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BREAKING: Alleged fraud: ICPC withdraws charges against Jang

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2018

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other-Related Offences Commission on Wednesday withdrew charges filed against a former governor of Plateau State, Senator Jonah David Jang, saying it was to avoid abuse of court processes. Jang, representing Plateau-North Senatorial District in the National

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Melaye’s assassination attempt: Court drops criminal charges against defendants

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2018

A Kogi State High Court on Tuesday struck out the assassination case involving the chairman, Association of Local Government of Nigeria, Taofiq Isa, and four others for want of diligent prosecution. This was the decision of the trial judge, Fola Ajayi, who regretted that despite four adjournments, the prosecution was not able to call their […]

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Xenophobia: 2 Nigerians killed in South Africa

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2018

Two young Nigerians residing in South Africa have been killed during a renewed xenophobic attack in the country The Publicity Secretary of the Nigeria Union in South Africa, Mr Habib Miller, told NAN in a telephone interview that two additional Nigerians were killed in South Africa in the past eight days. Miller, who spoke from […]

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Breaking: Alleged non-declaration of assets: CCT frees Justice Ngwuta

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2018

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has stopped the trial of Justice Sylvester Ngwuta on charges of non-declaration of assets. A two-man panel of the CCT, in a ruling on Tuesday upheld the argument by Justice Ngwuta, to the effect that, as a serving Justice of the Supreme Court, he could not be tried in […]

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Maina, Lawal, Oke still under investigation- Magu, says no sacred cow

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2018

Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says there is no sacred cow in the anti-corruption war. He said Adbulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms (PTFP), Babachir Lawal, former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), and Ayo Oke, former director-general of the […]

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Nude painting sells for $157m at New York auction

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2018

A nude paint that is the largest produced by Italian artist, Amedeo Modigliani, sold for $157.2m (N56.7bn) in New York on Monday night, becoming the fourth most expensive work of art sold at auction. Painted a century ago, Modigliani’s masterpiece “Nu couche (sur le cote gauche)” fetched the highest price in Sotheby’s history and was […]