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N11billion worth of products diverted: Andy Uba returns N2billion

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2017

The Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC) on Wednesday, July 12, said the chairman of Capital Oil Ifeanyi Ubah has returned part of the money from the diverted petroleum products. The chief operating officer of the Petroleum Pricing and Marketing Company (PPMC) Nkem Obi said Ubah

Politics

Supreme Court Judgment: Sheriff expresses shock, promises to fight back through grassroots

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2017

Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff, on Thursday revealed his next line of action, saying he would continue to demand that the party is given back to the “owners at the grassroots.” Sheriff also disclosed that he would demand that owners of the party at the “grassroots always elect their party […]

LEAD STORY 2

Buhari commiserate with Akande over death of his wife

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed “heart-felt” sadness over the death of Madam Omowunmi Bisi Akande, wife of the founding chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC).   The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said this in a statement on Thursday.   Shehu said that in a […]

BUSINESS

Nigeria commitment to global oil market stability-Kachikwu assures

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2017

Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to continue working with other players for the stability of the global oil market. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Head of its Delegation to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries Conference, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, gave this assurance in Abuja on Wednesday during a world press […]

TOP STORIES

Police Over Stressed With 300,000 Officers and Men Manning 180 Million People – NASS

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2017

The National Assembly has stated that the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) is over stressed in all ramification as it has 300,000 officers and men manning 180 million people. This Ratio, the Speaker House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara says is below the United Nations recommendation of 1 to 400 people population Ratio. This was at a […]

NEWS

Gov. Nysome Wike Urges Army To Assist Police In Stemming Kidnapping, Cultism

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2017

Gov. Nysome Wike of Rivers has called on the Nigerian Army to assist the Police in tackling kidnapping and cultism in the country. Wike made the call on Thursday when he received the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, saying that the two vices should not be left to the police alone. He pledged to continue […]