NEWS

Updated: You’re Unfit To Hold Public Office, Resign Now- Senate Tells Ali

Daily Dispatch March 22, 2017

The Nigerian Senate has declared Nigeria Customs Service boss Hameed Ali unfit to hold a public office and ultimately demanded his resignation as customs boss. This was part of the resolutions reached on Wednesday on the floor of the red chamber as the Comptroller General of Customs refused to

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Senate approves President Buhari’s request on $500m Eurobond

Daily Dispatch March 22, 2017

The Nigerian Senate has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to acquire $500million in Eurobonds to fund the deficit in the 2016 budget. Presiding over Senate plenary on Wednesday, March 22, the deputy senate president put the question to the senators in a voice vote and ‘ayes’ carried the day. Details later…………

BUSINESS

Dangote, Adenuga’s Net Worth Drops- Forbes List

Daily Dispatch March 22, 2017

The President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote; and Chairman of Globacom, Dr. Mike Adenuga, saw their net worth declined by $3.2bn and $4.2bn, respectively in the past year, according to Forbes 2017 World’s Billionaires list. Dangote retained his position as Africa’s richest person in the latest ranking, with a fortune of $12.2bn, although […]

NEWS

Protesters storm Amnesty International office for the third day running

Daily Dispatch March 22, 2017

A pressure group, the Global Peace and Life Rescue Initiative (GOPRI) on Wednesday, March 22, protested in front of the headquarters of the Amnesty International (AI) in Abuja. The group embarked on the protest since Monday, March 20. Yesterday, GOPRI led by its executive director Melvin Ejeh, cooked a lunch of noodles and yam outside […]

NEWS

Akpabio needs to prove he didn’t say Magu will use them for pepper soup – MURIC

Daily Dispatch March 22, 2017

The Muslim Rights Concern has said the onus is on the Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, to prove that he did not say the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu will use “us for pepper soup” if confirmed. MURIC said this in a statement by its Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, […]

Politics

Real Reason Behind PDP Crisis – Makarfi Group

Daily Dispatch March 22, 2017

The Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has blamed the leadership crisis rocking the party on what it claimed as a secret presidential ambition of Ali Modu Sheriff. This was disclosed by the spokesman of the Makarfi-faction of the party; Prince Dayo Adeyeye, in a swiftly organized press briefing held in Abuja to […]