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FG sets up committee on minimum wage

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2017

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday set up a committee to work on the new minimum wage of N56,000 being demanded by the organised labour. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed this to State House reporters after the FEC meeting presided over by Acting President

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No amount of praying, fasting can make Nigeria great without hardwork- Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2017

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo Wednesday said that without commitment to hardwork, no amount of praying and fasting can take Nigeria’s economy to the desired growth. He said that known great economies were built by men and women with patriotic zeal and not spirits, calling for all hands on deck to revive the economic fortunes of […]

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As Senate President for 8 Years, You Failed Benue State and the Nation -Ortom replies David Mark

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2017

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom and the former Senate President, David Mark, have engaged each other in a war of words over the wheelbarrows branded in Ortom’s name. While the Ortom administration said the wheelbarrows were donated by the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons for victims of armed herdsmen attacks in the state, a

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2017 Hajj Airlift Begins July 24-NAHCON

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2017

The airlift for the 2017 Hajj will commence on July 24, Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Abdullahi Mukhtar Mohammed, announced on Tuesday. Speaking during an interactive session with the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mohammed said the Jeddah International Airport would be closed for Hajj operations on August 26. […]

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Insurgents’ practices barbaric, unislamic, says repentant Boko Haram cleric

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2017

Repentant Boko Haram Arabic teacher Ibrahim Suleiman has described the group’s practices in Sambisa Forest as barbaric and unislamic. Suleiman revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Wednesday. NAN reports that Suleiman willingly surrendered to the military after escaping from Sambisa Forest along with his three children. […]

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BREAKING: Defence headquarters finally denies coup plot rumour

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2017

The Defence headquarters has finally dismissed the rumour that Nigerian army are planning to take over the leadership of the country through military intervention. In a statement obtained by our correspondent, the Defence headquarters said: “Professionally, it is a command responsibility to caution officers and men on routine basis to conform to ethics of the […]