BUSINESS

Proposed Floating Dry Dock to be completed in 2017 – NIMASA

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2017

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has said the proposed floating dry-dock project was in progress and likely to be completed in 2017. Peterside told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the project, when completed, would

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Germany launches probe into DİTİB’s spying activities on Gülen followers – Turkish Minute

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2017

In the wake of a recent confession by the Germany-based Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) which said some of its imams acted as informants against the sympathizers of the Gülen movement, Germany has launched a probe into DİTİB’s spying activities. A spokesperson from the German Interior Ministry who spoke to Deutsche Welle on Saturday […]

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2019: New political party, AFA, emerges …As former first ladies, ex-Buhari spokesman, APC chieftains declare support

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2017

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, a new political party known as Alliance for Feminine Agenda (AFA) has been born in Abuja, at the weekend, with some yet to be unvailed former first ladies and ex-governors behind the move. Already, a former spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari in the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) […]

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‘Why we didn’t capture Shekau’ – Army

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2017

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai has revealed why the Nigerian army could not capture Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau despite the most recent massive military onslaught on the dreaded Sambisa forest. General Buratai in an exclusive interview granted to Daily Trust on Sunday when asked of the whereabouts of the Boko […]

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Tour Of North East: We Cannot Meet Your Conditions- FG Tells #BBOG Group

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2017

The Federal has said it cannot meet conditions set by the #BringBackOurGirls group for a meeting before touring North East. Information minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in response letter to the convener of the #BBOG, Oby Ezekwesili it  will not postpone its scheduled trip, stressing that “planning and preparation” were underway. Lai Mohammed explained to the […]

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Group Gives Buhari 14Days Ultimatum To SGF, Mgu

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has been given 14 days ultimatum to sack Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir LawalA and Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Ibrahim Magu. The call was made by a new militant group, the Niger Delta Warriors, who warned that if the duo remained in office after […]