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Why We Introduce Early Retirement Policy- Media Trust….say ‘We Can No Longer Afford Our Wage bill’

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2017

Following a media report yesterday that the management of Media Trust Limited, publishers of Daily Trust, Daily Trust Saturday, Daily Trust Sunday, Aminiya and Kilimanjaro plans mass retrenchment, the management has come out to explain why the Board plans ‘early retirement of some staff’

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Breaking: Acting President Osinbajo Receives 2017 Budget

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2017

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo Friday received the 2017 budget and is now expected to assent to it any moment from now. The document was submitted to him on Friday by the Senior Special Assistant to the president on National Assembly matters, Senator Ita Enang behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.  Enang had fueled controversy last […]

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106 Chibok Girls and 11, 894 Boko Haram Hostages Have Been Freed So Far-Mansur Dan-Ali

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2017

Minister for Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, has revealed that no fewer than 106 Chibok girls and 11,894 other Boko Haram hostages have been freed so far by the Nigerian army. The minister spoke at a 2-day retreat organized by the ministry held at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, Jos. According to […]

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Siezed N449m: Court orders permanent forfeiture of money abandoned in Lagos BDC office to FG

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2017

A Lagos Federal High Court, has ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of N449,597,000 discovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in an abandoned Bureau de Change shop in Victoria Island. Justice Rilawan Aikawa, gave the order on Friday, following a motion on notice taken before him by the EFCC. The judge ordered […]

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Breaking: NNPC GMD Loses Son in Dubai

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2017

Tragedy has struck the Maikanti’s family once again. The NNPC GMD Dr Maikanti Baru has lost his son. Earlier in April,  his mother Hajiya Fatima Baru, died in her hometown of Misau in Bauchi State. The son died in Dubai, Per Second News gathered Thursday evening. Baru’s sister had died weeks ago on the eve of his trip […]

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NNPC, NPA and Others Budget: Osinbajo Writes Senate Over ultimatum, Asks Agencies to comply

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2017

The acting president, Yemi Osinbajo, has issued an executive order outlining the timeline and procedure for government offices to submit their yearly budgets, less than two days after the Senate demanded offices comply with the relevant fiscal law within two weeks. The Senate had on Wednesday asked Mr. Osinbajo to ensure the submission of the […]