NEWS

Flood kills 3 in FCT – FEMA

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2017

The FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), has confirmed the death of three people as a result of the flash flood in Lokogoma Area of the FCT, on Thursday. The Director-General, FEMA, Alhaji Idriss Abass told newsmen that a man and two of his children; a boy and girl died, when their Toyota

NEWS

Reps detain Bank of Agric officials, summon MD

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2017

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts on Thursday in Abuja placed two officials of Bank of Agriculture in National Assembly custody for failure of the bank’s Managing Director, Mr Kabir Adamu to appear before it. The staff that were detained are: Mr. Emmanuel Ameh, the Executive Director, Regional Banking, Bank of Agriculture and […]

HEALTH

Kogi government denies Lassa fever outbreak, as strange disease kills 50

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2017

Kogi State Government has debunked the reported outbreak of Lassa fever in the State. The Commissioner For Health in the State, Dr Saka Haruna spoke to newsmen over reported outbreak of a strange disease was spotted in Okunran, Okoloke and Isanlu-Esa all in Yagba West, Local Government Area of the state Dr Haruna while noting […]

EDUCATION

Hope Dims As FG, ASUU Meeting Deadlocks

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2017

Hope of an early truce between the Federal Government and university lecturers has been dashed as a meeting today, to resolve the face-off that is in its fourth day ended in a deadlock. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had down tools over intractable issues surrounding its 2009 agreement with the Government. At the […]

NEWS

Denmark Government Backs Gov’ Obaseki Initiatives to Tackle Illegal Migration

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2017

Governor Godwin Obaseki led administration in Edo State plans to stop the illegal migration of Edo indigenes abroad has received the support of the Government of Denmark This was made when the Minister for Development Cooperation, Denmark, Ulla Tornaes, who was part of a delegation to Government House in Benin City on Thursday, led by […]

NEWS

PDP Accuse Governor Obaseki of Witch-Hunting Civil Servants

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2017

Against the backdrop of the ongoing competency test for same categories of civil servants embarked upon by the Edo State government, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused Governor Godwin Obaseki of sustaining an unpopular policy of his immediate predecessor. This was as a result of the non-compliance as majority of the civil servants including teachers, […]