NEWS

Osinbajo: Corruption in civil service will cause national tragedy

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2017

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo says the nation faces a monumental tragedy when civil servants enrich themselves through corrupt practices. According to Osinbajo, the greatest tragedy a nation can experience is for the civil servants to subvert the system for personal gains when the majority of

EDUCATION

OGUN SETS UP COMMITTEES ON PROPOSED UNIVERSITY

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2017

Omooba Risawe Transition Committees to midwife the upgrading of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Ojere, Abeokuta into a University of Science and Technology would soon be inaugurated by the Ogun State Government. The‎ Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mrs. Modupe Mujota made this known while addressing the Executive Members of Academic Staff Union

LEAD STORY 1 Politics

PDP crisis: Jonathan, governors opt for political solution

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2017

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday night, held a meeting with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors and opted for a political solution to the crisis rocking the party. Daily Trust reported that the meeting took place at the former president’s office in Maitama, Abuja, with governors of Ekiti, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Taraba, Cross Rivers, […]

BUSINESS

Why cash-less policy is delayed nationwide, by CBN

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2017

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has attributed the delay in implementing the cash-less policy initiative nationwide to the need for proper preparation. Besides, it wants to tap from the experience gained from the pilot states. Speaking on the sidelines of the Electronic Payment Incentive Scheme (EPIS) 2016 awards in Lagos at the weekend, the […]

BUSINESS

FG Plans To Invest $10bn Yearly Into Oil and Gas

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2017

The Federal Government plans to attract $10 billion investment  into the oil and gas industry yearly to bridge infrastructure gap. The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu stated this yesterday at the ongoing Nigeria Oil and Gas conference in Abuja while presenting his paper titled: Reforming and Repositioning the oil and Gas Industry […]

NEWS

NUJ WANTS OONI TO EXTEND TRADITIONAL PEACE MOVE TO NATION LEADERS

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2017

Omooba Risawe The leadership of ‎ Nigeria Union of Journalists,(NUJ), on Tuesday called on Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi to extend his peace initiative beyond traditional Institution, but all leaders of the Yoruba nation in particular and the nation in general. ‎The call was made by the union  National President  Waheed Odusile when he led leaders […]