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Senate committee rejects Emefiele’s representative

Daily Dispatch November 4, 2019

The Senate Committee on Finance has rejected the representative sent by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. The committee sent another invitation to him, insisting that he must appear before it. Emefiele had on Monday sent one of his deputies, Adebisi Shonubi, to

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With Buhari as petroleum minister, there are no more oil billionaires —Nuhu Ribadu, warns public servants in Gombe against tampering with public funds

Daily Dispatch November 4, 2019

The former chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu has admonished Gombe State commissioner designates, Special Assistants, and Permanent Secretaries to make a personal commitment not to tamper with public funds. Ribadu stated this on Monday at the commencement of a two-day retreat for commissioner designates, Special Assistants, and Permanent

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Recruitment saga: Again court orders IGP to maintain status quo

Daily Dispatch November 4, 2019

Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court on Monday again, ordered the Inspector-General(I-G) of Police, Muhammed Adamu, to maintain status quo in respect of the interim order issued against the recruitment of 10, 000 officers. The Police Service Commission (PSC) had taken the Nigeria Police Force to court over the recruitment of 10,000 constable. […]

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Presidency releases takeaways from President Buhari’s visit to Saudi Arabia

Daily Dispatch November 3, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday departed Makkah for United Kingdom after he successfully performed the Lesser Hajj. According to his Spokesman, Garba Shehu, who highlighted the takeaways from the President’s visit on Sunday, Buhari expressed a strong determination to use agriculture and ICT as vehicles to attain the target of lifting 100 million Nigerians out […]

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Mompha, Lebanese associate’s arrests big breakthrough – Magu

Daily Dispatch October 31, 2019

The Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has described the recent arrest of an internet fraudster, Ismaila Mustapha, also known as Mompha and his Lebanese accomplice, Hamza Koudeih, as a landmark achievement in the sustained fight against internet-related frauds and money laundering in the country. Magu said the arrest of Mompha and Hamza by […]

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Appeal court sacks Tambuwal in Sokoto

Daily Dispatch October 30, 2019

The Court of Appeal Sokoto Division on Wednesday returned Sen. Ibrahim Danbaba and Balarabe Kakale as Senator and House of Representative member in the National Assembly, respectively. In a short judgement read by Justice Frederick Oho, the court said that the appeal filed by Danbaba and Kakale both candidates of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during […]