NEWS

Irrigation: Kano To Establish Eight Earth Dams

Daily Dispatch March 7, 2017

The Kano State Government on Tuesday said it would construct eight earth dams in order to boost irrigation activities across the 44 local government areas of the state. Alhaji Sulaiman Ririwai, Commissioner for Water Resources and Rural Development, made this known in Kano that the project had

NEWS

How Awolowo saved Nigeria from breaking up during civil war‎ – Gowon

Daily Dispatch March 7, 2017

Former military head of state, General Yakubu Gowon has revealed how late sage, Obafemi Awolowo saved Nigeria from breaking up during the civil war that lasted between 1967-1970. Gowon made this revelation on Monday at this year’s edition of the Obafemi Awolowo Memorial Lecture and posthumous birthday organised by the Obafemi Awolowo Foundation in Lagos. […]

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Happening Now: Osinbajo To Flag Off Lagos-Ibadan Rail Line Project

Daily Dispatch March 7, 2017

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is expected to touch down in Lagos any moment from now as he is to kick-off the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan rail line. Osinbajo, who inaugurated Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) in the morning of Tuesday, March 7, 2017 is expected to flag-off the construction work […]

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Oando, Sahara Energy Implicated in $1 Billion Overwhelming Fuel Diversion Fraud

Daily Dispatch March 7, 2017

Oil giants Oando and Sahara Energy are believed to appear on a list of companies involved in alleged illegal diversion of $1 billion fuel diversion scandal. The executive is suspected of forging documents and colluding with third parties to divert products, according to insider sources. “if products are taken away to unauthorized locations, it is […]

BUSINESS

BREAKING: Senate Stops Customs From Collecting Duties on Old Vehicles

Daily Dispatch March 7, 2017

The Nigerian Senate has blocked the Nigeria Customs Service from going ahead with the proposed plan to collect duties on all vehicles in the country, including old ones. The Senate resolved that the Customs should drop the move until its Comptroller-General Hameed Ali has appeared before the lawmakers to explain the idea behind the collection […]

Politics

Labour Party Senator Defects To APC

Daily Dispatch March 7, 2017

The only member of the Labour Party in the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (Delta Central), has announced his defection from the party to the majority All Progressives Congress. Senator Omo-Agege made the announcement on the floor of the plenary on Tuesday. He based his decision on the internal crisis rocking the Labour Party as reason […]