EDUCATION

JAMB: 59 inmates of Ikoyi prison sat for UTME

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2017

The Principal of the Ikoyi Prison School in Lagos state, has disclosed how inmates of the facility participated in the recently concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. 59 inmates of the prison sat for the ongoing examination on Wednesday and Thursday. The figure rose from

NEWS

2 New Ministers-Designate Will Be Swarn-in Soon- Lai Mohammed

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2017

The minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured that the country’s two new ministers-designate, Stephen Ocheni and Suleiman Hassan, would be inaugurated in due course. Ocheni is from Kogi and is to replace the late minister of Satte for Labour, James Ocholi, while Hassan is from Gombe and replaces former minister of Environment, Amina […]

LEAD STORY 1

Osinbajo ‘is president here,’ will sign 2017 budget — Ita Enang recants earlier remark

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2017

Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on national assembly matters, Ita Enang, on Friday recanted on his earlier remark saying Buhari and not the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo will sign the 2017 budget. Addressing State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Enang said Osinbajo “is now the president here” to assent the 2017 budget.

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Why We Introduce Early Retirement Policy- Media Trust….say ‘We Can No Longer Afford Our Wage bill’

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2017

Following a media report yesterday that the management of Media Trust Limited, publishers of Daily Trust, Daily Trust Saturday, Daily Trust Sunday, Aminiya and Kilimanjaro plans mass retrenchment, the management has come out to explain why the Board plans ‘early retirement of some staff’ Investigations revealed that the Chief Executive Officer and Editor-in-Chief of the

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Breaking: Acting President Osinbajo Receives 2017 Budget

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2017

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo Friday received the 2017 budget and is now expected to assent to it any moment from now. The document was submitted to him on Friday by the Senior Special Assistant to the president on National Assembly matters, Senator Ita Enang behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.  Enang had fueled controversy last […]

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106 Chibok Girls and 11, 894 Boko Haram Hostages Have Been Freed So Far-Mansur Dan-Ali

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2017

Minister for Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, has revealed that no fewer than 106 Chibok girls and 11,894 other Boko Haram hostages have been freed so far by the Nigerian army. The minister spoke at a 2-day retreat organized by the ministry held at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, Jos. According to […]