NEWS

Biafra: South-South disowns secession plans, expresses confidence in one Nigeria

Daily Dispatch June 1, 2017

The clamour for the rebirth of the defunct Biafra Republic received another deadly blow on Thursday as another ethnic group has distanced itself from the agitation. The South-South Progressive Coalition has therefore warned the Indigenous People of Biafra and the Movement for the Actualization

BUSINESS

Naira expected to be stable due to dollar flows

Daily Dispatch June 1, 2017

The Nigerian naira is seen stable across the board in the near term on increased dollar supply to both the official interbank window and the black market. It has been trading around 382 to the dollar on the black market in the last two weeks, while at the interbank market the naira was trading at […]

TOP STORIES

Breaking: Lawmakers in near fisticuffs as Reps reject South East Devt Commission

Daily Dispatch June 1, 2017

Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday in a rowdy session rejected a bill that seeks to establish the South East Development Commission. The rejection of the bill followed a heated debate that divided the lawmakers on regional base. The lawmakers took about one and half hours in debating the bill, at the end […]

NEWS

Breaking: Policeman dies in NDDC MD’s convoy road accident

Daily Dispatch June 1, 2017

The convoy of the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Nsima U. Ekere, has been involved in a road accident. The incident, which occurred along the Calabar-Itu Road, when a trailer ran into the pilot vehicle carrying policemen attached to the NDDC Managing Director, who was on his way to Calabar to receive the Acting President, […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

UK police arrest woman over alleged Liberian war torture

Daily Dispatch June 1, 2017

The British police on Thursday said that they had arrested a 51-year-old woman in London on suspicion of torture during the civil war in Liberia over 25 years ago. The police said that the woman was arrested in the east of the capital and searches were being carried out at two addresses in east London […]

BUSINESS NEWS

FADAMA designed to boost Nigeria’s food production – World Bank

Daily Dispatch June 1, 2017

Dr Adetunji Oredipe, ‎the World Bank Task Team Leader, says the Graduate Unemployment Youths Support Scheme (GUYSS) will enhance food production and create job opportunities in Nigeria. Oredipe told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday that GUYSS was a new initiative of the World Bank-assisted FADAMA III Additional Financing (AF) programme. He said […]