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Kayode Fayemi resign from Buhari’s cabinet

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2018

Kayode Fayemi, minister of mines and steel development, has resigned his appointment with the federal government. He made the announcement on Wednesday at a valedictory press briefing in Abuja. Fayemi is the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Ekiti state. He secured the

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Breaking: Court finds former Taraba gov guilty fraudulent approval of N250m

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2018

Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Gudu, Abuja, has found a former Governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame, guilty of six of the 41 counts preferred against him. They are counts 1, 2, 6, 10, 12 and 14. The former governor who was charged with 41 counts of […]

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Police tried to inject me with poison – Dino alleges

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2018

The representative of Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, on Wednesday recounted his ordeal in the hands of the police. Melaye, who has been away from the Senate since he was first taken off a plane that was to take him to Morocco last month for an official duty, said attempts were made on […]

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Breaking: Dino Melaye defects to PDP

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2018

By NewIssues, Abuja Published on May 30, 2018 Senator Dino Melaye, one of the leading All Progressive Congress (APC) members, who was MC during the campaign that brought President Muhammadu Buhari to power, has left the APC to join the PDP. Senator Melaye announced his defection on the floor of the Senate on today. Since the […]

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Policeman allegedly detains traveller for possessing four phones

Daily Dispatch May 29, 2018

A young man has allegedly been stopped from proceeding on his trip to the Eastern part of the country by a policeman, citing his possession of four phones as reasons. According to a Twitter user, Medik @saswordus, the policeman stopped the vehicle, which the man had boarded on the Ikorodu/Shagamu Expressway on Tuesday. Medik tweeted […]

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Security votes the most durable form of corruption in Nigeria – Transparency International

Daily Dispatch May 29, 2018

Anti-corruption monitor, Transparency International, TI, has identified security votes as one of the most durable forms of corruption in Nigeria, revealing that government in the build-up to elections expanded the use of opaque $670 million-a-year funds that fuel corruption. The global watchdog made this claim in a report unveiled in Abuja on Monday by the […]