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Delta to sack 530 civil servants – Gov. Okowa

Daily Dispatch August 7, 2017

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State said the state government would disengage 539 civil servants who were not able to scale through the recently concluded verification for civil servants. Okowa said this on Monday in Asaba when he received the final report of the Verification Committee, which

Politics

South West PDP Meets, Moves against Erring Members

Daily Dispatch August 7, 2017

The leadership of the Southwest Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday held a stakeholders’ meeting at the Civic Centre, Agodi, Ibadan with a sole agenda to reposition the party ahead of the 2019 general elections. The meeting which was anchored by the National Vice Chairman(Southwest PDP), Chief Olorogun Eddy Olafeso had 20 members from […]

Politics

South-West PDP Ostracizes Kashamu …Calls For Disciplinary Action

Daily Dispatch August 7, 2017

The Leaders Of The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) In The South-West Have Called For Sanction On Senator Buruji Kashamu And Others Who Plunged The Party Into Needless Crisis And Also Warned Members Against Colluding With Those Who Want To Destabilize The Party. In a communique at the end of their meeting in Ibadan on Monday, […]

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$5.8bn railway loan: Senate visits project site

Daily Dispatch August 7, 2017

As part of its oversight, the Senate on Monday commenced a comprehensive tour of the railway modernisation project across Nigeria. The oversight is to enable the Senate physically ascertain the project for which the government has requested approval for a $5 billion loan from the Chinese Exim Bank. The Senate Joint Committee on Transportation and […]

Anambra shooting: Police ‘arrest’ suspects

Daily Dispatch August 7, 2017

The Anambra state police command says it has arrested suspects involved in the killings at St. Philip’s Catholic Church in Ozubulu. Nkeiruka Nwode, spokesman of the command, confirmed this to TheCable on Monday. She said the suspects, whose identities she refused to reveal, were arrested on Monday. “This is a very sensitive investigation so you people (journalists) […]

Osinbajo to foreign investors: Put your money in Nigeria now or risk regretting in 10 years

Daily Dispatch August 7, 2017

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has advised investors willing to take advantage of the opportunities in the Nigerian economy to do so now or risk blaming themselves in 10 years time. Speaking at the presidential villa in Abuja during a meeting of delegates from the Nigerian Initiative for Economic Development (NEID), United States, Osinbajo said in […]