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PI Act: DPR, PPPRA, PEF, no longer exist- FG

Daily Dispatch October 19, 2021

The Department of Petroleum Resources, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency and the Petroleum Equalisation Fund are all officially scrapped and do not exist anymore, the Federal Government said on Monday. It also said while workers of the three agencies would be protected, their

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Immigration CG disguises as passport applicant in Lagos, apprehends “corrupt” officers

Daily Dispatch October 18, 2021

Acting Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isa Jere Idris, on Monday, disguised as an applicant for an international passport at the Lagos State Command, Ikoyi, where he alleged that some officers of the service offered to engage in shady deals with him. Mr Idris, in an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES on phone, said […]

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SERAP sues Buhari, others over plan to monitor WhatsApp messages, phone calls

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2021

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari, urging the court to “declare illegal and unconstitutional the plan by the present administration to track, intercept and monitor WhatsApp messages, phone calls, and text messages of Nigerians and other people.” According to SERAP, it severely threatens and

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Breaking: Nigerian governor caught bribing INEC official with N1 billion over Anambra election

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2021

A Southeast governor and a top national official of the Independent National Electoral Commission have run into trouble with security agencies over a princely sum of $4 million bribe doled out by the governor as bribe to compromise the November 6 gubernatorial election in Anambra State. Saturday Vanguard gathered last night that the desperate governor, […]

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Buhari approves N2.5bn take-off grant for senior citizens centre

Daily Dispatch October 14, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N2.5 billion as a take-off grant for the National Senior Citizens Centre, NSCC, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Sadiya Farouq, says. She made this known at a one-day Southern Zone Stakeholders Consultation on the Development of NSCC Strategic Plan on Thursday in Lagos. The NSCC Act 2018 was […]

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PDP chairmanship: Ayu emerges consensus candidate

Daily Dispatch October 14, 2021

A former Senate President, Iyorchia Ayu, has emerged as the northern consensus candidate for the position of National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party. He emerged after a series of meetings by stakeholders over a 72 hour period. Ayu was chosen after two other contenders; a former Katsina State Governor, Ibrahim Shema and Senator Abdul […]