NEWS

N40bn: SERAP welcomes Saraki’s move to stop receiving pensions

Daily Dispatch August 2, 2017

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has welcomed Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki’s move to “stop receiving pensions from Kwara state, where he was the governor between 2003 and 2011. It urged Saraki to join it in the campaign to end unjust, unfair and discriminatory

LEAD STORY 2

Shun narratives that foment trouble, embrace those that unite us- Osinbajo tell Nigerians

Daily Dispatch August 2, 2017

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, urged Nigerians to exercise caution in their utterances and respect each other in their conversations and interactions to foster national unity.| Speaking at a seminar on national unity and stability at the DSS Training School, Bwari, Abuja, Osinbajo also advised the citizenry to shun all narratives which foment trouble […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Russia retaliates, takes over U.S house

Daily Dispatch August 2, 2017

Russian authorities on Wednesday took over a summer-house compound in Moscow leased by the U.S. embassy, five days after the Kremlin ordered Washington to slash its diplomatic presence in Russia. In retaliation for new U.S. sanctions, President Vladimir Putin has ordered the United States to cut around 60 per cent of its diplomatic staff in […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

U.S. returns Intercontinental Ballistic Missile to N/Korea

Daily Dispatch August 2, 2017

U.S. has tested an intercontinental ballistic missile Minuteman III at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, 30th Space Wing commander, Col. Michael Hough said in a statement on Wednesday. “The seamless partnership of Team V and our Air Force Global Strike Command mission partners has resulted in another safe Minuteman III operational test launch,” […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

European Court Stops Deportation Of Islamist Sympathiser From Germany

Daily Dispatch August 2, 2017

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday stopped the deportation of an 18-year-old Islamist sympathiser and an alleged potential terrorist from the German port city of Bremen. A final decision is expected within the next month, said a spokesman for Bremen’s interior ministry. The man from the Russian republic of Dagestan was, according […]

BUSINESS

Shell Shuts Down Key Supply Pipeline In Nigeria

Daily Dispatch August 2, 2017

Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell yesterday said it has shut down a key crude supply pipeline in Nigeria’s restive south because of a leak. Shell subsidiary the Shell Petroleum Development Corporation of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC), in a statement said the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) was shut on July 21 at B-Dere in Ogoniland. “Efforts are ongoing […]