NEWS

Itse Sagay’s signature being forged to defraud Nigerians – FG raises alarm

Daily Dispatch July 25, 2017

The Federal Government has raised fresh alarm over an orchestrated plot by fraudsters to discredit the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption (PACAC)-led by Itse Sagay. According to the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, PACAC’s letter head and stamp as well as the

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INEC now to conduct local government elections-Senate

Daily Dispatch July 25, 2017

‎The Senate has taken away the power of the State Independent Electoral Commissions to conduct local governments elections. That power has bow been given to the Independent National Electoral Commission. The resolution of the Senate came after a prayer by Senator Dino Melaye during the ongoing consideration of the amendment of the 1999 C‎onstitution. Melaye […]

NEWS

World needs $94trn for infrastructure by 2040

Daily Dispatch July 25, 2017

The world needs to spend 94 trillion dollars in global infrastructure by 2040 to eliminate infrastructure deficit, the G20-backed Global Infrastructure Hub (GIH) said on Tuesday. The GIH said to close the spending gap, annual infrastructure spending needs to rise to 3.5 percent from 3 percent of global gross domestic product. The report details how […]

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EU earmarks 2.1million euros to reduce proliferation of small arms in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch July 25, 2017

The European Union says it has earmarked €2.1m for the reduction of proliferation of illegal small arms and light weapons in Nigeria. The Head of EU delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS on small arms and light weapons project, Mr Michel Arrion, disclosed this on Monday in Uyo at a two-day stakeholders’ forum. Arrion, who was […]

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Obasanjo, Jonathan, Buhari are colonial masters who rule Nigeria without accountability-Pastor Tunde Bakare

Daily Dispatch July 25, 2017

The senior pastor of Latter Rain Assembly (LRA), Tunde Bakare, says President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessors are colonial masters, who ruled Nigeria without accountability. The fiery preacher who stated this while speaking to members of his church on Sunday, said many Africans travel abroad and complain they are being mistreated by colonial masters, while […]

HEALTH

Aisha Buhari calls for joint efforts to eradicate maternal death

Daily Dispatch July 25, 2017

The Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Tuesday called on well-meaning Nigerians and development partners to complement the Federal Government efforts to eradicate preventable child and maternal death. Buhari made the call while performing the ground breaking ceremony of a 250-bed Specialist Hospital project by the Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NOWA) in