EDUCATION

440,000 candidates write JAMB exams in 2 days – Oloyede

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2017

No fewer than 440,000 candidates have sat for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations within two days across the country. The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is’haq Oloyede made this known in Abuja on Monday during a tour of the examination centres

LEAD STORY 2

Excess car pollution killed 38,000 in 2015 – Report

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2017

“Excess” diesel truck and car emissions claimed about 38,000 lives worldwide in 2015, said a study Monday that sought to quantify deaths due to pollution that carmakers sought to hide. Four-fifths of these additional premature deaths due to nitrogen oxide (NOx) pollution occurred in three regions — the European Union, China and India, researchers reported […]

TOP STORIES

$3m Lagos hotel: Yari did not have a plot of land in Lagos –NGF

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2017

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has denied reports that the Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, is building a $3m hotel in Lagos with monies stolen from the Paris London Club refunds to state governments. The Head, Media and Public Affairs of the NGF, Mr. Abulrazque Barkindo, who described the media reports as worrisome in a statement on […]

Politics

SGF: Cabal hijack Buhari’s government – Ex-CPC menbers …demand Galadima, Momoh as Babachir’s replacement

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2017

Former members of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC) have taken their advocacy to the Nasarawa state governor Tanko Al-Makura and the National Assembly members to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari for on appointment of Engr. Bubak Galadima or Prince Tony Momoh as the replacement for the suspended Secretary to the Government of the […]

TOP STORIES

US, UK, Norway, EFCC investigate UK firm over deal with Tompolo

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2017

Anti-corruption investigators in four countries are examining a British firm’s links to a multimillion-pound defence deal involving a former Nigerian warlord, Government‎ Ekpemupolo. Ekpemupolo is popularly known as Tompolo. Investigators in the UK, the US, Nigeria (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) and Norway are scrutinising Cas-Global after it was alleged that

BUSINESS

ABU graduate establishes fertiliser plant, creates employment for 300 youths

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2017

Malam Hayatuddeen Musa-Hassan, a graduate of Chemical Engineering from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, on Monday said his company had provided job opportunities to over 300 people. Musa-Hassan, who is the Managing Director, Linksite El-Hyatt Nigeria Limited, Zaria, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Zaria, Kaduna State. […]