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30 Chibok Girls Are Alive, Not 15 – Salkida

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2018

Ahmad Salkida, the journalist who is known to have access to the Boko Haram terrorist group, has said that 30 out of the remaining 113 abducted Chibok girls are alive. He revealed the figure in a series of tweets on Tuesday, days after he had claimed that only 15 of the abducted girls in

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BREAKING: Senate begins second reading of bill on Polls reshuffle

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2018

The Senate is currently considering the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill for second reading. The bill, among others, seeks to reshuffle the order of polls in a general election, a proposal that had generated controversy particularly in the Senate. The proposed bill was one of the reasons why Senator Ovie Omo-Agege was sent on six-month […]

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How ex-minister, ex-PDP chair, Jonathan’s Coordinator withdrew N450m from Fidelity Bank-Witness

Daily Dispatch April 16, 2018

A prosecution witness, Annette Gyen, on Monday told a Jos Federal High Court how former Water Resources Minister, Sarah Ochekpe, and two others withdrew N450 million from Fidelity Bank Plc. Ochekpe, and the two others – Raymond Dabo, former Plateau State PDP Chairman, and Leo Sunday Jatau, Coordinator of the President Goodluck Johnathan campaign in […]

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Buhari’s second term: Nigerians will experience a firmer, stronger type of leadership, a bit closer to what he was in 1984-Sagay

Daily Dispatch April 16, 2018

Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, Itse Sagay, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term will be similar to that of 1984. Sagay said this is because Nigerians are suffering from gross indiscipline from the ruling elites. Sagay, a senior lawyer, said this when he fielded questions from Independent newspapers at […]

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Looters’ list: ‘Expose past presidents’ – Tony Momoh tells Nigerian govt

Daily Dispatch April 16, 2018

Former Minister of Information and Culture, Prince Tony Momoh, has called for exposure of those who have allegedly looted the treasury of Nigeria irrespective of how highly placed or political parties they belonged. Speaking to NewTelegraph newspaper, Momoh said exposing past public office holders, including former presidents, who corruptly enriched themselves while in

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Block ‘illegal’ allowances of lawmakers-HEDA tells Buhari

Daily Dispatch April 15, 2018

The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) resource centre has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to remove all “illegal ” allowances of members of the national assembly from the 2018 budget. In a letter written to Buhari, HEDA also asked the president to retrieve all the previous monies which the lawmakers collected “illegally”. HEDA recalled in […]