NEWS

Nigeria generates 24m tonnes of waste annually – Expert

Daily Dispatch August 1, 2017

Nigeria currently generates 24 million tonnes of waste annually at refuse dumpsites across the country, an environmental expert has said. Dr Chukwukelo Chukwogo, the Managing Director of Boskel Nigeria, made the claim in the official bulletin of University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), a copy of

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

All U.S. diplomatic cars leave Moscow – Sputnik correspondent

Daily Dispatch August 1, 2017

All the vehicles having diplomatic license plates have left the territory of the U.S. Embassy’s former compound, located in the Serebryany Bor area, the outskirts of Moscow, a Sputnik correspondent reported Tuesday. The correspondent specified that the last two U.S. embassy employees locked the gates of the summer house before leaving. Moscow announced on July […]

NEWS

Police Bursts Criminal Hideout In Uyo Ravene, Arrests 24, Recovers Four Abducted Ladies, Stolen Items

Daily Dispatch August 1, 2017

Men of the Nigeria Police Force, Akwa Ibom State command, on Monday raided the well known notorious Eka street ravene in Uyo and arrested 24 suspected armed robbers, kidnappers, drug addicts and other criminals. The raid, according to the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Chukwu Ikechukwu followed a security report of criminal activities which has […]

TOP STORIES

BREAKING: Gov. Yahaya Bello, Kogi CP storm House of Assembly, stop plenary from holding

Daily Dispatch August 1, 2017

The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, and the State Commissioner of Police (CP), Wilson Inalegwu, on Tuesday locked up the Kogi State House of Assembly Complex to prevent plenary from taking place. According to a source who spoke to DAILY POST, the development was an attempt to halt the planned removal of the Majority […]

BUSINESS

Drops in global oil prices responsible for lack of jobs in the nation’s petroleum- PTDF Boss

Daily Dispatch August 1, 2017

The Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, Dr. Bello Gusau, has decried the lack of jobs in the nation’s oil and gas industry for many of the Nigerians trained by the PTDF. The PTDF was established by the Federal Government for the training of Nigerians to qualify as graduates, professionals, technicians and craftsmen […]

LEAD STORY 2

Ezekwesili: Kidnap of policewomen in Borno replay of Chibok abduction, as group protest march to Aso Rock

Daily Dispatch August 1, 2017

Oby Ezekwesili, co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group, says it is sad the federal government is denying there are no policewomen in Boko Haram captivity. She said this when the group marched to Aso Rock, Nigeria’s seat of power, to press for the release of the 113 Chibok girls still in captivity. […]