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NNPC shuns Reps’ probe on $20.301bn illegally withdrawn from NLNG account

Daily Dispatch November 8, 2020

…as RMAFC demands refund The Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, PAC) have again expressed grave concerns over the refusal of the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Mele Kyari to respond to the audit query issued to

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Comrade Razaq Ayinla Led Ogun Correspondent Chapel Opens New Office

Daily Dispatch November 6, 2020

By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTA A new dawn has been set as the new secretariat of the Correspondent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ogun State Council was commissioned on Thursday, November 5th, 2020. The new office of the Correspondent Chapel under the leadership of Comrade Razaq Ayinla is situated at Ijemo area, Abeokuta, […]

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Father kidnaps own daughter, demands N2m ransom from his wife

Daily Dispatch November 6, 2020

A Kano man, Fahad Ali, has been arrested and arraigned by police before a magistrate court at Hajj Camp on allegations that he kidnapped his four-year-old daughter and demanded N2m ransom from his wife, the mother of the child. The prosecutor told the court that Shamsiyya Mohammed, mother of the child, reported to police that […]

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2021 Budget: Finance, Works Ministries inflated our budget by N11bn–FERMA Boss tells Reps

Daily Dispatch November 5, 2020

The Managing Director of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency FERMA, Mr. Nurudeen Rafindadi on Thursday shocked members of the House of Representatives Committee on FERMA, headed by Rep. Richard Femi Bamise (APC Ekiti) that the Ministries of Finance and Works and Housing inflated their 2021 budget by over N11 billion. A member of the committee, […]

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Alleged Local Content Act violation: MEND threatens to shut Shell operations

Daily Dispatch November 5, 2020

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has threatened to shut down operations of oil major, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), over its alleged contravention of Local Content Act pertaining to the appointment of expatriates. The threat is contained in an electronic mail by MEND’s spokesperson, ‘General’ Gbomo Jommo, on Thursday. The […]

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LGAs Election: Abiodun Charges Youths To Stop Agitating For Spots, Start Preparing

Daily Dispatch November 5, 2020

By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTA Youths in Ogun State who were already agitating for spots in the upcoming local government elections have been charged to leave all sorts of agitations and start preparing for the election, promising that what the state would be having is an election and not a selection process. Ogun State Governor, Prince […]