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We’ll summon Jonathan over Malabu oil deal— Reps panel

Daily Dispatch April 12, 2017

The chairman of the House of Representatives ad-hoc panel probing the contract of Oil Prospecting License (OPL) 245, Razak Atunwa, has confirmed that his committee would invite former president, Goodluck Jonathan, to assist them in carrying out their assignment. The lawmaker, who is currently

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Egyptian Christians weep with rage, dig graves after bombing

Daily Dispatch April 10, 2017

Egyptian Christians wept with rage on Monday as they recovered the bodies of loved ones killed in twin church bombings, furious at a state they believe will no longer protect them from neighbors bent on their murder. Forty-four people were killed in the attacks on Palm Sunday, a joyous festival a week before Easter when […]

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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 convicted by the court. Justice Adebukola Banjoko […]

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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