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How I was raped for years by my step-father – Survivor

Daily Dispatch August 25, 2020

A rape survivor in Nigeria on Tuesday shared a shocking tale of how she was raped for years by a man she thought was her father. Fatima Ada Isiaku was first sexually abused at the age of five. Her stepfather started off her nightmare by using his fingers on her. “At the age of seven, […]

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Reps Committee receives Six years Auditor General’s report on NDDC, NBET

Daily Dispatch August 25, 2020

The Auditor General of the Federation (OAuGF) has transmitted the audit reports into the activities of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) Plc, to the House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts. The Chairman of the Committee Hon. Wole Oke ( PDP-Osun) confirmed the receipt of the reports on Tuesday […]

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Why rape cases escalates in Kaduna – Ummi El-Rufai…. says rapists get protection from their communities

Daily Dispatch August 24, 2020

Wife of Kaduna State Governor, Hajia Ummi El-Rufai, has attributed the escalating cases of rape in the state on the conniving protection rapists from their communities. Ummi EL Rufai stated that covering up or sweeping rape cases under the carpet on the pretext of protecting the dignity of the victims must stop. She noted that […]

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Alleged corruption: Nobody can condemn Magu before he defends himself – Lawyer

Daily Dispatch August 23, 2020

Nobody is entitled to condemn Mr Ibrahim Magu before he is afforded the opportunity to defend himself in the corruption allegations leveled against him. Mr Wahab Shittu, who is the lawyer to the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said this in a statement on Sunday. He insisted that his client was […]

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I didn’t rejoin APC to become Tinubu’s running mate -Dogara

Daily Dispatch August 23, 2020

The immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has dismissed as a distraction, reports of his presidential ambition in 2023, especially being the running mate to the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Dogara’s media aide, Turaki Hassan, in a statement issued on Sunday, alleged that the reports […]

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I am a Tinubu man, just as I am a Buharist- Babachir….says APC must allow Tinubu contest in 2023 if we don’t want wrath of God

Daily Dispatch August 23, 2020

Babachir Lawal, former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says the All Progressives Congress (APC) must create an enabling environment for aspirants to contest for the presidency in 2023. Lawal was sacked as SGF in October 2017 after he was indicted in a N544m grass-cutting scandal. Speaking on the issue of zoning of […]