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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

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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. […]

NEWS

U.S to train NSCDC operatives on counter-terrorism in Borno

Daily Dispatch August 1, 2017

The U.S says it will train and provide technical support to personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to enhance its operations in the counter-terrorism campaign. Mr Michael Bonner, the Senior Police Advisor U.S. Embassy, stated this when he visited Ibrahim Abdullahi, the state NSCDC Commandant in Maiduguri on Tuesday. Bonner said […]

In new video, Boko Haram reveals life in Sambisa, vows to fight on +video

Daily Dispatch August 1, 2017

The Boko Haram sect has released a new video, vowing to sustain the battle with the country. In the 29-minute video believed to have been shot in Sambisa forest, the group showed its men going about their normal business. Some of them were seen in a local bakery, a few on their farmlands, while others […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Trump To Sign Anti-Russia Sanctions ‘Very Soon,’ U.S. Vice President Says

Daily Dispatch August 1, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump will “very soon” sign legislation to strengthen sanctions against Russia, Vice President Mike Pence said on Tuesday in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. “President Trump has called on Russia to cease its destabilising activities,” Pence said wile addressing newsmen with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvrikashvili in Tbilisi. “Russia

Villa staff put on standby for Buhari’s return

Daily Dispatch August 1, 2017

All is now set for President Muhammadu Buhari’s return from the United Kingdom as State House staff have been put on standby. Daily Trust learnt that some family members of the president and his wife’s security aides arrived Abuja yesterday. An aide to the wife of the president hinted that Mrs Aisha Buhari might also […]