TOP STORIES

Seized $43 million: Why Wike, Fani-Kayode, others must not go scot-free – Amaechi

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2017

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has lashed out at the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike for linking the $43m recently discovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in an Ikoyi apartment to him. Recall that Wike had claimed that the huge sum allegedly

NEWS

UN Repatriate 62, 372 Somali Reugees from Dadaab

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2017

The United Nations (UN) refugee agency on Monday disclosed it had repatriated some 62,372 Somali refugees from Dadaab camp in northeast Kenya since the return exercise begun in December 2014. According to the UNHCR, some 23,058 refugees out of 62,372 returned in 2017 as the UN refugee agency steps up returns to the Horn of […]

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Fashola scolds DisCos, says poor remittance nearly collapsed sector

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2017

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has scolded the Distribution Companies (DisCos) saying their poor remittance nearly collapsed power generation before the N701.9 billion intervention fund from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Daily Trust report. Fashola said this on Monday at the 15th monthly meeting of power sector operators at the […]

ENTERTAINMENT

Kano to train 450 youths in Film Production

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2017

The Kano State Government and the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) have reached an agreement to train 450 youth from across the 44 Local Government areas of the state in Film Production and Entrepreneurship. A statement signed on Monday in Abuja, managing director of the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) Dr. Chidia, said that it is expected […]

NEWS

Boko Haram: Give Borno10,000 extra N-Power slots-Gov. Shettima pleads

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2017

The Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, has appealed to the N-Power governing body to consider giving 10,000 extra slots to Borno State. Governor Shettima explained that there huge needs for the Book Haram hit state to recover from the devastating effects of various acts of terrorism carried out in the state over the years. […]

BUSINESS

FG targets 130, 000 hectares of irrigated agriculture by 2020 – Minister

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2017

The Federal Ministry of Water Resources says it has began the implementation of the National Roadmap toward increasing the country’s irrigated agriculture from 100,000 to 130, 000 hectares by 2020. The Minister, Mr Suleiman Adamu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja in Monday, that this was part of the ministry’s plan to […]