INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Floods kill at least five as storms thrash Italy

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2017

At least five people have died in violent rainstorms sweeping across Italy on Sunday, with the Tuscan city of Livorno taking the brunt of the flooding, fire services said. Four people from the same family were found dead in a flooded house in the city, where 40 centimetres (one foot, 4 inches)

NEWS

5m Nigerians benefit from amnesty programme

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2017

Retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh, the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, says no fewer than five million people in the Niger Delta region have benefited from the initiative since 2009. Boroh, who is also the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, disclosed this in Akure shortly after receiving an award as Niger Delta […]

NEWS

Mrs AISHA ALHASSAN DENIES LINKING EL RUFAI WITH KIDNAPPING OF CHIBOK GIRLS

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2017

“The Attention Of The Minister Of Women Affairs, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan Has Been Drawn To a Statement Allegedly Made By Her Governor Nasir Elrufai. The Statement Allegedly Made By Her Is Another Ploy By Mischief Makers To Tarnish Her Hard Earned Reputation. The Current APC Government Under President Buhari Inherited Series Of Problems From […]

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Ex-Arik directors sue FG, Ethiopian Airlines over takeover reports

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2017

Lawyers representing former directors of Arik Air have filed a N20 billion suit against the federal government and Ethiopian Airlines over recent claims of negotiating the takeover of the airline. The suit was instituted at the federal high court, Lagos, against Ethiopian Airlines, the federal ministry of transportation and the attorney general of the federation (AGF).

BUSINESS

NNPC stockpiles petrol to sustain price crash

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2017

A daily record of operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disclosed the corporation’s plans to sustain the petrol pump price crash it started last week with a healthy build-up of stocks. Records obtained Saturday from both the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) and NNPC’s Crude Oil Marketing Department (COMD), indicated that,

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Ribadu’s curious promotion started massive corruption in police – Misau

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2017

Isah Misau, senator representing Bauchi central, says the “curious promotion” of Nuhu Ribadu, a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was the beginning of a “massive scale” corruption in the police. In an interview with PUNCH, Misau said Ribadu was promoted from the position of an assistant commissioner of police to […]