NEWS

Bill on Amnesty for Looters will encourage corruption with impunity- CACOL

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership has condemned in very strong terms the Bill before the House of Representatives seeking Amnesty for perpetrators of corruption. The Centre also called on Nigerians to mandate their Representatives to ensure that the pro-corruption bill does not

NEWS

Cross River Communal Clash: Claim of 150 dead, 1233 Houses Destroyed Were Untrue,-CP Inuwa

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, has been told that figures of 150 dead and no fewer than 1233 houses destroyed in a communal clash which broke out in two communities within Cross River State were false and untrue. Lt. Gen. Dambazau who was on a fact finding visit to Cross River […]

NEWS

First storey in Nigeria records 7,433 visitors in 6 months

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

The first storey in Nigeria located in Badagry, Lagos State, recorded 7,433 visitors from January 2017 to July 2017. Mr Hodonu Daniel, the officer in charge of the building , told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry that the tourists that visited the 171-year-old structure in the first half of 2017 were higher  […]

NEWS

FG partners with UNWTO, CNN to boost Creative Industry

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

The Federal Government on Monday announced a tripartite partnership with the CNN and the UN World Tourism Organization to boost the Creative Industry in Nigeria, using the film industry as a pivot. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who announced the partnership in Lagos on Monday at the Creative Industry Roundtable, said […]

TOP STORIES

Breaking: Etisalat pulls out of Nigeria, issues ultimatum for name change

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

Abu Dhabi’s Etisalat has terminated its management agreement with its Nigerian arm and given the business time to phase out the brand in Nigeria, the chief executive of Etisalat International told Reuters on Monday. Nigerian regulators intervened last week to save Etisalat Nigeria from collapse after talks with its lenders to renegotiate a $1.2 billion […]

Politics

Breaking: Banire drags Lagos APC chairman to court, demands N500m

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

The National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress, Dr. Muiz Banire, has dragged the Chairman of the party in Lagos State, Chief Dele Ajomale, to court. Banire is demanding N500 million damages from Ajomale over alleged libelous publication. The case, instituted by Ekikhalo Chambers, on behalf of Banire, is premised on the publication of […]