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Nigerian govt to recover pensions paid ghost workers – Adeosun

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2017

The Nigerian government has announced its plans to recover all pension payment made to ‘ghost workers’ on its payroll. The minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun, made this known in a Facebook Live session on Monday. Mrs. Adeosun said the finance ministry, in collaboration with the National Pension

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It may take years to free all kidnapped Chibok girls – Nigeria Defence Minister

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2017

Nigeria’s defence minister, Mansur Ali, has warned that it may take years to find all the Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram. Boko Haram kidnapped the 276 students from a government secondary school in the north-eastern town of Chibok, Borno State, on April 14, 2014. About 195 of the girls are still missing and are […]

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Lagos govt to execute Reverend King, others on death row

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2017

The Lagos State Government is set to execute the General Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly, Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, also known as Rev King and other prison inmates on death roll. This was disclosed by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem during a press conference in the state. Kazeem said the state […]

BUSINESS

China gives conditions for Nigeria to receive more assistance

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2017

Prof. Zhang Yong-Peng, a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences(CASS), in Beijing, China on Tuesday said that for more Chinese development assistance to be extended to Nigeria, both countries should become active partners. Yong-Peng told a Delegation of visiting Nigerian Journalists in Beijing, while making clarification on “The Belt and Silk Road: […]

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Bailout Probe: Senate to visit Osun, other states

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2017

The Senate Committee on States and Local Government Administration said it would extend its Bailout Funds probe to states that accessed the funds from the Federal Government in 2015. The Chairman of the committee, Sen. Abdullahi Gumel, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday. He said […]

HEALTH

Meningitis kills 10 in Sokoto LGA – Chairman

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2017

Meningitis has killed no fewer than 10 persons in Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State in the last few weeks, its Chairman, Alhaji Jabbi Shagari, had said. Shagari said on Tuesday in Sokoto that ”the deaths were recorded out of the several cases that are being treated across the local government”. ”Happily however, the […]