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Alleged N544m fraud: EFCC’s charge amendment stall ex-SGF, Babachir trial

Daily Dispatch March 18, 2019

The scheduled commencement of trial in the N544million criminal case against ex-Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal and others was stalled on Monday owing to amendment effected on the charge by the prosecution. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)

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Court voids Ogboru candidacy, sacks APC chairman

Daily Dispatch March 18, 2019

Prophet Jones Ode Erue, the Delta State chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been sacked. Erue was sacked alongside his excos by a Delta State Federal High Court sitting on Monday, Vanguard reports. The court upheld Chief Cyril Ogodo-led executive as the authentic state executive. The court also declared as void the election […]

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Many residents trapped as house collapses during Lagos building demolition

Daily Dispatch March 18, 2019

Several people have been trapped in another building collapse on Lagos Island, Lagos. The PUNCH learnt that officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency were demolishing another house beside the building when the incident happened. The Director of the Lagos State Fire Service, Rasaki Musbau, who confirmed the incident, said firefighters from the Sari Iganmu […]

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Breaking: Six injured as inferno sacks 35 homes in Delta community

Daily Dispatch March 18, 2019

At least 35 families have been reportedly rendered homeless following a fire outbreak in a residential area comprising makeshift buildings at Opi Street in Ugboroke Community in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. The fire, which was said to have broken out at 11:55am on Sunday, left no fewer than six persons severely injured. […]

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Supplementary elections: We expect high-level cooperation from security agencies – INEC

Daily Dispatch March 18, 2019

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called for improved synergy with various security agencies in the country during the supplementary election to be held in some states on March 23, 2019. INEC’s National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye, made the call on Monday during his appearance on Sunrise Daily, a breakfast programme

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No nation can grow with election rigging- Obi ….says its the worst form of vices in the society

Daily Dispatch March 17, 2019

  The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in February 23, 2019, Presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi has decried the rigging recorded in this year’s general elections in the country and says that no nation can really grow with a rigged election. Mr Obi said that the process through which people come […]