BUSINESS

Dangote exports 400,000 metric tons cement

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2017

Following continuous increase in its production capacity, foremost cement manufacturer, Dangote cement Plc has finally ended the era of Nigeria’s dependence on importation as the company exported 0.4 million tons of the product to other countries in 2016. In its 2016 full year audited results

TOP STORIES

I’ll Not Run Against Buhari, Neither Will I Support Anyone Against Him-Tinubu

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2017

All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will never stand in any contest against President Muhammadu Buhari or support anyone against him, his Media Office said yesterday. Tinubu pledged his continued loyalty to the president and the APC in a statement to debunk Thisday’s story published yesterday. The statement titled: “Response to Thisday […]

NEWS

S/Africa Deports 97 Nigerians For Committing Various Offences

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2017

The South African Government has deported 97 Nigerians for committing various offences in the country. The deportees landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on Monday night in a chartered aircraft with the registration number GBB710 from Johannesburg. The deportees were made up of 95 males and two females. DSP Joseph Alabi, the Spokesman […]

HEALTH

800,000 Under-5 Children Die Annually in Nigeria – NGO

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2017

The Partnership For Advocacy in Child and Family Health says no fewer than 800,000 children under the age of five are dying in Nigeria annually. Dr. Remi Adeseun, the Project Director, Strategy, for the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria-PACFaH, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja. According […]

HEALTH

NAFDAC Arrests Forgery Syndicate Linked To Indians, Mexicans

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2017

A forgery syndicate that specialises in the forgery of the National Agency of Food and Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC number, certificates and documents from government agencies have been arrested. The Acting Director General, NAFDAC, Mrs. Yetunde Oni, who was represented by the Director of Enforcement, Barr Kingsley Ejiofor, disclosed this in Lagos on Tuesday.

NEWS

Court orders Umar to sign N50m bond before foreign trip

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2017

Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Abuja Tuesday granted permission to a former ex-member of the Presidential Committee investigating procurement of arms and equipment in the Armed Forces, retired Air Commodore Mohammed Dikko Umar to travel to South Africa for two months on medical ground. The judge however said he must first sign a […]