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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

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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 […]

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Metuh’s Application To Travel Abroad For Medical Treatment Suffers Set Back In Court

Daily Dispatch March 15, 2018

The long-expected ruling on the application to travel abroad for medical treatment by former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olisa Metuh, on Thursday, suffered another setback as the judge asked parties to submit authorities as a condition for ruling. After listening to arguments of both parties, Justice Okon Abang, the trial judge, asked

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Senate probes Samsung’s alleged abuse of Nigeria’s financial policy

Daily Dispatch March 15, 2018

The Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff has begun investigation into allegations of abuse of Federal Government’s Financial Policy by Samsung Electronics. The chairman of the committee, Hope Uzodinma, told journalists in Abuja on Thursday that some foreign companies, including Samsung, were importing finished goods into the country in the guise that they were