Politics

ADC invites Emir Sanusi to contest in 2019 presidential election

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has invited the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, to use its platform to contest for the presidency in the 2019 election. Chief Ralph Nwosu, the national chairman of the party, disclosed this in an interview with The Guardian on Wednesday, May 4. Nwosu

BUSINESS

Shell invest $25billion in Nigeria, other countries

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

Oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell, has announced plans to invest about 25 billion dollars this year in Nigeria and all its oil and gas operation across the world. Shell made the announcement in its first quarter 2017 financial results released on Thursday. The report revealed that Shell netted an income of 2.2 billion dollars and […]

EDUCATION

UTME: JAMB warns against patronizing quacks

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday urged Nigerians to shun quacks in registration for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations before the May 5 deadline. The Head JAMB Information and Media, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, gave the advice while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Bwari, FCT. Benjamin said the attitude of people in […]

HEALTH

WHO deploys 190 personnel to fight meningitis in Sokoto

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The World Health Organisation said it had deployed 190 Polio Eradication Initiative officers to Sokoto State to support the government’s fight against Cerebro Spinal Meningitis. WHO Country Representative to Nigeria, Dr. Wondimagegnehu Alemu, said this in Abuja on Thursday. Alemu said PEI officers, drawn from the Nigerian country office and field offices, would be working

BUSINESS

Nigeria imports N567bn worth of petrol in first quarter of 2016-NBS

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Nigeria imported 4.05 billion litres of Premium Motor Sprit (PMS) popularly known as petrol valued at N566.96 billion in first quarter of 2017. The NBS gave the figure in “Petroleum Products Import Statistics for Ist quarter 2017’’ released by the bureau on Thursday in Abuja. The bureau stated […]

TOP STORIES

Next Ebola Outbreak ‘inevitable’ WHO

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

A new outbreak of the Ebola virus is “inevitable” but a new vaccine and rapid-response measures mean it will be more effectively contained, the head of the World Health Organization said Thursday. The Ebola crisis that began in December 2013 killed 11,300 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia and has left thousands more survivors […]