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Nigeria will not break up- Gowon assures

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2017

Against the continued agitation by some aggrieved Nigerians for secession, a former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, Monday gave the assurance that the nation would not break up but remain united as he left it about 41 years ago. The elder statesman gave the cheering remark at the

NEWS

2017 Hajj: NAHCON explains hike in Hajj fare

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2017

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Monday attributed the hike in Hajj fare to the current economic depression and devaluation of Naira against major currencies. Alhaji Ibrahim Yusuf, the NAHCON Commissioner for Policy, Personnel Management and Finance, made the assertion in Ilorin, at a day sensitisation for stakeholders. Yusuf said that intending pilgrims

HEALTH

For approving Sprite and Fanta Court orders NAFDAC to pay N2million fine

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2017

A Lagos State High Court has ordered that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to pay a fine of 2 million naira for approving Sprite and Fanta, products of the Nigeria Bottling Company (NBC). The court also dismissed NBC’s application filed before the court seeking a stay of execution of […]

3 Policemen Dismissed For Illegal Arrest, Extortion In Lagos

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2017

The Nigeria Police Force said on Monday said that it had dismissed three policemen attached to Area ‘N’ Command, Ijede-Ikorodu, under the Lagos State Command. The affected officers are AP.No 136005 Insp. Okelue Nkemeonye, F/No. 355897 Sgt. Braimoh Sunday and F/No. 359928 Sgt. Yusuf Olukoga. The Head, Public Complaints Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU), ACP Abayomi […]

Nigerians elected Buhari willingly, should accept his style of doing things – Adesina

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2017

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, has said Nigerians elected Muhammadu Buhari as president willing and should, therefore, accept the way he “prefers to do things”. Adesina, who was responding to questions during a phone conversation on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, was asked why the President did not […]

NEWS

NLC alleges Kano owes N11.2billion gratuity, death benefits, and pension arrears

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2017

Nigerian Labour Congress says Kano state government owes over N11.2Billion of gratuity, death benefit and pension arrears as at May 2017. Kano NLC Chairman, Comrade Kabir Ado Minjibir, stated this on Sunday on a local Radio station program, with a focus on the recently released Paris Club refund by Federal Government in which Kano was […]