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Amotekun has come to stay- Makinde

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2020

….Gives marching orders to LG, LCDA chairmen to secure lives, properties Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has declared that security of lives and properties in the state remains extremely important to his government. The governor stated this while addressing chairpersons of the 68

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Buhari orders NERC to commence direct metering to consumers, ends estimated billing

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an end to estimated billing across the federation. This is just as he directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to commence direct mass metering. In a statement, NERC said: “In response to media reports that there is an increase in tariffs for Nigerians, NERC wishes to clarify that tariff […]

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FEC approves N722.3m for audit of NDDC

Daily Dispatch August 26, 2020

The Federal Executive Council has approved N722.3 million for eight field forensic auditors to audit the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The payment will come directly from the Presidency as the National Assembly is on break and the 2020 budget for the NDDC has not been passed. Channels Television learned the field auditors will also […]

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Our response to quarter 2, 2020 NBS figures- Presidency

Daily Dispatch August 26, 2020

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) published on Monday August 24, 2020, the 2nd Quarter (Q2) 2020 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates, which measures economic growth. Nigeria’s (GDP) declined by –6.10% (year-on-year) in real terms in the second quarter of 2020, ending the 3-year trend of low but consistently improving positive real growth rates recorded […]

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Boko Haram comments: Mailafia resigns from NIPSS

Daily Dispatch August 25, 2020

The former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2019 elections Dr Obadiah Mailafia has resigned from the National institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, Jos Plateau State. Mailafia was a directing staff at the National Policy, which is a think- tank institution. His lawyer Barrister Yakubu Bawa confirmed this […]

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For every case of gender-based violence, 10 are not reported – Women Affairs Minister

Daily Dispatch August 25, 2020

The Minister for Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, says cases of rape and other forms of violence against women are under-reported. “For every one reported cases of Gender-Based Violence, 10 are not reported,” she said while faulting statistics on GBV,” said Tallen who was a guest on the UN Spotlight Initiative Town Hall on Violence […]