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EFCC To Appeal Judgment In Ex-Jonathan’s Aide, Dudafa’s N1.6bn Fraud Trial

Daily Dispatch August 29, 2019

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has vowed to appeal  Federal High Court judgment which discharged and acquitted Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, and a banker, Joseph Iwuejo. The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi on Thursday discharged and acquitted Dudafa, a former Senior Special

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Missing Federal judge found in FCT satellite town

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2019

A Federal High Court judge, Idrissa Saleh, declared missing since Saturday, has been found at a filling station in Nyanya, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The FCT police spokesman, DSP Anjuguri Manzah, who confirmed this to PUNCH said Saleh was found on Tuesday (today). He said, “The missing judge has been found; […]

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Gunmen kidnap Anglican Bishop’s wife in Imo

Daily Dispatch August 23, 2019

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers abducted the wife of the Anglican Bishop of Ikeduru Diocese, Emmanuel Maduwuike, on Friday. A source told our Correspondent on Friday that the victim, Mrs. Anuri Maduwuike, was abducted on Thursday while she was going home from Owerri, Imo State. The source said the prelate’s wife was double-crossed at Ekemele […]

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Buhari reshuffles perm secs, accounting officers

Daily Dispatch August 23, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday reshuffled some Permanent Secretaries and accounting officers in the Federal Civil Service following the restructuring/creation of new ministries by the Federal Government. NAN reports that President Buhari on Wednesday, during the swearing-in of new ministers, announced the creation of five new ministries. The new ministries are

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Breaking: Suspected bandits kill pregnant woman in Enugu

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2019

Barely three weeks after a Catholic priest of Enugu Diocese, Reverend Fr. Paul Offu was killed by bandits along Ihe-Agbude road in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, a pregnant woman has also been killed by suspected bandits in Nchatancha Nike in Enugu East Council Area of the State. The woman, whose name was […]

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Atiku’s petition is ‘worthless’ – INEC

Daily Dispatch August 21, 2019

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during its final submissions before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) said Atiku Abubakar and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the petition that it transmitted results electronically and abandoned its pleadings by not calling any witnesses is “worthless.” “This is a worthless petition. INEC