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No high profile corrupt individuals will be shielded- Magu

Daily Dispatch January 21, 2020

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, Tuesday breezed into the Ilorin Zonal office of the commission declaring that no high profile individuals involved in corrupt allegations would be shielded from prosecution. “All of them would be arraigned as soon as

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EFCC finally files fraud charge against Adoke

Daily Dispatch January 21, 2020

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has finally filed criminal charges against Mohammed Adoke, former attorney-general of the federation (AGF) after detaining him for a month. Adoke alongside one Abubakar Aliyu are facing a seven-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N797.3 million at a federal high court in Abuja. The […]

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Forfeited Ilorin houses: EFCC trying to scandalise me, says Saraki….urges court to vacate order

Daily Dispatch January 21, 2020

Former Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki on Tuesday told the Federal High Court in Lagos that a suit by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking the forfeiture of his Ilorin houses is an abuse of court processes intended to scandalise him. Saraki, a two-term Kwara State Governor, told Justice Rilwan Aikawa that the EFCC […]

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Soyinka at war with Balarabe Musa over Amotekun

Daily Dispatch January 21, 2020

Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has blasted former impeached Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa over his comment that the Southwest established Amotekun because they wanted to create Oduduwa Republic. Soyinka, in a statement, on Tuesday said Musa was wrong about his assertion on the reason Amotekun was established by the Southwest region. […]

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Armed Policemen, DSS storm venue of Amotekun rally in Ogun

Daily Dispatch January 21, 2020

Security Operatives from the Nigeria Police, Department of State Security Service (DSS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), most of them armed on Monday morning positioned themselves at Panseke, a bustling area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, following planned rally by the Yoruba Youth Congress(YYC). The rally which is expected to be coordinated simultaneously in

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Supreme Court Affirms Bala Mohammed’s Election As Bauchi Governor

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2020

The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Senator Bala Mohammed as the governor of Bauchi State. The apex court affirmed Governor Mohammed’s election on Monday in Abuja while delivering judgement in the appeal filed by a former governor of the state, Mohammed Abubakar. Former Governor Abubakar of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had filed […]