EDUCATION

Teachers reject handover of salary payment to LGCS

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2017

The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), says the union is opposed to handover of payment of primary schools teachers’ salaries to the local government councils. Mr Simon Ozo, Ebonyi NUT Chairman, stated this on Monday in Abakaliki in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According

NEWS

Ebonyi Police Foil Attempt By Suspect To Escape From Court

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2017

A combined team of policemen and prison guards with the assistance of some public spirited individuals Monday foiled an attempt by a suspect to escape from the premises of the Ebonyi state High Court in Abakaliki. Independent gathered that the suspects whose identity was yet to be revealed as at the time of this report […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Zimbabweans donate cattle to AU after Robert Mugabe appeal

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2017

Zimbabwean farmers have donated “thousands” of cattle to the African Union (AU) Foundation following an appeal by President Robert Mugabe, the state-run Herald newspaper reports. The donation is intended to help the pan-African body to rely less on foreign donors, it added. The cattle had been auctioned, and Mr Mugabe would hand the money to […]

NEWS

Borno records 3,000 births in IDPs camps in 6 months

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2017

The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) on Monday said it registered 3,000 births among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the past six months. The SEMA Chairman, Satomi Ahmad, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri. Satomi said that the births were registered at various camps located […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

King Salman Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia cancels participation in G20 summit due to Gulf crisis

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2017

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Al-Saud will not attend the G20 summit due to the Gulf crisis, Saudi diplomatic sources said on Monday. Instead of the king, the Minister of Finance Mohammed al-Jadaan will attend the summit, scheduled to take place in the northern German port city of Hamburg on Friday and Saturday. The summit brings […]

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We Remain Loyal To Buhari – Army

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2017

The Nigerian Army has reiterated its loyalty to the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. The Army also said it would ever remain apolitical. It maintained that it was capable of defending the territorial integrity of the country when threatened. Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt General Tukur Buratai, said this yesterday in his goodwill message to […]