BUSINESS

Influx of fairly used tyres forced Dunlop, Michelin out of Nigeria-SON

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2017

The Coordinator of Standard Organisation of Nigeria in Kwara, Mr Sunday Yashim, has said that the influx of fairly used tyres forced the two major tyre manufacturers in Nigeria, Dunlop and Michelin, to relocate to Ghana. Yashim said SON is determined to rid Nigeria of imported fairly used and

NEWS

Sokoto: Interpol, NDLEA, others, seize 881.100kgs of illicit drugs

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2017

The Interpol, National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency( NDLEA), and other relevant agencies, have seized 881.100kgs of illicit drugs as a result of a joint operation conducted in Sokoto State, as well as the Nigeria-Niger border. The Chairman of the agency, retired Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah, disclosed this in Sokoto on Friday at the closing ceremony […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

North Korea threatens to take ‘corresponding measures’ if UN adopts sanctions

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2017

North Korea on Friday threatened to take “corresponding measures” if the UN Security Council adopts another sanctions resolution in response to the North’s test-launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) on July 4. The North’s foreign ministry said in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency that the ICBM test was an exercise […]

NEWS

BREAKING: Osun Permanent Secretary, Olufunke Oluwakemi murdered in Kogi

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2017

The Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Mrs Olufunke Oluwakemi Kolawole has been murdered around Okene, in Kogi State, on her way to Abuja on Thursday. Kolawole had left Osogbo in the early hours of Thursday for Abuja, to felicitate with her friend, who is the Solicitor General in the state on her confirmation as […]

Politics

Supreme Court Judgement: PDP To Grant Amnesty To Sheriff Faction

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2017

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Caretaker Committee Chairman said on Thursday in Abuja that the party’s leadership tussle was a “hard battle.” The committee’s spokesperson also announced that ‘amnesty’ would be granted to the Sheriff faction of the party. Mr. Makarfi spoke when he received a delegation of the PDP former ministers forum led […]

LEAD STORY 2

UN envoy urges Security Council to strengthen support for fight against Boko Haram, other dissidents

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2017

Mohammed Chambers, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to West Africa and the Sahel, has called on the Security Council to strengthen support for the fight against Boko Haram and other groups standing as security threat in the sub-region. Chambas, who is also Head of the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWAS), in his […]