TOP STORIES

Breaking: Court remands Sule Lamido in prison custody

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2017

A Jigawa State Magistrate Court has remanded former governor of the state, Sule Lamido, in prison custody. Mr. Lamido is to be in the Dutse prison until May 4 when applications for his bail will be decided, Chief Magistrate Usman Lamin ruled. The magistrate said he needed time to decide on the

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Buhari’s health: Obasanjo, Babangida, Abdulsalami in closed door meeting

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2017

Three former Heads of State – Generals Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar – on Monday met behind closed doors over the health status of President Muhammadu Buhari. The meeting, which took place in the Hilltop Mansion of Babangida in Minna, the Niger State capital, was said to have taken place between “late […]

TOP STORIES

We Will Continue To Be Efficient And Make Every Naira Count – Adeosun

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2017

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has outlined some steps on how Nigeria’s economy should be taken out of recession. She was one of the guests on the 2017 special May Day edition of the programme, The Platform; a lecture series organised by the Covenant Christian Center Lagos. While addressing Nigeria’s financial crisis, Mrs […]

BUSINESS

We have started moving out of recession-Adeosun

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2017

The minister of finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, yesterday said the nation’s economy has started moving out recession as President Muhammadu Buhari’s- led administration was bringing a lot of efficiency into government spending and infrastructure. Speaking during a flagship programme of Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos, the minister said the government in the short-term has to

NEWS

Dino Melaye is a failed Senator, a regret of Kogi-David Onoja

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2017

Edward David Onoja, the Chief of Staff to Kogi state Governor Yahya Bello, has referred to Senator Dino Melaye as a failed senator and the ‘regret’ of Kogi. Onoja said this in a statement on Monday wherein he reacted to a trending video of an interview posted by a television station under a banner headline […]

Politics

Buhari’s enemies are pushing him to contest in 2019- Adedeji Doherty

Daily Dispatch May 2, 2017

Former gubernatorial aspirant in Lagos State, Adedeji Doherty, has opined that those asking President Muhammadu Buhari to seek a second term are his enemies. Doherty, a former acting National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, state this while speaking with The Sun on Tuesday. He also stressed that the PDP will bounce back […]