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Benue community bans men from spending more than N100, 000 on traditional marriage

Daily Dispatch July 21, 2017

The traditional ruler of Otukpa, the headquarters of Ogbadibo LGA of Benue, Chief Sir Sunday Ekele JP has banned intending groom in the community from spending more than N100, 000 on traditional wedding. According to Chief Ekele, the decision became imperative following complaints from young

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Enugu approves N20million retention fees for Femi Falana

Daily Dispatch July 21, 2017

The Enugu State Government has approved N25 million for the purchase of non-sensitive materials, preparatory to the conduct of local government election in the state. The Commissioner of Information, Dr. Godwin Udeuhele, made the disclosure in Enugu on Thursday while addressing journalists on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting. He said the council […]

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A disease plaguing Senate, Reps – Sagay blasts NASS over suspended NHIS boss

Daily Dispatch July 21, 2017

Itse Sagay, SAN, Chairman, presidential advisory committee against corruption, has condemned the national assembly for demanding the reinstatement of Usman Yusuf, suspended executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). He said some of the lawmakers’ actions show “a disease is plaguing” both chambers. Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, had suspended

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Nigeria loses to N30 trillion to cabal at ports – Senate

Daily Dispatch July 21, 2017

Nigeria recently lost N30 trillion to a cabal at its ports, documents available to the country’s Senate have shown. The Nation reports that chairman of the Senate joint committee on Customs and Marine transport investigative panel, Senator Hope Uzodinma, as making the disclosure on Thursday, July 20. Senator Uzodinma reportedly said that early findings by […]

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Mosquito: Scientists releasing 20m to shrink disease carrying mosquitoes

Daily Dispatch July 21, 2017

This summer, scientists in California are releasing 20 million mosquitoes in an effort to shrink the population of mosquitoes that can carry diseases. It sounds counter-intuitive. But the plan is to release millions of sterile male mosquitoes, which will then mate with wild female mosquitoes. The eggs the females lay won’t hatch, researchers say. The […]

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Adoke files UN human rights complaint against FG, EFCC

Daily Dispatch July 21, 2017

Mohammed Adoke, a former attorney-general of the federation, has filed a human rights complaint against the federal government at the United Nations Human Rights Committee. He also named the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the complaint, accusing the agency “of unmitigated acts of persecution, intimidation, harassment, threat of deprivation right to