INTERNATIONAL NEWS

European Court Stops Deportation Of Islamist Sympathiser From Germany

Daily Dispatch August 2, 2017

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday stopped the deportation of an 18-year-old Islamist sympathiser and an alleged potential terrorist from the German port city of Bremen. A final decision is expected within the next month, said a spokesman for Bremen’s interior ministry. The

BUSINESS

Shell Shuts Down Key Supply Pipeline In Nigeria

Daily Dispatch August 2, 2017

Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell yesterday said it has shut down a key crude supply pipeline in Nigeria’s restive south because of a leak. Shell subsidiary the Shell Petroleum Development Corporation of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC), in a statement said the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) was shut on July 21 at B-Dere in Ogoniland. “Efforts are ongoing […]

BUSINESS

Total to boost Nigeria’s daily oil production

Daily Dispatch August 2, 2017

Total oil on Wednesday said that it would boost the Nigeria’s daily oil production by 200,000 barrels from 2018. Mr Nicolas Terraz, Managing Director of Total upstream said that the additional barrels would come from the company’s multi-billion dollar Egina Field Development. Mr Biodun Afolabi, Executive Director, Corporate Affairs and Services of Total spoke on […]

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Tinubu Denies Buying New Plane, describe the story as sensational, shoddy and false

Daily Dispatch August 2, 2017

The THISDAY story of Sunday, July 23, 2017 claiming Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has recently purchased a new airplane is symptomatic of what happens when a publication divorces itself from any pretence of objective and impartial reportage. This is what happens when a newspaper becomes a mercenary tool for partisan designs. THISDAY has a partisan axe […]

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I didn’t write judgement delivered in Saraki vs Sahara Reporters case – Mallam Yusuf Ali, SAN

Daily Dispatch August 2, 2017

An Ilorin, Kwara State-based Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mallam Yusuf Ali, has debunked the recent report of an online medium, Sahara Reporters, that he authored the judgement delivered by Justice A.S. Oyinloye of an Ilorin High Court in a libel action filed by the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, against Omoyele Sowore. This was […]

NEWS

BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap Lagos LG clerk, Shamsideen Omotayo

Daily Dispatch August 2, 2017

The Clerk of the House, Ikeja Local Government Area, Mr. Shamsideen Omotayo, has been kidnapped by gunmen in Imota, Ikorodu, Lagos State. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, confirmed the incident to newsmen.  “Details of the abduction is still sketchy,” he said. It was learnt that the kidnappers laid ambush for […]