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Court pronounces final sentence on fuel subsidy convict

Daily Dispatch April 7, 2017

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Gudu, Abuja, on Friday April 7, sentenced an oil marketer, Mr Jubril Rowaye to fresh 10 years imprisonment for fraud involving about N1.05bn perpetrated under the Petroleum Subsidy Fund scheme. Punch reports that Mr Jubril Rowaye had been earlier

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APC crisis escalate, as party cancel National Convention indefinitely …Members want Oyegun, others sacked

Daily Dispatch April 4, 2017

Indications emerged yesterday that the much talked about national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will no longer hold as scheduled for 29th of April. Blueprint relibly gathered that a committee put in place by the APC national chairman to review the party’s constitution has also abandoned the job. The party, after been […]

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Why Buhari can leave Magu in acting capacity for as long as possible – Falana

Daily Dispatch March 31, 2017

Frontline activist lawyer, Femi Falana, has said the constitution empowers President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint Ibrahim Magu as Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for as long as possible. Falana made the assertion while featuring on Channels Television programme, Sunrise Daily, on Friday. He insisted that it was incorrect to say […]

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Switzerland arrests Addax Petroleum CEO over bribery deal linked to Nigeria

Daily Dispatch March 26, 2017

The management of Addax Petroleum Nigeria Limited on Saturday confirmed that the Geneva Prosecutor’s Office was conducting a criminal investigation into allegations focusing primarily on the company’s business in Nigeria. The company’s Communications Officer, Michael Owhoko, confirmed the development in a statement in Lagos. Owhoko said the Chief Executive Officer of its

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Cameroon expels 2,600 Nigerians fleeing Boko Haram

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2017

Cameroon have expel over Two Thousand Six Hundred Nigerians fleeing Boko Haram jihadists have been forced to go home since the start of the year, the UN said Tuesday. Thousands of Nigerians have been displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency, which has seen deadly attacks since 2009 in pursuit of a caliphate in northern Nigeria. […]

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BREAKING: Doctor commits suicide, jumps off Third Mainland Bridge

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2017

A man said to be a doctor has jumped off the Third Mainland Bridge to his death on Sunday. He was reported to have stopped his driver while on the bridge saying he needed to check something on the body of his vehicle, a Nissan SUV,  TheNewsGuru reported. “The driver parked the car, the doctor came down and immediately […]