BUSINESS

BoI seeks N1trn to finance economic recovery plan

Daily Dispatch May 14, 2017

The Bank of Industry is seeking to raise about N1tn from local and international sources to finance the industrial component of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan. The Acting Managing Director, BoI, Mr. Waheed Olagunju, stated this in Abuja at the 57th Annual General Meeting of the bank. The

NEWS

LATE VETERAN MOVIE ACTOR,PASTOR AJIDARA FOR BURIAL MAY 26

Daily Dispatch May 14, 2017

The late Veteran Movie Actor,Prince Adesina Adesanya popularly known as ‘Pastor Ajidara’ in the theatre industry is to be buried on May 26 at his private residence in Abeokuta,Ogun State Capital. The Burial Planning Committee Chairman,Bolaji Amusan made this known in a statement made available to our correspondent in Abeokuta,in which he equally disclosed other

TOP STORIES

North must complete two-term if anything happens to Buhari- Junaid Muhammed

Daily Dispatch May 14, 2017

Second Republic House of Representatives member, Junaid Muhammed, has said that if President Muhammadu Buhari fails to continue to lead the country due to his ill health, the North will insist on another two terms in 2019. Mohammed, who made the remark while frowning at the current zoning system in the All Progressives Congress, APC, […]

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Presidency yet to receive 2017 budget after 3 days of passage by NASS

Daily Dispatch May 14, 2017

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is yet to receive the 2017 Appropriation Bill, 72 hours after it was passed by the National Assembly. The Presidency has confirmed it was still awaiting the passed budget from the legislature. Osinbajo’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement on his Twitter […]

EDUCATION

UTME: Hitch-free examination in most North East states

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2017

The Computer-Based Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination was conducted without hitches by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in all the states of the North East, with the exception of Borno State, where delays were experienced at the University of Maiduguri centres following multiple bomb blasts. The News Agency of Nigeria Correspondents who visited the

BUSINESS

Reps directs NNPC to disclose cost of imported petrol

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2017

The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Review of Pump Price of Petrol has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC and its subsidiaries to make public the true cost of imported petrol. The Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Raphael Igbokwe, gave the directive in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]