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Corruption perception index: Nigeria drops to 149, worst ranking since 2015

Daily Dispatch January 28, 2021

Nigeria has recorded its worst rating on Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perception Index since 2015. In the 2020 index released on Thursday, the country scored 25 out of 100 points, dropping to 149 out of the 180 countries surveyed, taking the nation three steps down from the 146

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New Service Chiefs: Forty-five senior military officers submits retirement letters – Sources

Daily Dispatch January 28, 2021

HIEFSOver 45 Senior officers from the Nigerian Army, Navy and Air Force have put in their retirement letters from service, following the appointment of their juniors and course mates as service chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari. Most of the officers, who have put in their retirement letters, are said to be in the ranks of […]

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Aliu Akoshile, former MD, Daily Times is the new Chairman, UNILAG Alumni FCT branch

Daily Dispatch January 28, 2021

The University of Lagos Alumni Association has inaugurated a new Executive Committee for the FCT Branch. Julia Davids, Publicity Secretary disclosed this in a statement issued Thursday morning in Abuja. The new Exco, which will serve a two-year tenure, has Alhaji Aliu Akoshile, former MD/Editor-in-Chief of Daily Times, as Chairman with Princess Dupe Nelson as […]

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Breaking: Okowa is dead

Daily Dispatch January 28, 2021

The father of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Sir Arthur Okowa, is dead. Eelder Okowa died in the early hours of Thursday, January 28, 2021. This is coming few hours after the death of Majority Leader of the the Delta State of Assembly, Mr. Tim Owhefere. The deceased who is the patriarch of the Okowa […]

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Governors, several others will be in prison if not for FG’s silence on corruption – Soyinka

Daily Dispatch January 27, 2021

Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, on Wednesday, lambasted the Nigerian government for its inefficiency in the fight against corruption in the country, saying many persons ought to be in jail if the system worked. Soyinka noted that corruption cases involving some state governors over whom much evidence had already been gathered suddenly died down without […]

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Buhari to new Service Chiefs: Be patriotic, serve the country well

Daily Dispatch January 27, 2021

President Muhammad Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja met with the newly appointed Service Chiefs, charging them to be patriotic, and serve the country well. Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman in a statement, quoted Buhari as saying: “We’re in a state of emergency. Be patriotic, serve the country well, as your loyalty is to the […]