Politics

2019: Niger Delta youths back Shakarau for presidency

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2017

A coalition of Niger Delta youth groups have called on former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, to come out and declare his intention to contest for the 2019 presidential election. Chairman of the coalition, Wilson Harry, who spoke, on Monday, in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital,

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Daily Dispatch September 11, 2017

 

BUSINESS

Shoreline Energy signs $300m gas deal with Shell

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2017

Nigerian energy company Shoreline has signed a $300 million agreement with the local unit of Shell to develop gas infrastructure around the commercial capital, Lagos, both companies said on Monday. Shell said in June that it would place more emphasis on gas rather than oil in the West African country, which has the world’s ninth-largest […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Hurricane Irma kills 10 in Cuba

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2017

At least 10 people were killed as Hurricane Irma ripped through Cuba over the weekend, the country’s civil defense organization said Monday. “The unfortunate loss of 10 human lives has been reported so far,” in several parts of the island, including Havana, the agency said in a statement. The civil defense said the causes of […]

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Troops kill many Boko Haram terrorists in ambush

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2017

The Nigerian Army claimed early Monday that its troops of Operation Lafiya Dole, in the North East, killed many Boko Haram terrorists in ambush at the early hours of Sunday, even as its counterpart, the Nigerian Air Force said it struck some buildings occupied by the terrorists in a bomb raid, killing many terrorists. The claims […]

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2017 Hajj: Kebbi announces death of 4 pilgrims

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2017

The Kebbi State Pilgrims’ Welfare Agency on Monday said that four out of its 4,929 pilgrims died while performing this year’s hajj in Saudi Arabia. The state chairman of the agency, Alhaji Bala Sakaba, said in Birnin Kebbi that two of the deceased died after a brief illness. “The remaining two died while performing the […]