BUSINESS

Nigeria’s foreign debt stands at $11b in 2016 – NBS

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The National Bureau of Statistics said Nigeria’s foreign debt stood at $11.41 billion, while its domestic debts was N14.02 trillion in 2016. The NBS stated in the “Nigerian Domestic and Foreign Debt – 2016” data posted on its website on Wednesday in Abuja, that the sum reflected the states’ and

NEWS

Prisoners exchange: FG rules out repatriation of Nigerians on death row abroad

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Wednesday said it would be impossible to get Nigerians on death row in various countries abroad repatriated home through the Prisoners Exchange Programme. Onyeama, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said capital offenders did not fall within the prisoners exchange programme. He explained […]

NEWS

BREAKING: 3 dead as military stops Boko Haram attackers in Maiduguri

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The military has foiled attempted Boko Haram attacks on Maiduguri by three females on Wednesday night. In a press statement by Abdulkadir Ibrahim, spokesman of the National Emergency Management Authority, the three teenage females Boko Haram attackers with explosive strapped on them were killed in the process. According to Ibrahim, a security officer, who was […]

ENTERTAINMENT

WINNER OF DRUMS FESTIVAL RAFFLE DRAW GETS BUNGALOW

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

  Ogun State Government in fulfilment of its promise to allocate a 2 bedroom bungalow to the star prize winner of the raffle draw held during the maiden edition of the Nigerian Drums Festival has presented a letter allocating the bungalow to Mr Jamiu Abolade, the winner. ‎The Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Muyiwa Oladipo while […]

BUSINESS

FIRS Seals Bolingo Hotel, Abuja

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The Federal Inland Revenue Service has sealed Bolingo Hotel in Abuja over property variation of about N320 million and non-remittance of Value Added Tax of N20 million. A reliable source disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja. The source said: “It is FIRS that sealed the hotel. “I learnt that […]

BUSINESS

No pipeline vandalism in 3 months-Kachikwu

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The Federal government, Wednesday, said it has witnessed no pipeline vandalism arising from militant activities in the Niger Delta in the past three months. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, made this known at the ongoing Oil Technology Conference 2017 holding in Houston, Texas, United States. A statement by the Director of […]