, in a series of tweets, said that the “budget breakdown for @nassnigeria has been […]

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National Assembly passes N7.441 2017 budget

Daily Dispatch May 11, 2017

The National Assembly on Thursday passed the 2017 budget to the tune of N7.441 into law. Presenting the report to the Senate, Chairman of the Committee, Senator Danjuma Goje highlighted that the figure which was presented by President Muhammadu Buhari in December,  2016 as budget of recovery and economic growth was taken into consideration. “That […]

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Breaking: National Assembly releases its own 2017 Budget details…to spend N125bn

Daily Dispatch May 11, 2017

The National Assembly has made good its promise to release details of its 2017 Budget. Based on the details released on Thursday, the legislature is to spend N125 billion. The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, had earlier in the year promised that the Budget in single line items would be made available to […]