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Traditional rulers should be given constitutional roles to tackle insecurity – Lawan

Daily Dispatch September 16, 2020

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday said that for Nigeria to surmount security challenges confronting it, traditional rulers in the country should be given specific roles to be enshrined in the Constitution. Lawan stated this in a welcome address delivered when a visiting

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Rep’s C’ttee on NDDC drill Akpabio behind closed-doors

Daily Dispatch September 16, 2020

The House of Representatives’ Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), on Tuesday, hosted the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio to a closed-door meeting for over three hours. The meeting, which held in the office of Mr Olubumi Tunji-Ojo, the Committee Chairman at the National Assembly Complex, began at about 3.30 p.m. […]

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Breaking: Ogun workers gives govt. one-week ultimatum over minimum wage, others

Daily Dispatch September 15, 2020

Workers in Ogun State have commenced a one-week warning strike over the failure of the government to implement the new minimum wage. The State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Emmanuel Bankole, declared this after a three-hour closed-door meeting held between the leadership of organised labour and government officials which ended deadlock. The workers had […]

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Candidates sign peace accord ahead Edo election

Daily Dispatch September 15, 2020

With the Edo State governorship election barely four days away, candidates of political parties today signed a Peace Accord. The deal which was organised by the National Peace Committee was held in Benin City, the state capital. In attendance is the Chairman, National Peace Committee and former Head of State, Abdulsalam Abubakar, member of the […]

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FG Meets With NLC, TUC Over Hike In Electricity, Fuel Tariff

Daily Dispatch September 15, 2020

The Federal Government on Tuesday met with the organised Labour over the hike in electricity and fuel tariffs. The meeting called by the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige with the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigerian Labour Congress in attendance held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Channels Television learned […]

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We’ll convert your cars, generators to run on gas, FG promises Nigerians

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2020

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, says the Federal Government will from October begin converting the cars and generators of Nigerians to run on gas. Sylva said this will be done free of charge for all Nigerians to cushion the effect of the hike in pump price of petrol. The minister said […]