BUSINESS

CBN Pledges To Combat Money Laundering, Ensure Sound Financial System

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has taken necessary steps to ensure that the Nigerian banking sector is not used to launder money in or out of the country or for any other form of illegal activities. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, said this on Monday in Abuja at the opening

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Mokwa-Jebba bridge attracts Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday visited the collapsed Mokwa-Jebba Bridge in Niger State for on-the-spot assessment of the damage where he promised that the bridge would be repair within two weeks. He was accompanied by Niger State Governor Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello and Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola. Osinbajo said […]

Politics

Ize-Iyamu congratulates Obaseki over Supreme Court verdict

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2016 Governorship election in Edo, Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has congratulated the State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, on his victory at the Supreme Court on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ize-Iyamu congratulated Obaseki in a statement personally signed by him. He said, […]

NEWS

Bill on Amnesty for Looters will encourage corruption with impunity- CACOL

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership has condemned in very strong terms the Bill before the House of Representatives seeking Amnesty for perpetrators of corruption. The Centre also called on Nigerians to mandate their Representatives to ensure that the pro-corruption bill does not become an Act by rejecting it wholesomely. The proposed law seeks […]

NEWS

Cross River Communal Clash: Claim of 150 dead, 1233 Houses Destroyed Were Untrue,-CP Inuwa

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, has been told that figures of 150 dead and no fewer than 1233 houses destroyed in a communal clash which broke out in two communities within Cross River State were false and untrue. Lt. Gen. Dambazau who was on a fact finding visit to Cross River […]

NEWS

First storey in Nigeria records 7,433 visitors in 6 months

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

The first storey in Nigeria located in Badagry, Lagos State, recorded 7,433 visitors from January 2017 to July 2017. Mr Hodonu Daniel, the officer in charge of the building , told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry that the tourists that visited the 171-year-old structure in the first half of 2017 were higher  […]