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Breaking: Workers Shut Down Arik Air Operations In Lagos

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2020

Operations of Arik Air were on Monday shut down by the aviation unions over alleged non-payment of staff salaries since April. They claimed that the non-payment started after the company placed 90 per cent of the workforce on compulsory leave and other “anti-labour practices”. The unions

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Over 300 Lawyers Sign Petition To Strip Malami Of SAN Title

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2020

Over 380 lawyers have signed a petition demanding that the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, be stripped of the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. The petition, started on Change.org by Izu Aniagu, is titled, “Sign to strip Nigeria’s AGF, Abubakar Malami the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria”. Aniagu predicated his […]

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Where Are The Jobs? Ize-Iyamu Challenges Obaseki On Job Creation Claim

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2020

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Edo State election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has faulted Governor Godwin Obaseki on his claim on job creation during Sunday’s governorship debate. Ize-Iyamu, reacting to a claim by Obaseki that his administration had created 157,000 jobs so far, accused the governor of getting his facts wrong. […]

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Edo Election: My Predecessor Borrowed Recklessly, Says Obaseki

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2020

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has accused his predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole, of putting the State in debt and “borrowing recklessly.” Obaseki made the allegation on Sunday during the Edo Governorship debate organized by Channels Television. “Let me make some points very clear. What happened is that my predecessor in office borrowed recklessly and the Federal […]

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Claims And Counter Claims Dominate As Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu Debate

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2020

Strong disagreements over approaches to governance and records took centre stage during the governorship debate between the governorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday. Viewers who tuned in for the two-hour debate between Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the APC and Governor Godwin Obaseki of the PDP witnessed first hand […]

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Ministerial retreat: Kudos for job well done, Buhari writes SGF Boss Mustapha

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has written a personal letter to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Gida Mustapha, commending him for organising a successful Ministers’ Retreat from September 7-8, 2020.    The President in the letter personally signed by him, said he was ”very impressed” with the SGF’s performance at the retreat,