NEWS

Dangote donates N50m to victims of Ife clash

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has donated money and equipment worth over N50m to victims of the March 8 clash between Hausa and Yoruba persons in Ile-Ife. The Managing Director of Dangote Foundation, Mrs. Suera Yusuf, who represented Dangote said this during the presentation of

BUSINESS

We are not on Etisalat board – NCC

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that it was not among the members of the new board of Etisalat. The Director of Public Affairs, NCC, Mr Tony Ojobo said this in a statement on Saturday in Lagos. Ojobo said that the attention of the commission had been drawn to a report by some media […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Another fire disaster renders London market useless

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

Just about four weeks after the residential building popularly known as Grenfell Tower was ravaged by fire in West London, which left no fewer than 80 people dead, another blaze has destroyed the Camden Lock Market. The fire, which started in the early hours of Monday, rendered the Market, which is a popular tourist destination […]

TOP STORIES

Breaking: Supreme Court affirms Obaseki as Edo State governor

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed Godwin Obaseki as the validly elected governor of Edo State. In affirming Obaseki as the governor, the apex court dismissed the appeal filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. The court said the appeal by Ize-Iyamu challenging the election of Obaseki, who was the […]

NEWS

Hajj Fare: NAHCON Boss urges intending pilgrims to pay balance

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has urged 2017 intending pilgrims, who had paid the initial deposits for the exercise, to pay the balance immediately. Alhaji Yusuf Ibrahim, the NAHCON Commissioner in charge of Policy, Administration and Finance, made the plea on Sunday in Lagos. Ibrahim spoke at a meeting of stakeholders and Ulama (Islamic […]

NEWS

59 ex-militants obtain degrees from Benson Idahosa University, 12 with first class

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

The Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brigadier General Paul Boroh, has said 12 out of 59 ex-militants who graduated from the Benson Idahosa University, Edo State bagged First Class Honours. Boroh, also Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in […]