INTERNATIONAL NEWS

North Korea threatens to take ‘corresponding measures’ if UN adopts sanctions

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2017

North Korea on Friday threatened to take “corresponding measures” if the UN Security Council adopts another sanctions resolution in response to the North’s test-launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) on July 4. The North’s foreign ministry said in a statement carried by the

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BREAKING: Osun Permanent Secretary, Olufunke Oluwakemi murdered in Kogi

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2017

The Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Mrs Olufunke Oluwakemi Kolawole has been murdered around Okene, in Kogi State, on her way to Abuja on Thursday. Kolawole had left Osogbo in the early hours of Thursday for Abuja, to felicitate with her friend, who is the Solicitor General in the state on her confirmation as […]

Politics

Supreme Court Judgement: PDP To Grant Amnesty To Sheriff Faction

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2017

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Caretaker Committee Chairman said on Thursday in Abuja that the party’s leadership tussle was a “hard battle.” The committee’s spokesperson also announced that ‘amnesty’ would be granted to the Sheriff faction of the party. Mr. Makarfi spoke when he received a delegation of the PDP former ministers forum led […]

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UN envoy urges Security Council to strengthen support for fight against Boko Haram, other dissidents

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2017

Mohammed Chambers, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to West Africa and the Sahel, has called on the Security Council to strengthen support for the fight against Boko Haram and other groups standing as security threat in the sub-region. Chambas, who is also Head of the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWAS), in his […]

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Body of Benches admits 1,468 lawyers to Nigerian Bar

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2017

The Body of Benchers on Thursday in Abuja, admitted 1,468 candidates to the Nigerian Bar as barristers and solicitors, with a charge to exhibit the highest level of professional ethics. Performing the ceremony, Justice Walter Onnoghen, Chairman, Body of Benchers and Chief Justice of Nigeria charged the new lawyers to be an embodiment of integrity […]

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Immigration CG in trouble over ‘dubious’ Expatriate Contracts scam

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2017

The House of Representatives has slammed the Controller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS, Muhammed Babandede for awarding contracts to non-performing expatriate companies even for jobs which ordinarily could have been executed by local companies with ease. The lawmakers through its Committee on Interior stated their position during an oversight visit to the