NEWS

Empowerment: NDE begins training of 200 women in Kano

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2017

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Kano State on Monday commenced training of 200 women on five selected trades. The training is being conducted in collaboration with the Future Assured Initiative, the pet project of the wife of the President, Hajiya Aisha Buhari. Speaking at

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Plateau govt. begins distribution of fertiliser to farmers

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2017

The Plateau Government has began the distribution of fertiliser at a subsidised rate of N5, 500 per bag to farmers in the state. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state government in April commenced the sale of over 20,000 tonnes of assorted fertiliser to the farmers for this year’s farming season. A NAN […]

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Commission registers 7,200 Bakassi returnees in Akwa Ibom, promises assistance

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2017

The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCRMIDP), said it has registered more than 7,200 Bakassi returnees in Akwa Ibom in nine camps spread across the state. Mrs Sadyia Umar Farouq, Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Uyo on […]

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New Army University to take off in September – COAS

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2017

The Nigerian Army University Biu in Borno will take off next September, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has said. Buratai made the disclosure shortly after receiving the Certificate of Occupancy and the surveyed site master plan for the university site from Gov. Kashim Shettima in Maiduguri on Monday. He said that […]

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NUPC boss denies Akor’s alledged impersonation …Says FG to appoint Commandant General for Nigerian Peace Corps

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2017

Commandant General of the National Unity and Peace Corps (NUPC) Dr. Chinnadu Nneji, said the Senate Committee on Judiciary mandated to look into the issues surrounding the establishment of Nigerian Peace Corps has agreed that the federal government will be the one to determine who will eventually head the agency when created as directed by […]

BUSINESS

NAMA commences implementation of Osinbajo’s Executive Orders

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2017

Ahead of the June 8 deadline for the implementation of the Federal Government’s executive orders on the ease of doing business in the country, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, says it has begun the process of implementing the directive. The Managing Director of NAMA, Fola Akinkuotu, said the agency had already updated its website […]