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NASS unearth “missing” N143bn in 2019 NDDC Budget

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2020

Interim Management Committee ( IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission ( NDDC) ,  is in trouble again as the National Assembly on Tuesday alleged N143billion missing from the 2019 budget of the Commission. This is coming barely 48hours after the former Managing Director of the

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Those who swallowed NDDC funds must cough it out- Akpabio

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2020

Minister of Niger Delta, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has warned those who used their positions to loot funds meant for the development of the Niger Delta must cough them out no matter how powerful they are. Speaking on Monday night, Akpabio told newsmen that the era in which powerful and influential elements teamed up with staff at the […]

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Kaduna: NASS will engage security agencies to upscale efforts to prevent killings, says Lawan

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2020

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the National Assembly will engage security agencies in the country with a view to upscaling operations in hot-spot areas to avert the killings of residents of Kaduna South senatorial district. Lawan gave the assurance in his remarks following a point of order raised by Senator Danjuma La’ah […]

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Reps Give Chief Of Naval Staff 7-Day Ultimatum To Appear Before Public Account Committee

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2020

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Account has given a 7-day ultimatum to the Chief of Naval Staff,  Ibok Ekwe Ibas, to appear before the Committee. Lawmakers in the Committee expressed their displeasure that the Chief of Naval Staff failed to honour their earlier invitation, and instead sent the Nigerian Navy’s Assistant Director of […]

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Malami defends sale of sea vessels forfeited to Nigeria Government

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2020

Nigeria’s attorney-general Abubakar Malami has said that last year’s approval to some operators in the oil industry to sell five sea vessels laden with crude oil and diesel forfeited to the Federal Government was legal. Malami in a statement by his spokesman Umar Gwandu reacted to reports that he granted approval to Omoh Jay Nigeria […]

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$800m alleged oil fraud: Frank calls for probe, asks Buhari to resign as Petroleum Minister

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2020

A political activist and former deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has condemned series of allegations of corruption currently in the country, especially the alleged $800million oil fraud, asking President Muhammadu Buhari to resign as Petroleum Minister.  He also called on the National Assembly to thoroughly