NEWS

N250m Proposed Gatehouse For VP’s Residence Funded by Jonathan – Presidency

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2017

There is no proposal in the 2017 budget to build a N250 million gatehouse for the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The Senior Special Assistant Media in the Office of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, made the rebuttal in a statement on Sunday. Opposition Senator, Ben Bruce, had questioned

NEWS

Breaking: Andrew Yakubu Asks Court To Return $9.7m, £74,000‎ to Him

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2017

A former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Andrew Yakubu, has asked the court to return the $9.7 million and £74,000‎ recovered from him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. To achieve this, Yakubu has instituted a suit at the Federal High Court, Kano requesting it to set aside the order […]

NEWS

Borno Adopts New Measures To Tackle Boko Haram’s Remnants

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2017

The Borno State Government has approved the introduction of new security measures to curtail the increasing attacks by remnants of Boko Haram insurgents in the state. Malam Isa Gusau, the Special Adviser to Governor Kashim Shettima on Communication and Strategy, stated this in a statement in Maiduguri on Sunday. According to Gusau, the measures include […]

Politics

Sheriff In A Secret Meeting With IBB

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2017

Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, the appeal court-declared national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met with former military President Ibrahim Babangida at the latter’s Hilltop mansion in Minna, Niger state on Sunday, February 19. Sheriff, who maintained that the recent ruling was a victory for the party, visited Babangida with a fromer governor of […]

NEWS

Pay Us Our Pension Before You Leave Office – Ondo Poly Retirees Tell Mimiko

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2017

Members of the Association of Retired Staff of Rufus Giwa polytechnic, Owo local government area of Ondo State have appealed to the outgoing governor, Olusegun Mimiko ,to pay their pension arrears and gratuity before bowing out of office this Friday. The retirees, who claimed they started the struggle for the payment of their pension in […]

EDUCATION

NOUN Law Graduates Petition NJC, Seek Inclusion In Law School Training

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2017

The forum of law graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, has petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC) seeking inclusion for training in law school. The graduates sought the NJC leave to mandate Council of Legal Education (CLE) to extend admission quotas to National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) for vocational training in […]