BUSINESS

Nigeria, others lose over $300b in oil investments in three years – Kachikwu

Daily Dispatch July 31, 2017

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, on Monday lamented the loss of over $300 billion in oil investments globally in three years. Kachikwu said this was due to the decline in oil price. Kachikwu, who stated this at the 2017 Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Nigeria

EDUCATION

OLD STUDENTS DONATE E-LIBRARY TO SCHOOL.

Daily Dispatch July 31, 2017

‎The Old Students Association Lisabi Grammar School Abeokuta under the aegis of 1997 on Thursday commissioned and donated an E-library for students of the school, after 20 years of passing out of the institution. The President General of the association,  Dr. Olumide Sorunmu said that the library was donated by the members as part of […]

BUSINESS

Ghana urges Nigeria’s Government to establish Mining Company

Daily Dispatch July 31, 2017

Ghanaian government has urged its Nigerian counterpart to consider establishing a national mining company to compete actively with those in the private sector for rapid development of the sector. The Ghanaian Minister of Land & Natural Resources, John-Peter Amewu, made these comments during a stakeholder’s conference in Abuja. Amewu said Nigeria should begin to look

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Just 10 days in office, Trump fires communications director

Daily Dispatch July 31, 2017

US President Donald Trump has removed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci from the role just 10 days after appointing him, US media report. Trump removed Scaramucci at the request of John Kelly, who took over as White House chief of staff Monday, the New York Times reported. Scaramucci had issued a profanity-filled tirade against […]

Politics

Bode George Gets Key To Lagos PDP Secretariat

Daily Dispatch July 31, 2017

Chief Olabode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), on Monday said he had received the key to the sealed secretariat of the party in the state. George spoke with newsmen in Ikeja after emerging from a meeting at the office of the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni. The police had […]

Politics

Devolution of Power: Senators to re-strategise

Daily Dispatch July 31, 2017

The Deputy President of the Senate, Mr Ike Ekweremadu, said proposed amendments to the 1999 Constitution dropped by the National Assembly may be adopted in a review of the exercise. He said in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Uche Anichukwu, that the rejection of the proposals was not “the end of […]