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Embattled Kogi workers smile, get salaries

Daily Dispatch November 13, 2018

After many months without salaries, workers in ministries, departments and agencies in Kogi are to be paid part of their salaries. Kogi State Government on Tuesday commenced table payment of all its workers as part of efforts to clean the payroll of ghost workers. The Secretary to the State

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Olojeme, ex-Jonathan’s campaign director evades EFCC again, jets out

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2018

A former Chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, Ngozi Olojeme, has for the second time evaded the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and fled the country, the EFCC has said. Olojeme, who was the Deputy Chairman, Finance Committee of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation in the 2015 election, had been under probe […]

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36 die in road accident in Ondo state – FRSC

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2018

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Monday said no fewer than 36 persons had died in motor accidents in Ondo state from January till date. Sector Commander of the corps in the state, Mr Rotimi Adeleye, made this known at the 2018 African Road Safety Day and World Day of Remembrance of Road Traffic Victims, […]

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30 Kwara communities in darkness for 100 years

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2018

Not less than 30 communities in Aawe District of Asa Local Government Area in Kwara are yet to have power supply, over 100 years after their creation, according to the Head of the District, Alhaji Oba Daudu-Suleiman. The district head who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) in Aawe on Monday, described […]

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33m Nigerians enroll for National ID card

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2018

Mr Aliyu Aziz, Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), says 33 million Nigerians have enrolled for the National Identification Number (NIN). Aziz said on Monday said that the commission had stepped up its strategy to fast-track the enrolment of more citizens and provide them with legal identification. ”NIMC has stepped up its operations,

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If you have anything against Tinubu write petition – Magu tells journalist

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2018

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has challenged a journalist questioning the source of wealth of All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu. He simply asked the journalist to write a petition against Tinubu and substantiate his allegations. Magu gave the charge in Abuja on Monday while fielding questions […]