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Onaiyekan urges FG to step up security on Abuja-Kaduna road

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2019

The Former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, His Eminence John Onaiyekan, has urged the Federal Government to address the insecurity along Abuja/Kaduna road. Onaiyekan made the call in Abuja on Saturday at a pre-conference briefing with the theme “Action Against Irregular Migration of Nigerians”

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Speakership: 178 new Rep members endorse Gbajabiamilla

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2019

178 new members-elect on Thursday declares support for Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamilla, to emerge speaker of the 9th Assembly. His media aide, Olanrenwaju Smart, said the members drawn across party lines gathered for the proclamation at New Chelsea Hotel in Abuja. Hon. Onofiuk Luke, Speaker of Akwa-Ibom State, who spoke on […]

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Police in gun duel with abductors of Buhari’s in-law

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2019

Members of the IGP special operation squad ‘’Puff Arder’’ on Thursday engaged fleeing abductors of an in-law to President Muhammadu Buhari, Alhaji Musa Uba, in a gun duel. The Magajin Garin Daura was abducted in a blue colored unregistered Peugeot 405 on Tuesday evening. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Katsina state Command, Superintendent […]

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NBC’s DG Kawu, two others arraigned over alleged N2.5b fraud

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2019

After series of postponements, the Federal High Court in Abuja formally opened hearing on Thursday in the 12-count criminal charge filed against the Director General (DG) of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Dr. Ishaq Moddibbo Kawu and two others for their alleged complicity in the misapplication of N2.5billion meant for the digital switch-over (DSO) project […]

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Reps lament worsening security situation across Nigeria, invites Buhari again

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari has again been invited by the House of Representatives to address the chamber on what his government is doing to curb the rising crime rate across the country. The House on Thursday condemned the worsening security situation in the country, with some of the lawmakers describing Nigeria as a failed state. They also […]

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Ekiti workers beg Governor Fayemi not to delay implementation of N30,000 minimum wage

Daily Dispatch May 1, 2019

Organised labour in Ekiti State on Wednesday told Governor Kayode Fayemi not to delay the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage. It charged the state government to pay its workforce without negotiation or delay the wage bill signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. The workers, who said this in Ado Ekiti, during the 2019 […]