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#RevolutionNow: Court refuses to release Sowore

Daily Dispatch August 20, 2019

A Federal High Court in Lagos has declined to order the release of SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore and other persons in connection with the August 5, #RevolutionNow protest. Vacation judge, Justice Nicholas Oweibo, said he needed to first hear from the Federal Government, Department

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Attack: I’m unruffled- Ekweremadu

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2019

Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Monday evening, said he was unruffled by the attack on him by members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra in Nuremberg, Germany at the weekend. Ekweremadu advised Nigerians, including Igbo leaders, to feel free to travel to any part of the world they wished to, maintaining […]

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Attack on Ekweremadu, “uncivilised, undemocratic” – Atiku

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2019

Atiku Abubakar, 2019 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, has condemned the attack on former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in Germany. Atiku described the attack on Ekweremadu as uncivilised and undemocratic. Some members of IPOB had attacked Ekweremadu in Nuremberg, Germany, on Saturday

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FIRS chairman not under any investigation —Presidency

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2019

The Presidency on Monday said that the chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Babatunde Fowler, was not under any probe. In a statement on its verified Twitter handle, the Presidency dismissed stories of the alleged probe. The statement as shared on Twitter read, “Following reports making the rounds in some media outlets, it is […]

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N3bn fraud: HoS offers to proceed on retirement

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2019

The embattled Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, has decided to send her letter of retirement to President Muhammadu Buhari amidst allegation of fraud levelled against her, The Cable has reported. Mrs. Oyo-Ita is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged N3bn bribery, duty tour allowance falsification and

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Election: Buhari, APC urge tribunal to dismiss Atiku, PDP’s petition

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC have urged the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal to dismiss the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the February 23 general election on “technicalities and evidential grounds.” The prayers formed the gamut of other requests contained in both Buhari and APC final