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Each of the Nigerian Senator Earns N3.2billion per annum- Sagay, says lawmakers are hostile to anti-corruption war

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2017

Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay, has lamented that National Assembly allocated N125 billion to themselves alone this year and that while the United States President earns $400,000 per annum, a Nigerian senator earns over $1.7

NEWS

Unemployed youths can now get loans from fed govt – minister

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2017

Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, says Nigerian government was creating an enabling environment for businesses to thrive. Enelamah said that government’s loans and grants were being accessed by some firms. He assured that this will drive the growth of the Small and Medium-scale Enterprises in the country. He added that the intervention […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Ex-President’s son jailed 24 years for drug trafficking

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2017

Fabio Lobo, a son of former Honduran President, Porfirio Lobo, has been sentenced to 24 years in an American prison for conspiring to smuggle cocaine and sell it in the United States. U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield also fined him $50,000 and ordered him to forfeit $267,000. She said Lobo had used his connections […]

FEATURES

Paris Club refund: 68% of states heed FG’s advice – survey

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2017

Many states governments across the federation, have utilised the second tranche of the Paris Club refund they received to clear the arrears of their serving and retired workers’ entitlements. However, in most states where the arrears of salaries, pensions and gratuities have been paid, some civil servants and retirees, especially those in the council areas, […]

NEWS

Supreme Court former judge, Nwokedi dies at 91

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2017

A retired Supreme Court judge, Justice Paul Nwokedi, is dead. He passed away at the age of 91. Justice Nwokedi was the pioneer Chairman, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). He was also Chairman of the National Law Reform Commission for 10 years. The late jurist, who bowed out of the Bench in 1995, was also […]

HEALTH

Resident doctors in Borno join strike amid cholera outbreak

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2017

The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) on Tuesday embarked on a nationwide indefinite strike, despite the emergencies occasioned by Boko Haram insurgency and cholera outbreak in Maiduguri. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the Chairman of the association, Dr Muhammad El-Yakub, made the disclosure while addressing newsmen at the end […]