NEWS

Boko Haram: Borno to build 8,000 capacity orphanage for abandoned children

Daily Dispatch March 30, 2017

The Borno State Government says it will build a comprehensive orphanage for at least 8,000 children that have been separated from their parents by the Boko Haram crisis. The state Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hajiya Fanta Baba-Shehu, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of

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AMOSUN ALLOCATES 1,050 ULTRA MODERN SHOPS TO TRADERS

Daily Dispatch March 30, 2017

Omooba Risawe   No fewer than 1,050 lock up shops, market stalls and shop spaces has been allocated to market men and women by the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun as part of his administration’s urban renewal drive. The ultramodern markets located at Laderin, Sapon, Isale Igbehin, Itoku and Omida areas of Abeokuta was […]

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247ureports Publisher Shuns Invitation, Drags DSS To Court

Daily Dispatch March 30, 2017

As the rate of clamping down on Journalists by state governments continue to be on the increase, Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, has joined the league by unleashing officials of the Imo state command of the Department of State Services (DSS), on a Journalist and Publisher of an online news, 247ureports.com, Mr. Ikenna Ellis […]

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BREAKING: Court Remand House of Rep Member for Certificate Forgery

Daily Dispatch March 30, 2017

A Federal High Court, sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Thursday ordered the remand of Nse Ekpenyong, member representing Oron Federal constituency, in the National Assembly over alleged certificate forgery. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had arraigned the lawmaker on a 9-count charge of forgery and alteration of documents. Ekpeyong was alleged […]

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JUST IN: Senate Amends Electoral Act 2010

Daily Dispatch March 30, 2017

The Senate has amended the Electoral Act 2010 to allow for the use of electronic voting and devices for conduct of elections in Nigeria. The new election methods followed the amendment of the 2010 Electoral Act which passed third reading at Thursday’s plenary. Briefing newsmen after the exercise, former Chairman of the Senate Committee on […]

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OGUN 2019: BETWEEN ‘YAYIMANIA’ AND ‘YAYIPHOBIA’

Daily Dispatch March 30, 2017

  Who is afraid of Senator Adeola Yayi in Ogun 2019?” By: Chief Kayode Odunaro The race towards the Oke-Mosan Government House may still be some years away but trust politicians, the frenetic ground work for the successor of the outgoing incumbent Senator Ibikunle Amosun makes it look like the election for the office of […]