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I will make Ekiti food basket of Nigeria – Fayemi

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2018

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has said his administration would give priority attention to agriculture and rural development in order to reposition the state as a food basket of the country. The Governor said that farming remained the number one pre-occupation of Ekiti people, saying

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Customs confiscates 12 exotic cars

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2018

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’ of Nigeria Customs Service in Owerri says it confiscated 12 illegally imported cars and contraband with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N240 million in the last one week. The Unit Controller, Compt. Kayode Olusemire, made this known on Friday in Benin while taking journalists round the goods confiscated […]

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Edo towns to enjoy free Internet access  – Obaseki

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2018

ABIODUN JIMOH, BENIN CITY Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that the ongoing laying of fiber optic cables in the state will be completed soon, to provide hotspots for free access to the internet at designated places. This bid is to make Benin City and some other towns in Edo State major information […]

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Suit seeking to remove Akeredolu from Office: Court ordered the matter be properly commenced via a writ of summons

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2018

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and his party, the All Progressives Congress, on Friday, failed in their bid to have the Federal High Court in Abuja dismiss a pre-election suit seeking the governor’s removal from office. The plaintiff in the suit, which Akeredolu and the APC wanted the court to dismiss, was instituted by […]

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BMO shreds Atiku

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2018

The Buhari Media Organization has dismissed claims by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar that he would pay N33,000 minimum wage to his staff. The group said the promise was yet another attempt to hoodwink Nigerians. BMO chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke said that the claim came at […]

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Supreme Court bars Rivers APC chairman, Flag-Amachree, from medical trip

Daily Dispatch November 8, 2018

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a motion by the chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Ojukaye Flag-Amachree, asking to be allowed to travel to Dubai for medical check-up. Flag-Amachree is standing trial on allegation of murder of a man during the 2015 election in Asari-Toru Local Government Area of the state. […]