ENTERTAINMENT

Dele Odule, Says Talent Discovery Remains Source For Breakthrough In Industry

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2017

Omooba Risawe A veteran movie actor, Dele Odule has affirmed that having a breakthrough in the profession is for the professionals to first discovered their talents from onset. Odule who is the National President of TAMPAN made this known on Wednesday while speaking at breakout session of Ogun

BUSINESS

Nigeria’s $1b Eurobond oversubscribed

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2017

Nigeria comfortably raised $1 billion in its return to the Eurobond market on Thursday in what signifies a global investors’ endorsement of the Federal Government’s economic recovery initiatives and growth. The issue was 750% oversubscribed, underscoring still buoyant investor appetite for scarce frontier African paper, despite a recent selloff in emerging market assets.

BUSINESS

Glo Customers Furious Over Poor Network

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2017

Globacom customers in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Thursday decried the poor network they have been experiencing for over two weeks and urged the company to improve its connectivity for effective service delivery. Some of the subscribers, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, lamented that it had been “absolutely frustrating” […]

EDUCATION

Fraud: 300 Protesters Storm Abuja, Want Embattled VC Prosecuted, Jailed

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2017

About 300 protesters led by the President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Chinonso Obasi, on Thursday stormed Abuja with placards demanding the prosecution and imprisonment of the Vice Chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Prof. Francis Otunta, over alleged fraud and bad governance. During the protest, which took them to the

BUSINESS

Kaduna Refinery Loses N2b Yearly To Illegal Tappers On Pipeline

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2017

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said its subsidiary, ‎Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company, loses about N2.2 billion annually ‎to illegal tapping on its raw water pipeline. The corporation said this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu.‎ According to Ughamadu, the raw water pipeline,

NEWS

EFCC Agents Raid Home Of Former GMD Of NNPC, Find $9.2m

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2017

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives raided the home of Andrew Yakubu, former General Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), in Kaduna city on Thursday. According to Sahara reporters the agents recovered $9.2 million from Mr. Yakubu’s safe and an additional £72,000. The EFCC said it was the largest sum of […]