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NAPVID tasks FG, international communities to be attentive to persons with disabilities

Daily Dispatch December 3, 2018

ABIODUN JIMOH, BENIN CITY Federal government and international communities have been charged to take cognizance of persons with visible disabilities living among the internally displaced persons (IDPs) across various camps in the country with the view of meeting their needs. President, Network

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Yuletide: Edo Food, Agro fair begins Dec. 10

Daily Dispatch December 3, 2018

ABIODUN JIMOH, BENIN CITY Edo State Government has said that its Food and Agro Fair will hold in Benin City, the state capital, from December 10 to 20 and will ensure that farmers sell food items directly to consumers at affordable prices during the Yuletide season. Commissioner for Wealth Creation, Cooperatives and Employment, Hon. Emmanuel […]

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Obaseki says press critical to success of 2019 elections, charges Edo NUJ on balanced reporting

Daily Dispatch December 3, 2018

ABIODUN JIMOH, BENIN CITY As the 2019 general elections fast approaching, Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has called on journalists to strive for balanced reporting during the elections. He noted that this would be germane to consolidating on Nigeria’s democracy and safeguarding the people’s right to choose their leaders. Obaseki made the call when he  […]

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Just in: 9yr-old boy, mother dead in Bayelsa market explosion

Daily Dispatch December 3, 2018

A  nine-year-old boy and his mother were affected in an explosion that at the popular Swali market in Yenagoa, the Capital of Bayelsa State. It was learnt that about seven persons were feared dead after a local market boat in which they were travelling in exploded. According to a survivor, Miss Deinyefa, “When they loaded our goods on the […]

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Alleged $8.4m theft: EFCC arraigns 2 oil marketers, international company

Daily Dispatch December 3, 2018

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, arraigned two oil marketers, Yusuf Kwande and Osahon Asemota in an Ikeja Special Offences Court for allegedly stealing 6.4 million metrics tonnes of Automated Gas Oil (AGO) worth $8.4million. Kwande and Asemota were arraigned alongside an international oil and gas company – Trafigura Beheer BV, Trafigura […]

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2019 election: Timi Frank reports Buhari to Abdulsalami’s committee, UN, US, EU over Electoral Act 2018

Daily Dispatch December 3, 2018

A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Timi Frank, has called on the National Peace Committee headed by former Head of state, retired Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently sign into law the Electoral Act 2018 as amended. Frank also called on the United Nations, […]