October 2019 - TheDispatch

Atiku’s Appeal: CJN Leads Supreme Court Panel

October 30, 2019 editor

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammadu, is leading the seven-man panel scheduled to hear the appeals in respect of the case instituted by […]

EFCC, ICPC To Monitor Vote-Buying In Kogi, Bayelsa Guber Polls-INEC

October 30, 2019 editor

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will monitor cases of vote-buying during the governorship elections in Kogi […]

Nigerians Affected As Malaysian Banks Shut Accounts Of Legal Foreign Residents Over US Watchlists

October 30, 2019 editor

Thousands of bank accounts belonging to Malaysia’s legal foreign residents that include Nigerians and citizens of other countries have been terminated by two largest Malaysian […]

‘FG’s Agreement With Labour Not Binding On Us’ — NGF

October 29, 2019 editor

The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) says the agreement between the federal government and organised labour on the new minimum wage is not binding on state […]

‘228’ Inmates Escape As Flood Hits Prison In Kogi

October 29, 2019 editor

Two hundred and twenty-eight inmates have escaped from a medium federal correctional centre in Koton Karfe in Kogi after some parts of it collapsed owing […]

Buhari To Spend 2 Weeks In London On ‘Private Visit’

October 29, 2019 editor

President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to London at the end of his trip to Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, who disclosed this […]