BUSINESS

NERC To Sanction Discos

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2017

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission says it will sanction Distribution Companies which failed to meter electricity customers in their networks before February 28, 2017. NERC in a statement on its website and obtained by News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday, said sanctioning

LEAD STORY 1 Politics

You May Be The Next Victim, Ndume Tells Ekweremadu

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2017

The immediate past Leader of the Senate, Senator Ali Ndume has warned the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu to watch his back, saying he may be the next victim of the politics in the upper chamber. Reacting to his removal during plenary on Wednesday,under Order 43 (personal explanation) Ndume expressed dissatisfaction with the‎ procedure used […]

NEWS

Lagos Initiates Affordable Home Ownership Scheme For Residents

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2017

The Lagos State Government has initiated a flexible home ownership scheme to allow residents to own houses with ease. Gbolahan Lawal, the state Commissioner for Housing, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos. Lawal said that the idea was to make housing more readily available to […]

NEWS

Senate Confirms Anthony Ayine Auditor- General of the Federation

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2017

Senate has confirmed Anthony Ayine as new Auditor-General of the Federation. This followed  presentation of the report of his screening by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Sen. Andy Uba at plenary. Ayine was confirmed in a voice vote, after deliberation on petitions written against his suitability for the position. Presenting the report, Uba […]

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Nigeria Boko Haram crisis: Aid Agencies ‘Wasting Funds’- Shettima

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2017

Most aid groups operating in Nigeria’s north-east are wasting funds meant to help victims of the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency, Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has disclosed. Shettima pointed out that only eight of 126 registered agencies in Borno state were there to genuinely help. According to the Associated Press news agency, Mr Shettima made […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Trump Hit With Claims Russia Has Compromising Info On Him

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2017

US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday faced explosive claims that Russian intelligence gathered compromising information on him which the Kremlin dismissed as fake and aimed at damaging ties. Trump denounced a report circulating in US media with damaging claims over his personal and professional life as a “political witch hunt” as he was set to […]