BUSINESS

FG Plans To Invest $10bn Yearly Into Oil and Gas

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2017

The Federal Government plans to attract $10 billion investment  into the oil and gas industry yearly to bridge infrastructure gap. The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu stated this yesterday at the ongoing Nigeria Oil and Gas conference in Abuja while presenting his paper

NEWS

NUJ WANTS OONI TO EXTEND TRADITIONAL PEACE MOVE TO NATION LEADERS

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2017

Omooba Risawe The leadership of ‎ Nigeria Union of Journalists,(NUJ), on Tuesday called on Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi to extend his peace initiative beyond traditional Institution, but all leaders of the Yoruba nation in particular and the nation in general. ‎The call was made by the union  National President  Waheed Odusile when he led leaders […]

BUSINESS

Dangote exports 400,000 metric tons cement

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2017

Following continuous increase in its production capacity, foremost cement manufacturer, Dangote cement Plc has finally ended the era of Nigeria’s dependence on importation as the company exported 0.4 million tons of the product to other countries in 2016. In its 2016 full year audited results presented on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) […]

TOP STORIES

I’ll Not Run Against Buhari, Neither Will I Support Anyone Against Him-Tinubu

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2017

All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will never stand in any contest against President Muhammadu Buhari or support anyone against him, his Media Office said yesterday. Tinubu pledged his continued loyalty to the president and the APC in a statement to debunk Thisday’s story published yesterday. The statement titled: “Response to Thisday […]

NEWS

S/Africa Deports 97 Nigerians For Committing Various Offences

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2017

The South African Government has deported 97 Nigerians for committing various offences in the country. The deportees landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on Monday night in a chartered aircraft with the registration number GBB710 from Johannesburg. The deportees were made up of 95 males and two females. DSP Joseph Alabi, the Spokesman […]

HEALTH

800,000 Under-5 Children Die Annually in Nigeria – NGO

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2017

The Partnership For Advocacy in Child and Family Health says no fewer than 800,000 children under the age of five are dying in Nigeria annually. Dr. Remi Adeseun, the Project Director, Strategy, for the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria-PACFaH, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja. According […]