NEWS

Scholarship: PTDF shortlists candidate for Ph.D

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2017

No fewer than 1008 candidates have been shortlisted by the Petroleum Development  Technology Fund (PTDF) for selection under the Ph.D scholarship category for 2017/2018 academic year. A statement signed by Mr Kalu Otisi, Head Press and Public Relations, on Wednesday in Abuja, said the selection

LEAD STORY 2

Reps probe N1.4bn loan by employment directorate

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2017

The House of Representatives’ Public Accounts Committee has set up a six man panel to further investigate an alleged disbursement of N1.47 billion loan to unspecified beneficiaries by the Nigeria Directorate of Employment (NDE). The resolution followed the consideration of a query by the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation in 2011, requesting […]

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Breaking: Court Orders Temporary Forfeiture Of Assets Linked To Diezani

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2017

The Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of an estate in Banana Island, Lagos.  The court also ordered the forfeiture of 37.5m US dollars alleged to have been fraudulently siphoned by a Former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Deizani Alison Madueke. Presiding Justice Chuka Obiozor made the forfeiture order after listening […]

Politics

Anambra polls: Senator Andy Uba leads 40 senators to pick APC ticket

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2017

Senator Andy Uba has picked up the ticket to contest the governorship election in Anambra state. The senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District is one of the leading aspirants of the APC for the election. He was accompanied to the APC national secretariat to pick up his form of interest by 40 senators in the […]

NEWS

NDLEA seizes 1.168 tonnes of illicit drugs, arrest 101 suspects in Kaduna

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2017

The Kaduna State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it had seized 1.168 tonnes of illicit drugs and arrested 101 suspected drug traffickers in the state from January to June. The Commander of the agency, Mr Samuel Azige, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Man kills 17 persons to cover up earlier murder of two

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2017

A twenty-eight-year-old man admitted killing 19 people, including his parents and three children, when he went on trial in southwest China on Wednesday, the court said. After returning to his home village in Yunnan province on September 28 last year, Yang Qingpei murdered his parents when they refused to give him money, the Qujing City […]