Sport

Ex-Eagles Coach, Chukwu heads APC’s National Unity Cup football championship

Daily Dispatch June 1, 2017

Former Super Eagles chief coach, Christian Chukwu has been chosen to head the All Progressives Congress (APC) talent hunt football competition tagged National Unity Cup Football Competition involving non-league players in the six geo-political zone. Inaugurating the committee at the

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Senate plans heavy tax on Nigerians as it establishes National Roads Funds

Daily Dispatch June 1, 2017

Nigeria road users may face multiple tax payment if the bill establishing National Roads Fund is passed into law. Senator Kabiru Gaya led-Committee on works has recommended strict taxes to be imposed on Nigerians. Those charges which were about 9 items, have 7 items chargeable as a motorist in Nigeria which they said, would enable […]

TECHNOLOGY

New Nokia 3310 back in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch June 1, 2017

The old reliable Nokia 3310 phone is now back in Nigeria as a modern reimagined handset that would speak for itself. Unlike the old Nokia 3310, the new Nokia came with dual SIM slots and camera. Nokia phones manufacturer, HMD Global, said in a statement on Thursday that the new Nokia 3310 was a classic […]

NEWS

Court grants Ajumogobia, Obla leave to travel abroad for medical treatment

Daily Dispatch June 1, 2017

A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has granted leave to a Federal High Court judge, Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia and Chief Godwin Obla travel abroad for medical treatment. Both Justice Ajumogobia and Chief Obla are  facing corruption charges of giving and receiving bribe brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before […]

NEWS

Biafra: South-South disowns secession plans, expresses confidence in one Nigeria

Daily Dispatch June 1, 2017

The clamour for the rebirth of the defunct Biafra Republic received another deadly blow on Thursday as another ethnic group has distanced itself from the agitation. The South-South Progressive Coalition has therefore warned the Indigenous People of Biafra and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) to stop including the […]

BUSINESS

Naira expected to be stable due to dollar flows

Daily Dispatch June 1, 2017

The Nigerian naira is seen stable across the board in the near term on increased dollar supply to both the official interbank window and the black market. It has been trading around 382 to the dollar on the black market in the last two weeks, while at the interbank market the naira was trading at […]