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Amaechi must beg for saying I stole N2bn or meet me in court-Fani-Kayode

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2017

Former Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, to retract his allegation that the former stole N2bn meant to the repairs of Port Harcourt International Airport runway while in office. Fani-Kayode said failure to do so will

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Group carpets OBJ, says he lacks moral standing to condemn Goodluck Jonathan

Daily Dispatch April 30, 2017

A Coalition of Civil Society groups in the Niger Delta, today carpeted former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, stating that he lacked the moral standing to saying Dr. Goodluck Jonathan did not have the capacity to rule Nigeria. The group described the comments credited to the former president as irresponsible and baseless. In a Joint Statement Signed […]

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N15bn Recovered From Ikoyi: Lawyer Sues EFCC

Daily Dispatch April 30, 2017

An activist lawyer, Mr. Olukoya Ogungbeje, has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission urging the court to suspend action on the forfeiture application filed by the agency in respect of the cash sums of $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218,000 recovered from an apartment in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. Ogungbeje, who sued the EFCC […]

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Don’t Undermine Nigeria’s Self-Reliance-Obasanjo Warns Foreign Nationals

Daily Dispatch April 30, 2017

A former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has warned foreign nationals and investors doing business in Nigeria to stop undermining the nation’s self-reliance in their business dealings with Nigeria, saying that their dealings should be mutually beneficial. He was speaking in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital during an interactive session with members of the Indian

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Former Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar declines comment on Abiola’s death after Bamaiyi’s allegation

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2017

A former Head of State Abdulasalmi Abubakar has declined comments on allegations levelled against him by a former chief of army staff Ishaya Bamaiyi on the death of the winner of the 1993 presidential election. Bamaiyi had in a his book titled ‘Vindication of a General’ accused Abubakar of having knowledge about Moshood Abiola’s death. […]

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Paris Club Refunds: Bayelsa Washes Hands Off Nigeria Governors Forum’s Consultancy Fee

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2017

The Bayelsa State Government has dissociated itself from the purported hiring of consultants for the first tranche of the Paris Club refunds by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF). Bayelsa State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Maxwell Ebibai, said in a statement in the state capital Yenagoa on Saturday that the state government was not involved in the hiring […]