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MRA Calls for Speedy Presidential Assent to Digital Rights and Freedom Bill

Daily Dispatch March 16, 2018

Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill into law as soon as he receives it from the National Assembly, saying it is the most practical way for his Administration to demonstrate its support for Internet freedom for Nigerians.

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[BREAKING] Olusosun dump : Three pupils collapse as smoke forces closure of schools

Daily Dispatch March 16, 2018

Three pupils of Ikosi High School, Ketu, have reportedly collapsed following heavy smoke from the Olusosun dump in Ojota area. The environmental pollution, which began on Wednesday after a fire outbreak at the site, has forced many residents and business owners to run for safety. On Friday when our correspondent visited Ikosi, primary and secondary […]

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GL 09 now entry point for Engineers in public service

Daily Dispatch March 16, 2018

The National Council on Establishment (NCE) has approved an enhanced entry point of salary Grade Level 09 for engineers in the public service. The approval is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the council’s 40th meeting that ended on Friday in Owerri, Imo. The communiqué, read by Mr Rufus Godwins, Head of […]

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Abducted nurse becomes Boko Haram member, sends warning WhatsApp message

Daily Dispatch March 16, 2018

The nurse abducted by Boko Haram in Rann, KalaBalge local government of Borno a fortnight ago has sent a message to her WhatsApp contacts. In the message, written in Hausa, the 24-year old girl, Hauwa Muhammad Liman called on the recipients who are in her WhatsApp contact list to return to the path of God. […]

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Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs condemn protest against training/empowerment programme for displace Bakassi youths and women

Daily Dispatch March 16, 2018

The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has condemned the protest organised by some people in Cross River state against ongoing training and empowerment programme for displaced Bakassi youth and women. The organisers of the protest had on Wednesday stage a protest against the training and empowerment programme organised by the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs […]

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Poor services: CHRSJ to picket telecom companies and pay television

Daily Dispatch March 15, 2018

*Gives affected firms October 1st deadline to offer quality service A civil rights organisation, Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has expressed its readiness to picket and disrupt business activities in telecoms and pay television service providing companies in the country. In a statement issued by the Executive Chairman of the organisation, Comrade […]