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Court orders interim forfeiture of Malabu oil block, OPL 245 To FG

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2017

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the interim forfeiture of Oil Prospecting License (OPL 245) to the Federal Government pending investigation and prosecution of suspects in the $1.1bn Malabu Oil scam. Justice John Tsoho granted the order shortly after the Economic and Financial

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Oil Subsidy Fraud: Ngali Sentenced To 10yrs Imprisonment

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2017

A Federal High Court in Ikeja has found Mrs Ada Ugo-Ngali who is the managing director of Ontario Oil and Gas Ltd guilty of fuel subsidy scam. According to The Punch, Mrs Ugo-Ngali was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on Thursday, January 26. She was pronounced guilty of N1.9bn oil subsidy fraud and ordered to […]

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FG, 36 State Govs. in Emergency Meeting In Abuja

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2017

The Thirty-Six (36) state governors may have been summoned to Abuja for undisclosed emergency meeting by the Presidency. Sources close to the meeting informed Daily Dispatch that majority of the governors are already at the villa venue of the meeting. It will be recalled that the 19 northern governors, including IG, COAS, former Military President […]

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North East States Lost $9.2b To Boko Haram-Shettima

Daily Dispatch January 25, 2017

Governor Kassim Shettima of Borno State has said that the Northeast lost $9.2 billion worth of properties in the wake of wanton destruction of properties by insurgents, Boko Haram. Shettima disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja, when he led a delegation of Northeast leaders to express appreciation to the leadership and members of the 8th […]

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Senate Uncover N166b Fraud In Works, Power and Housing Ministry

Daily Dispatch January 25, 2017

  Fraud worth over One Hundred and Sixty – Six billion (N166) road contract by the Federal Ministry of Works, Power and Housing has been uncovered by the Bureau of Pulic Procurement (BPP), even as the Senate have concluded plans to investigate the Minister in charge of the ministry, Babatunde Fashola. The Bureau Public Procurement […]

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Northern Governors Reveal Identity of Herdsmen Attacking Nigerians

Daily Dispatch January 25, 2017

The northern governor’s forum (NGF) has alleged that most of the herdsmen responsible for the attacks on communities in Nigeria are immigrants from Senegal and Mali. Northern governors blame immigrants from Senegal and Mali for herdsmen attacks across the country. The chairman of the forum, Kashim Shettima of Borno, disclosed this to journalists at the […]