NEWS

NDDC Ministry spent N423bn in six years-Audit Report

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2017

The Federal Government has approved the technical audit report on the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs showing that it spent N423 billion from 2009 when it was created, to 2015. The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Uguru Usani, made this known after the Federal Executive Council meeting in

NEWS

Biafra: Real reason IPOB, MASSOB emerged – Prof. Onwudiwe

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2017

An economist and a political scientist, Prof. Ebere Onwudiwe, who was part of those that put together the conference on “Memory & Nation Building, Biafra: 50 Years After”, recently held at the Yar’Adua Center in Abuja, has given reasons why the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for the Actualization of a Sovereign […]

EDUCATION

JAMB releases 1, 606, 901 UTME results

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2017

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has released 1,606,901 results out of the 1,718, 425 that registered in the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, told a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday that the results were released within 24 hours of the examination, adding that the remaining 80,889 […]

NEWS

Osinbajo gives Lagos go ahead to reconstruct Airport Road

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2017

The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has granted permission to the Lagos State Government to embark upon a total reconstruction of the International Airport Road from Oshodi. In a statement on Wednesday by the Lagos State Secretary to the State Government, Tunji Bello, the State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, who made the disclosure, commended the Acting […]

TOP STORIES

Breaking: Osinbajo to sign 2017 Budget Tomorrow

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2017

The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will sign the 2017 Budget into law on Thursday by 9am at the Presidential Villa. A source told our correspondent in Abuja that the representatives of the Acting President had just concluded a meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly where the date and time of the budget […]

HEALTH

Meningitis: Nigerian death toll rises to 1,114

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2017

No fewer that 1, 114 Nigeria have died of the Cerebrospinal Meningitis outbreak which hit the country in November 2016. A statement by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control stated that the outbreak which has been ravaging the country for 22 weeks has affected four additional local government areas bringing the total affected local governments to 226 […]