BUSINESS

FG Borrows $6.1bn From China For Rail Projects

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2017

Federal Government borrow $6.1bn from Chinese Exim Bank to complete all rail projects in the country by 2019. The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja. In a statement issued by the ministry’s Director of Public Relations, Yetunde Sonaike, Amaechi was

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Never Again Will Terrorists Seize Any Part of Nigeria – Buhari

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2017

Never again will terrorists take over and occupy any part of Nigeria’s territory, President Muhammadu Buhari vowed in Sambisa Forest on Monday. The President made the vow when he declared the 2017 Nigerian Army Small Arms Championship opened. Represented by the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, Buhari noted that holding the championship in the forest […]

BUSINESS

I will resign if Abuja airport is not reopened after six weeks – Aviation Minister

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2017

The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has declared that he would resign if the repair of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) runway was not completed in six weeks as planned. He spoke alongside Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday who accused some people of spreading misinformation about the repair. The […]

NEWS

Presidency Commeds Army For Clearing Boko Haram Remnants

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2017

The Presidency has commended the Nigerian Army for clearing the remnants of Boko Haram insurgents and restoring order to the northeast. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, gave the commendation in Abuja on Monday at the guards brigade first quarter inter-unit short talk competition aimed at enhancing the communication ability of men and officers. Adesina, who was […]

Sport

Wole Soyinka to officiate boxing match between Tinubu, Evander Holyfield in Lagos

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2017

Nigerian multiple award winning writer, Wole Soyinka, is billed to officiate the boxing match between ex-Governor of Lagos State and National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu and America’s five-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Evander Holyfield. The exhibition boxing match which is tagged “Rhumbles in Lagos,” will hold on May 25 at […]

NEWS

Updated N370 Bullet Proof Probe: Saraki Denies Involvement In The Importation SUV Jeeps

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2017

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Monday appeared before Senate Committee on Public Petitions, Ethics and Privileges investigating him over alleged SUV Jeep impounded by the Nigerian Customs Service. While responding to questions posed to him by the Committee Chairman, Senator Samuel Anyanwu and other members, if he was involved in importation of a bulletprrof SUV Jeep […]