BUSINESS

Forex fraud: Senate vows to publish names of importers, banks

Daily Dispatch April 13, 2017

Senate has vowed to publish names of importers and banks found culpable in ongoing investigation into over N30 trillion alleged foreign exchange frauds perpetrated between 2006 and 2017. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Customs, Sen. Hope Uzodinma, made this known on the second day of meeting

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Egypt identifies Alexandria church bomber as fugitive with militant ties

Daily Dispatch April 13, 2017

Egypt named the suicide bomber who attacked a cathedral in Alexandria as 31-year-old Mahmoud Abdullah, describing him as a fugitive with links to militant cells that carried out previous strikes in the country. Abdullah detonated his explosives at the entrance to Saint Mark’s Cathedral, the historic seat of the Coptic Pope, killing 17 people as […]

Politics

Wike gave Jonathan N50m to organise stakeholders meeting – Sheriff

Daily Dispatch April 13, 2017

The National Chairman of People’s Democratic (PDP), Ali Modu Sheriff has claimed that the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike gave former President Goodluck Jonathan N50 million to organise the recent stakeholders meeting in Abuja. Speaking through his deputy, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh at a news conference at the party’s secretariat on Thursday, Sheriff said Governors

LEAD STORY 2

FG set to reopen Chibok School 3 years after 276 girls were abducted

Daily Dispatch April 13, 2017

The Federal Government has said that it is working hard to ensure the reopening of Government Girls’ Secondary School, GGSS, Chibok, Borno for normal academic activities in the 2017/2018 session. The Vice-Chairman of the Presidential Committee on North-East Initiative, Tijjani Tumsah made the disclosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on […]

TOP STORIES

BREAKING: Missing N11billion Petrol Money, NNPC Fires Three Directors

Daily Dispatch April 13, 2017

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Thursday sacked three of its senior officials and deployed four others to man the vacant positions. The Punch report said the corporation did not state why it sacked the officials, it was gathered that the affected directors were involved the N11bn missing petrol scandal. The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs […]

NEWS

Osinbajo bags Jagaban Adamawa

Daily Dispatch April 13, 2017

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has been conferred with the Chieftaincy title of Jagaban by the Lamido Adamawa, Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu Musdafa. The VP who is in Adamawa state for official assignment was decorated as the Jagaban Adamawa by the royal father, according to tweet by his media aide, Laolu Akande. Recalled that Osinbajo was […]