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Child labour: 168m children affected by conflict and disaster

Daily Dispatch June 13, 2017

The International Labour Organisation says that a significant proportion of the 168 million children engaged in child labour live in areas affected by conflicts and disasters. Guy Ryder, the Director-General of ILO, said in a report on Monday to commemorate the 2017 World Day Against Child

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Septuagenarian bags 2years imprisonment for attempted rape of minor

Daily Dispatch June 13, 2017

A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 73-year-old man, Gabriel Kehen, to two years imprisonment for attempting to rape an eight-year–old boy. Kehen was charged with attempting to have canal knowledge of the boy through an unnatural means. Magistrate Yahaya Mohammed, who sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty and begged for leniency, did […]

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Fashola wants FG to extend ‘whistle-blowing’ policy to power sector

Daily Dispatch June 13, 2017

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has called on the Federal Government to extend its ‘whistleblowing’ policy to the power sector to curb energy theft. Fashola made the appeal in Enugu at the 16th Power sector monthly meeting, sponsored by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company. He said that available statistics revealed huge […]

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Jega Faulted The Appointment of INEC Chairman by President, urges president to hands off

Daily Dispatch June 13, 2017

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega, has faulted the situation where the President appoints Chairman of the electoral body. Speaking in Kano on Monday, Jega said the national electoral body would be better off if the office of the President hands off the appointment of INEC Chairman. Jega, who coordinated […]

Politics

Jonathan’s Second Term Would Have Ruin The Country– Oshiomhole

Daily Dispatch June 13, 2017

Former Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has said he withdrew his support for former President Goodluck Jonathan because he believed that a Jonathan second term would have ruined the country. Before the 2015 general election, Oshiomhole was the only South South governor in the opposition party and some expected that Oshiomhole’s hands might […]

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Immigration rescues 134 children from traffickers in Oyo

Daily Dispatch June 13, 2017

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in Oyo State says it rescued 134 children, who were victims of child trafficking between January and May. An Assistant Comptroller at the command, Mr Folusho Akintola, disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen after a stakeholders’ conference organised by the Justice, Development and Peace Commission in Ibadan on Tuesday.