BUSINESS

Ghana urges Nigeria’s Government to establish Mining Company

Daily Dispatch July 31, 2017

Ghanaian government has urged its Nigerian counterpart to consider establishing a national mining company to compete actively with those in the private sector for rapid development of the sector. The Ghanaian Minister of Land & Natural Resources, John-Peter Amewu, made these comments during

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Just 10 days in office, Trump fires communications director

Daily Dispatch July 31, 2017

US President Donald Trump has removed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci from the role just 10 days after appointing him, US media report. Trump removed Scaramucci at the request of John Kelly, who took over as White House chief of staff Monday, the New York Times reported. Scaramucci had issued a profanity-filled tirade against […]

Politics

Bode George Gets Key To Lagos PDP Secretariat

Daily Dispatch July 31, 2017

Chief Olabode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), on Monday said he had received the key to the sealed secretariat of the party in the state. George spoke with newsmen in Ikeja after emerging from a meeting at the office of the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni. The police had […]

Politics

Devolution of Power: Senators to re-strategise

Daily Dispatch July 31, 2017

The Deputy President of the Senate, Mr Ike Ekweremadu, said proposed amendments to the 1999 Constitution dropped by the National Assembly may be adopted in a review of the exercise. He said in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Uche Anichukwu, that the rejection of the proposals was not “the end of […]

NEWS

Nigeria’s Minister Elected Vice-Chair WTO Ministerial Conference

Daily Dispatch July 31, 2017

Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, has been elected Vice-Chairperson (Africa) for the 11th World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference. The UN trade agency said Mr. Enelamah’s election alongside two others was decided at the meeting of the WTO General Council in Geneva on July 26. “At a General Council meeting on 26 […]

BUSINESS

FG pledges support to $18b Dangote refinery

Daily Dispatch July 31, 2017

Dr Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has promised adequate incentive support to the $18 billion Dangote refinery to fast track its completion in Lagos. Kachikwu gave the assurance during a facility tour of the refinery on Monday in Lagos. Dangote refinery is situated at Lekki Free Trade Zone in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos. […]