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[BREAKING] EFCC detains ex-SGF, Babachir Lawal

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2018

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained the immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, for alleged fraud to the tune of N223m, The PUNCH can confirm. It was learnt that Lawal arrived at the Abuja office of the EFCC around 11am on Wednesday

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Obasanjo lacks the moral standing to ask Buhari to not seek re-election- Itse Sagay

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2018

Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC),  Prof. Itse Sagay has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of hypocrisy for asking President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election. Obasanjo had in a special statement released  on Tuesday urged the president not to seek re-election, saying he has performed below par since assuming office.

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EU inaugurates €143m intervention fund in Borno

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2018

The European Union has inaugurated a €143m intervention fund in Borno, as part of the effort to address the humanitarian crisis in the Northeast, an official said on Wednesday. The Head of Cooperation, European Delegation to Nigeria, Mr Kurt Cornelis, who disclosed this at the inauguration of the three-year intervention programme in Maiduguri, said that […]

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Breaking: Ex-CJN, Dahiru Musdapher, passes on at 75

Daily Dispatch January 23, 2018

Dahiru Musdapher, former chief Justice of Nigeria, has been reported dead. Musdapher died in the early hours of Tuesday, January 23, at 75 years of age. The cause of his death was not immediately clear but family members took to social media to break the news. Muneer Musdapher, a young brother of the Dahiru, wrote […]

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Buhari consoles victims of Kano fish market fire

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has sympathized with the victims of the fire incidents at Yan Kifi Market, Kano, who suffered heavy loss following the incident. It was gathered that no fewer than 50 shops were burnt at the Yankifi Market in Kano on Saturday night. Buhari, in a statement issued on Monday by the Senior Special […]

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Jonathan fingered as investigators trace another $1.3bn to Diezani

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2018

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives have allegedly uncovered another withdrawal of $1.3 billion made by former Petroleum minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke on the directive of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. The money was removed from the accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The cash was ostensibly to fight kidnapping