EDUCATION

Ogun State leads Other States in the Nov/Dec 2016 SSCE results

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2017

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the November/December 2016 Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) results with Ogun State being in the lead. In the analysis for candidates’ general performance by States, Ogun had the best results as 5,183 students obtained

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DHQ Faults Amnesty’s Report, Denies Death Of 240 Persons In Borno

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2017

Amnesty International, a human rights group got a flak from Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters on Wednesday over a report alleging deaths of 240 people in Borno and 177 pro Biafran protesters. In a statement issued in Abuja, Acting Director, Defence Information, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar described the allegations as “another in its series of spurious fabrications […]

NEWS

Justice Abang Stands Down Metuh’s Case Over Absence Of EFCC’s Lawyer

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2017

The hearing on the trial of a former spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh’s has been stood down for 1 pm at the instance of the prosecution – the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). On Wednesday, February 22, when the case was called, counsel to EFCC, Sylvanus Tahir was absent. Tahir […]

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Breaking: Senate Fixes March For Passage Of 2017 Budget

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2017

The Senate has fixed a timeframe for the passage of the 2017 Budget. This is coming despite the complaint by the Senate of the failure of Ministers and Chief Executive Officers of Ministries, Departments and Agencies to appear for budget defence. The complaint was laid on Wednesday at plenary. But briefing newsmen after plenary, the […]

HEALTH

Ministry, NAFDAC To Investigate Importation Of Garri From India

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2017

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development says it will liaise with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control to investigate the alleged importation of garri from India. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, who made this known on Wednesday in Abuja, said that it is “strange […]

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N500,000 I gave Justice Ademola was my personal gift on his daughter’s wedding – Buhari’s lawyer, Kola Awodein

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2017

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Kola Awodein, has reacted to news that he gave Justice Niyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, currently standing trial for alleged corruption, the sum of N500,000.00 at the behest of President Muhammadu Buhari, during the contrived certificate issue affecting the then presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). […]