Politics

Wike, Fayose Should Visit Buhari In London – PDP Youths

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Youth Frontier, PDPYF, on Thursday asked the Governor of Rivers, Nyesom Wike and his counterpart from Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose to visit President Muhammadu Buhari, who is currently on medical vacation in London, United Kingdom, UK. The call was contained in a

NEWS

Help Me My Family Are Hungry, Unfreeze My Account-Ozekhome Begs Court

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

Mike Ozekhome (SAN), a counsel to Ekiti state governor Ayo Fayose, has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to vacate the interim order allowing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to freeze his account with N75million in it. Nigerian Tribune reports that Ozekhome made the request in a motion on notice filed on […]

BUSINESS

FG To Part-Fund Budget With TSA-Idris

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

The Federal Government is currently planning a framework that will allow it to deploy some of the funds in the Treasury Single Account for the implementation of projects contained in the national budget. The Accountant General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, disclosed this on the sidelines of a retreat on the TSA. Since the […]

TECHNOLOGY

NCC Bans Open Registration Of SIM Cards

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

The Federal Government has placed a ban on open registration of SIM cards. Head of Enforcement Unit at the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Salisu Abdu, made the disclosure in Abuja yesterday while addressing journalists after three persons found registering SIM cards in open places were apprehended. He revealed that is now illegal for telecom operators […]

NEWS

The Gambia Crisis: Nigeria Threatens To Withdraw From ECOWAS

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

The Deputy Speaker, House of Representa­tives, Hon. Yusuf Sulaiman Lasun, has threatened that Nigeria would withdraw from funding the ECOWAS Parliament and other region­al organizations in Africa. He disclosed this to jour­nalists at the just concluded 2017 Extraordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament, in Abuja. His position was informed by the non-recognition of the

NEWS

Lagos plans 24-hr power supply with 3,000mw

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

Governor Akinwunmi Am­bode has disclosed plans by the Lagos State Gov­ernment to attain 24-hour pow­er supply by generating 3,000mw of electricity by 2022, even as he said the Federal Government alone cannot lead the nation to energy security. Speaking in Lagos after re­ceiving the report of his adminis­tration’s Embedded Power Tech­nical Committee, comprising