Politics

Adeleke Gets INEC Certificate Of Return

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2017

Speaking shortly after receiving the certificate from INEC national commissioner, Solomon Adedeji Soyebi said that his victory in last weekend election was a big lesson for the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) to stop paying lip service to internal democracy in the party. Adeleke

EDUCATION

JAMB commences sales of 2017 Direct Entry forms – Official

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2017

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday said it has commenced sales of the 2017 Direct Entry application form. This is contained in a statement signed by JAMB’s Head of Public Relations, Mr Fabian Benjamin, and issued to newsmen in Bwari in the FCT. The statement said that the form was designed for candidates […]

EDUCATION

House of Reps returns CRK as an independent subject in secondary school curriculum

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2017

Nigeria’s House of Representatives on Tuesday, dropped the government policy which included Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) in Civic Education as a compulsory subject in the Secondary School curriculum. This followed a motion titled “Call to make Civic Education an optional instead of a compulsory subject for Senior Certificate Examination”, filed by Beni Lar

EDUCATION

Northern Nigeria has the highest percentage of children who don’t go to school

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2017

A new data has shown that almost North East and North West are the two states with the least percentage of children in school. According to an infographic presented by the Emergency Coordination Centre (ECC), the highest level of illiteracy can be found in northern Nigeria. Below is the percentage of uneducated children between the […]

NEWS

Reps disagreement with me misconstrued – Fashola

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2017

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola says, his disagreement with the House of Representatives over his ministry’s budget should not be misconstrued, stressing that he is not fighting anybody over the budget. The minister who made the clarification on Monday while fielding questions from State House correspondents, insisted that “there is no problem […]

NEWS

Alleged N3.5 million Bribe: NJC Judge granted bail on self recognition

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2017

A Judge of the National Industrial Court, Justice Agbadu Fishim, who was charged with allegedly collecting N3.5 million from seven Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) was, on Tuesday, granted bail on self-recognition by a Lagos High Court, Ikeja. While granting Justice Fishim bail, presiding Judge, Justice Raliat Adebiyi, asked the defendant to deposit his international