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Presidency clears air on Jonathan’s role in Bayelsa poll

Daily Dispatch November 26, 2019

THE Presidency on Tuesday rebuffed the allegation that former President Goodluck Jonathan was pressured by President Muhammadu Buhari to support the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State, David Lyon. Speaking to newsmen in Abuja, Senior Special Assistant

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Obaseki reiterates call for restructuring, proper funding of Nigeria Police Force

Daily Dispatch November 26, 2019

By ABIODUN JIMOH The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has reiterated the call for the restructuring of the Nigeria Police Force, to make room for community-driven policing, urging for better funding for security to secure the lives and property of Nigerians. The governor, who said this at the South South Nigeria Police Force Regional […]

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Arrest those behind violence in Bayelsa and Kogi- Senate tells security agencies

Daily Dispatch November 26, 2019

The Senate on Tuesday asked security agencies to apprehend those behind the violence that marred the elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States. This was one of the resolutions arrived at by the red chamber after the matter of the election was raised during plenary. As shared via the verified Twitter handle of the Senate, Senator George […]

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Dutch PM, Rutte, visits Nigeria, meets with Buhari

Daily Dispatch November 26, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, are meeting in Abuja. Rutte arrived at the Forecourt of the Presidential Villa on Tuesday by 11.02am and was received by Buhari in a brief ceremony. Top officials of both countries will hold bilateral consultations and a business roundtable during the visit. To […]

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Mompha remanded in prison after being arraigned on 14 counts

Daily Dispatch November 25, 2019

Justice Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday, November 25, 2019, remanded suspected internet fraudster, Ismaila Mustapha. The suspect who’s widely known as Mompha, was remanded in prison custody, after being arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 14 counts bordering on fraud, money laundering and running a foreign

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N1.1billion allege fraud: Court stops EFCC from prosecuting ex-Customs CG, Dikko

Daily Dispatch November 25, 2019

A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from prosecuting a former Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Abudullahi Inde Dikko for alleged financial infraction while in office. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, in a judgment on Monday, upheld Dikko’s argument that he could no longer be prosecuted by any agency […]