LEAD STORY 1

Aisha Buhari to Senator: Hyenas, jackals will be ejected from my husband’s kingdom

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2017

The wife of the President, Hajia Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday took on the representative of Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, on comments credited to him on the absence of her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari, from the country. Senator Sani had said in a message with

TOP STORIES

Nigeria strategises to beat inflation by 2020

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2017

Nigeria has resolved to bring down the inflation rate to a single digit by 2020 and rates dip consecutively in four months. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) May 2017 report, released in Abuja on June 14, indicated that the country’s inflation dropped to 16.25 per cent in May […]

BUSINESS

We have subsisting agreement to use Etisalat as brand name in Nigeria — EMTS

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2017

The Management of Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited, trading as Etisalat Nigeria, has said it has a subsisting agreement for the continued usage of the brand name. The management of the company said this in reaction to the three weeks ultimatum given it by United Arabs Emirate-based Etisalat Group to stop the usage of the […]

NEWS

FG pays N701.6billion intervention funds to GENCOs-Fashola

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2017

The Federal Government has commenced disbursement of the N701.9 billion intervention funds to Power Generation Companies, GENCOs as part of its efforts to ensure improved electricity supply. The N701 billion was approved for Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading, NBET, under the Power Purchase Guarantee Funds to enable it pay for power purchased. Minister of Power Works and

NEWS

EFCC investigator exposes ex-NIMASA DG, others over stolen N754m

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

Mr Chukwudi Orji, an EFCC investigator, on Monday at an Ikeja High Court revealed in graphic details how a former Director-General of NIMASA and five other staff members stole N754 million belonging to the agency. Orji made the revelations while testifying at the ongoing trial of Patrick Akpobolokemi, the ex-DG of the Nigerian Maritime Administration […]

LEAD STORY 2

NTA reporter shot dead in Benin

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

A reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Benin, Mr Lawrence Okojie, was allegedly shot dead by gunmen on Saturday night in Benin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Okojie was said reported to have been killed around Ogunola Junction, off Siluko Road. The spokesman of the State Police Command, DSP Moses Nkombe, […]