BUSINESS

Sterling Bank Opens Summer Camp On Coding Language

Daily Dispatch August 9, 2017

As part of an effort to improve digital literacy among children, Sterling Bank Plc, the one-customer bank, has opened a summer camp in Lagos to expose kids to coding language during the summer holidays. The fun-filled summer camp which is being organised in collaboration with Audax Code School

HEALTH

TY Danjuma Foundation To Provide Free Surgery To 100 Indigent Residents Of Ebonyi

Daily Dispatch August 9, 2017

TY Danjuma Foundation (TYDF) is collaborating with the Federal Ministry of Health to provide free surgery to indigent residents of Ebonyi State. Dr.Sunday Udo, Chief Executive Officer, TY Danjuma Foundation disclosed this when he who led a 6-man delegation on a courtesy visit to the Minister of State for Health, Dr.Osagie Ehanire. This was contained […]

BUSINESS

Lafarge To Merge Nigerian Units To Simplify Ownership

Daily Dispatch August 9, 2017

Lafarge Africa is consolidating its operations on the continent to simplify its ownership structure and activities, Wole Adeleke, the Head of Strategy, has said. In a notice to the stock exchange, Lafarge Africa said its board had asked the company to “undertake a business combination with United Cement Company of Nigeria Limited and Atlas Cement […]

Politics

Anambra gov election: Incumbency won’t stop PDP, says Oduah

Daily Dispatch August 9, 2017

Ahead of the November governorship election in Anambra state, Sen. Stella Oduah has said that the People’s Democratic Party will reclaim the state. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, Oduah who represents Anambra North in the Senate, said that the state had always been a PDP state. She said that not […]

NEWS

Police arrest 7 suspects in new underground kidnappers den

Daily Dispatch August 9, 2017

The police in Lagos have arrested seven suspected ritualists following the discovery of an underground kidnappers’ den at Obadeyi in Ijaye area of the state. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, told newsmen at the scene on Tuesday evening that the dungeon was discovered by joint efforts of security agents and members […]

TOP STORIES

NNPC recovers N328.9b debts from nine major marketers

Daily Dispatch August 9, 2017

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said it had recovered over N328.9 billion out of N349.8 billion debts from nine major petroleum marketers within the last one year. Adamu Hamisu-Danmusa, the EFCC Head of Operations, North West Zone, Kano, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Kano on Tuesday. Hamisu-Danmusa said the debts, which included legacy/bad […]