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House of Reps indicts Osinbajo led-NEMA board of illegal approval of N5.8billion north-east intervention fund

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2018

The house of representatives has indicted the governing board of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo over “illegal approval of N5.8 billion north-east intervention fund.” The lawmakers also recommended the dismissal of Mustapha Maihaja,

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Buhari departs for Paris to attend peace forum

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari will  depart Abuja on Friday for Paris, France, to participate in the first edition of the Paris Peace Forum which opens on Sunday and ends on Tuesday. Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday. The Peace Forum […]

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Nnamdi Kanu: Court granted Police, DSS to prosecute Abaribe, Fani-Kayode for allegedly aiding the IPOB’s leader escape

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2018

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, cleared for commencement a suit seeking an order of mandamus to compel the police and the Department of State Security Service to prosecute certain individuals for allegedly aiding the escape of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, from Nigeria. Justice John Tsoho, in […]

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Minimu wage: Court gives FG, Labour January 30 deadline to submit report on negatiation

Daily Dispatch November 8, 2018

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, in Abuja, on Thursday ordered both the Federal Government and the organised labour to submit a report of their negotiations on the disputes over the new minimum wage by January 30, 2019. Justice Sanusi Kado had on November 2, 2018 adjourned the case till Thursday after issuing an ex […]

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Buhari-led APC government using Yemi Osinbajo to buy votes – PDP alleges

Daily Dispatch November 8, 2018

The Peoples Democratic Party, Lagos State chapter, has alleged that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress government was buying votes ahead of the 2019 election. The PDP described the N10,000 Trader Moni as an inducement. In a statement on Wednesday by its Publicity Secretary, Taofik Gani, PDP accused the Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo of going […]

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Buhari hasn’t endorse any figure as minimum wage, Presidency insists

Daily Dispatch November 8, 2018

The Presidency on Thursday said President Muhammadu Buhari has yet to endorse any figure as the new national minimum wage. It said the reports that Buhari reneged on earlier acceptance of the N30,000 recommended by the National Minimum Wage Tripartite Committee were therefore not correct. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, […]