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First FEC meeting to jold Monday- Source

Daily Dispatch August 26, 2023

President Bola Tinubu would hold his first Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Monday,  it was gathered. The cabinet meeting, which would be presided over by Tinubu, will be held in the Council Chamber, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The inaugural FEC meeting would be attended by

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IPPIS failed to remit workers N26.6bn NHF in 2 years – FMBN

Daily Dispatch August 24, 2023

The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) says the Integrated Personal Payrol information System (IPPIS) failed to remit N26.6 billion of workers contributory funds in two years. Mr Madu Hamman, Managing Director of FMBN, said this on Thursday in Abuja while appearing before the House of Representatives Ad hoc committee probing the non-remittance to the […]

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Alleged procurement fraud: FG fails to arraign Emefiele, co-defendant

Daily Dispatch August 23, 2023

The Federal Government has again failed to arraign the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, who is being accused of alleged procurement fraud. THEWILL reports that the Federal Government had filed 20 charges bothering on alleged procurement fraud against Emefiele, a female CBN employee, Sa’adatu Yaro and her company, April1616 […]

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UK police charge Diezani Alison-Madueke with bribery

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2023

Former OPEC president Diezani Alison-Madueke has been charged with bribery offences relating to her time as Nigeria’s oil minister, the UK National Crime Agency said on Tuesday. Alison-Madueke, 63, has been on bail since first being arrested in London in October 2015. She will appear in court in the British capital on October 2, the […]

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Niger coup: Tinubu meets Abdulsalami, Ribadu, others

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2023

President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with some critical stakeholders in the ECOWAS intervention in Niger Republic impasse as part of efforts to defuse the political crisis. Tinubu is the chairman of the Authority of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States. President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting […]

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Coup: AU suspends Niger until restoration of constitutional order

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2023

The African Union, AU, Commission has, on Tuesday, suspended Niger from the pan-African bloc until normal constitutional order is restored in the country following the latest military coup. The decision to suspend Niger from AU membership was made by the Peace and Security Council of the AU Commission during its latest meeting that dwelt upon […]