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Atiku congratulates Tambuwal on re-election as Sokoto governor

Daily Dispatch March 24, 2019

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has congratulated the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal on his re-election. Atiku who took to Twitter on Sunday to congratulate Tambuwal believes the people made the right choice as he is the candidate that “will see them continue on the path to

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We’ll appeal tribunal judgment on Osun governorship, says APC

Daily Dispatch March 22, 2019

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun says it will appeal the tribunal judgment that declared Sen. Ademola Adeleke of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the September 2018 re-run governorship election in Osun. Mr Kunle Oyatomi, the APC Director of Publicity, Research and Strategy, said in a statement on Friday in Osogbo that […]

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Anti-corruption: US report false and misleading – EFCC

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2019

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said that the recent report released by the United State on Nigeria’s anti-corruption war was false and misleading. The United States Department of Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour on March 17, 2019, published a report entitled: “Nigeria: Massive, Pervasive Corruption At All Levels of Govt.” […]

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Fayose’s aide asked me to lie in my statement to EFCC, Lebanese confesses

Daily Dispatch March 20, 2019

The N2.2billion fraud trial of former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose progressed on Wednesday with the prosecution fielding four additional witnesses. Among the four witnesses were three Lebanese — Goshen Joseph, Joseph Mechleb and Maroun Mechleb — who are working in Nigeria as building and construction engineers. Mechleb, whom prosecution fielded as number 10 witness,

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FEC approves another N3.9billion for Ogoni clean up

Daily Dispatch March 20, 2019

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari approved another tranche of five contracts totaling N3.09 billion for the continuation of remedial work on Ogoni land environmental reclamation project. The reclamation project is sequel to the United Nation Environmental Programme (UNEP) report, for which Buhari flagged-off the project in

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Breaking: Senate boils over alleged militarisation of 2019 general elections

Daily Dispatch March 20, 2019

The Senate was on Wednesday divided between party lines when Senator Dino Melaye raised a motion over the alleged militarisation of the general elections. Presenting the motion on the floor, Senator Dino Melaye warned of the growing militarization of the nations electoral process and what he termed the inconsistent application of electoral laws by INEC […]