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FG to open privatised power sector to new investment process – Minister

Daily Dispatch October 14, 2017

The Federal Government says the privatised power sector will open up for new investment process to enable new investors invest further in the development of the sector. The Minister of State for National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said this in Abuja. Ahmed said the plan by government became

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Leaked memo: I did not accuse Baru of fraud- Kachikwu, says memo was pure governance

Daily Dispatch October 14, 2017

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, on Friday revealed what President Muhammadu Buhari told him during their meeting over his controversial memo on the activities of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru.President Buhari had summoned Kachikwu to the Presidential Villa, Abuja for a meeting

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Mischief makers behind what Buhari discussed with world bank President- Presidency, says report twisted

Daily Dispatch October 13, 2017

The Presidency on Friday said the reported discussion between President Muhammadu Buhari and the World Bank Group President, Jim Yong Kim, was deliberately twisted by those who it said specialise in such acts. Media reports had it that  Kim disclosed in Washington DC, United States of America, that  Buhari had requested a concentration of the bank’s intervention efforts in

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Buhari meets South East leaders, says Rail, road projects for the region

Daily Dispatch October 13, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday assured stakeholders from the South East that the region will benefit more from roads and coastal rail projects, which are of critical importance to the economy. During an audience with leaders from the region led by the Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, the President declared that  the 2nd Niger Bridge, […]

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2019: Presidential ticket open to all members- APC South West Leaders

Daily Dispatch October 13, 2017

All Progressives Congress leaders in the South West zone said in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Thursday that restructuring was not in the party’s manifesto.Chief Bisi Akande, a former APC National Interim Chairman, who spoke on behalf of the leaders at the end of their meeting, said the word “restructuring” was not the language […]

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House of Reps urges FG to increase minimum wage to N30, 000

Daily Dispatch October 13, 2017

Members of the House of Representatives warned on Thursday that a nationwide strike by workers over low wages could force the country’s economy back into recession. They urged the Federal Government to consider an increase in wage to N30,000 as the new National Minimum Wage to avert an industrial action by workers. The current minimum […]