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End of road for Akinlade in Ogun, loses last appeal

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2019

Adekunle Akinlade, governorship candidate of Ibikunle Amosun-inspired Allied Peoples Movement(APM) has reached the end of the road in his ambitious bid to be governor of Ogun state. The Supreme Court finally nailed his ambition by ruling that Prince Dapo Abiodun was duly elected the governor of

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30% of Nigerians paid bribe to public officials in 2019 – Report

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2019

A new survey on corruption in Nigeria has revealed that no less than 30 percent of citizens paid bribes to public officials in 2019. The report was presented by the Nigerian Government in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. According to the Statistician-General of the […]

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N37billion NASS renovation bill an “unpardonable rip-off plot” – PDP

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2019

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has described the N37 billion claimed to be for the renovation of the National Assembly complex as an “unpardonable rip-off plot” and a last straw of the “brazen corruption that pervades” the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. The party said it is indefensible for the Presidency to propose a whooping N37 […]

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FIRS to begin a nationwide tax enforcement to bring defaulters to account on Wednesday

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2019

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will from Wednesday begin a nationwide tax enforcement to bring tax defaulters to account. A statement from by Wahab Gbadamosi Head, Communications and Servicom Department said the FIRS has “served a Seven-day notice to tax defaulters, with a warning that it will soon begin a nationwide tax enforcement to […]

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Breaking: Senate summons Aregbesola over FG’s visa on arrival policy

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2019

The Senate on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbosola, to appear before it with the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Muhammed Babandede. Aregbesola and Babandede are to brief the Senate on Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters on latest visa on arrival policy for Africans visiting Nigeria by […]

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PIB: How 9th National Assembly will break the jinx – Lawan

Daily Dispatch December 16, 2019

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said the Ninth National Assembly will do things differently to break the jinx with the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) next year. The upper chamber, according to Lawan, will as a matter of urgency prioritize the consideration of the Petroleum Industry Bill alongside reforms of the […]