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Federal, state govts diverting N500bn ecological fund for 15 years – Senate

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2018

Senate revealed that for fifteen years, the federal and states government have been diverting about N500 billion ecological funds meant to environmental problems of communities in the country. This revelation was made during a public hearing on a Bill seeking to prohibit the abuse of the

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Missing UNIOSUN student reappears, says ‘I went hustling after losing my school fees to MMM’

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2018

A final year student of Accounting at the Osun State University, Yemi Olaniyan, whose family said he disappeared from the Ojodu Police Station in Lagos State, has come out of hiding. The student was presented to journalists by the Commissioner of Police in Osun State, Mr. Fimihan Adeoye, at the police headquarters in Osogbo on […]

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SENATE COMMITTEE ABSOLVE FG ON UNFINISHED EAST – WEST ROAD

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2018

The Senate Committee on Niger Delta has declared that the Federal Government was not to be blamed for the hitherto uncompleted East-West Road project in the Niger Delta Region, saying that government has been honest in trying to help the people of Niger Delta. Speaking earlier in the week during an oversight visit to Sections […]

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Akeredolu urges Senate to confirm Ibrahim Magu’s appointment as EFCC chairman

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2018

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has pleaded with the Senate to confirm Ibrahim Magu as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). Akeredolu, represented by his Deputy, Mr Agboola Ajayi, made the plea on Wednesday in Akure, while playing host to a team from the commission’s zonal headquarters, Benin Office. […]

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Don’t play politics with your position- Ijaw Youths tells Dokubo

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2018

The national executives of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, has reacted to to the change of guard at the Presidential Amnesty Program. On Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari sacked Brigadier-General Paul Boroh (rtd). He also approved the appointment of Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo. In a statement on Wednesday, Barr. Henry Iyalla, IYC spokesman, said the

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Tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of petrol falls in Ogun state

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2018

The tanker travelling outside Sango-Ota fell at a failed section of the road and crushed a white Hyundai delivery van, which was by its side.  The content of the tanker spilled on the road and drainage channels around the area, forcing vehicles diversion to the opposite lane, which led to a gridlock. The ill-fated tanker […]