EDUCATION

KWASU: 1st Nigerian University To Offer Aeronautical Engineering Programme

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2017

The Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, in Moro Local Government Area of the state, has become the first university to run Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering degree programme in the country. This is sequel to the approval by the National Universities Commission (NUC). The NUC

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Senate to probe NNPC over N5.1t subsidy

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2017

The Senate on Tuesday decided to look into the N5.1 trillion collected as subsidy for petroleum products by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation between 2006 and 2015. The Senate’s decision was sequel to a point of order raised by Senator Dino Melaye. Melaye complained that the independent marketers were investigated over the amount collected on […]

BUSINESS

Nigeria’s GDP Growth Rate Contracted By -1.3% in Fourth Quarter of 2016

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2017

The National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday released the Gross Domestic Product growth rate for the country with the economy recording a contraction of -1.3 per cent in growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2016. The NBS in the report explained that in real terms, the economy recorded a decline of N240.8bn from N18.53trn […]

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Breaking: Senate fixes date to screen Onnoghen for confirmation as CJN

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2017

The Senate on Tuesday fixed March 1 for the screening of Justice Walter Onnoghen for confirmation as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, announced the date at the resumption of plenary for the week on Tuesday. Onnoghen has been in office in acting capacity since last year. […]

TOP STORIES

Obasanjo Admits His Generation Has Wrong Nigeria

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2017

Onetime President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has admitted that his generation did some wrong things to Nigeria. The former Obasanjo made the assertion while speaking at the one-day Trade Fair seminar of Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, KADCCIMA. According to Obasanjo, though his generation made some mistakes, they also laid the foundation for the […]

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Ogun Police Parades 50 Criminal Suspects At A Go

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2017

Omooba Risawe Fifty suspected criminals of various offences have been arrested and paraded by the Ogun State Police Command in what could be described as harvest of arrested suspects.  The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Ilyasu who paraded , at Eleweran Police Headquarters in Abeokuta, explained that the arrest were made within two months,adding  that the […]