NEWS

FG, Labour Agree To Review Minimum Wage

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

The President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, says the Federal Government and the organised Labour movement in the country have reached a consensus to review the National Minimum Wage. Wabba, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja, said

NEWS

UN Security Council to visit Nigeria in March

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has announced its plan to visit Nigeria next month over activities of Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East. The deputy spokesperson for the UN-secretary general Farhan Haq confirmed in New York that the visit has been scheduled to place in March. Haq said among issues to be discussed include […]

NEWS

Help Me My Family Are Hungry, Unfreeze My Account-Ozekhome Begs Court

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

Mike Ozekhome (SAN), a counsel to Ekiti state governor Ayo Fayose, has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to vacate the interim order allowing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to freeze his account with N75million in it. Nigerian Tribune reports that Ozekhome made the request in a motion on notice filed on […]

NEWS

The Gambia Crisis: Nigeria Threatens To Withdraw From ECOWAS

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

The Deputy Speaker, House of Representa­tives, Hon. Yusuf Sulaiman Lasun, has threatened that Nigeria would withdraw from funding the ECOWAS Parliament and other region­al organizations in Africa. He disclosed this to jour­nalists at the just concluded 2017 Extraordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament, in Abuja. His position was informed by the non-recognition of the

NEWS

Lagos plans 24-hr power supply with 3,000mw

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

Governor Akinwunmi Am­bode has disclosed plans by the Lagos State Gov­ernment to attain 24-hour pow­er supply by generating 3,000mw of electricity by 2022, even as he said the Federal Government alone cannot lead the nation to energy security. Speaking in Lagos after re­ceiving the report of his adminis­tration’s Embedded Power Tech­nical Committee, comprising

NEWS

NSCDC To Recruit 3,500 Personnel In 2017 – CG

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

The Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abdullahi Gana, says the agency plans to recruit an additional 3,500 personnel in 2017. Gana made this known on Wednesday while presenting the NSCDC’s 2017 budget of N61.4 billion before the House of Representatives Committee on Interior in Abuja. He said this is to […]