EDUCATION

TETFUN 2017 Intervention For Tertiary Institutions Scrapped By Buhari

Daily Dispatch February 26, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has scrapped the Tertiary Education Trust Fund’s special intervention funds for 2017 allocated to tertiary institutions across the country. This disclosure was made by Abdullahi Baffa, TETFund Executive Secretary, in a chat with newsmen in Abuja. Baffa recalled that

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Breakin: 2 Kidnapped German Archaeologists In Kaduna Regain Freedom

Daily Dispatch February 26, 2017

The two German archaeologists kidnapped recently in kaduna state have regained their freedom. Channels Television reports that Professor Peter Breunia and Johannes Behirnger, were released unhurt in the night of Saturday, February 25 by their abductors. They were released in Katari village, along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway, according to the report. It is not yet known

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Jonathan Showers Praises On Shagari At 92

Daily Dispatch February 26, 2017

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described his predecessor, Shehu Shagari, as a man pf honour and unmatched dignity. Shagari, who was sent out of the presidency in a coup that brought in Muhammadu Buhari, then a major-general in the army in 1983, turned 92 on Saturday, February 25. In a statement by his media adviser, […]

FEATURES

How MTN Sacked 63 Employees, Barred Them From Related Employment For Four Years

Daily Dispatch February 26, 2017

The telecommunication giant, MTN Nigeria, sacked 63 of its employees in 2009 and barred them from securing a job in the sector for four years, court documents obtained by PREMIUM TIMES has shown. Last year, the National Industrial Court in Lagos, in a 2013 suit filed by the dismissed employees, delivered a judgment condemning the […]

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Senior Boko Haram Commander Reportedly Killed In Borno

Daily Dispatch February 26, 2017

Reports from Borno state say that a top commander of the Boko Haram insurgents has reportedly been killed in Bama local government area. The insurgent commander named Tukur Bama was said to have been killed at a village called Bolongu in Bama local government. It was not clear at press time how he was killed […]

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BREAKING: Jerome Eke of PDP Wins Rivers Rerun

Daily Dispatch February 26, 2017

Jerome Eke of the People Democratic Party, PDP, has been declared winner of Saturday’s rerun election for Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency of Rivers State. Anouncing the result at the commission’s collation center in Okehi, Etche Local Government Area of the state, INEC returning officer for the election, Prof. Olushola Omotayo said Eke emerged winner after