NEWS

How We Recovered $9.8m From Former NNPC GMD-EFCC

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2017

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has explained in details how it recovered  vault containing $9.7 million in the Kaduna home of a former Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Andrew Yakubu. In a statement posted on the facebook wall of the EFCC, it  said, “A special operation

INTERVIEW

DISCOs Are Plagued With Free Riders Who Are Daily Subverting Our Efforts- Kaduna Electric

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2017

Idris Muhammad, the Team Lead, Media and Community Relations, Kaduna Electric recently sat down with energy correspondents in Kaduna where he discussed the power supply situation in the country, billing complaints, meters deployment programme of the company and other sundry issues. Excerpts….. Can you explain the cause of the epileptic power supply situation currently

BUSINESS

For Power Privatisation To Work, Allow NERC To Fix Tariffs- Ag. DG, BPE Urges Govt.

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2017

Acting Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Dr. Vincent Onome Akpotaire has suggested that for the power privatization in Nigeria to work, the industry’s regulator- Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) must be allowed to perform its mandate without interference. Speaking at a 2-day stakeholders interactive dialogue/workshop organized by

LEAD STORY 1

New Terrorist Group Emerge, ‘Muslim Brotherhood’ Plans To Attack Banks, Arms Depots and Prisons- FG Warns Nigerians

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2017

The federal government has alerted Nigerians to the plan by a Boko Haram affiliate called the Muslim Brotherhood to attack Nigerians and public places. The government says the group is already acquiring bomb-making chemicals and high-calibre weapons to perpetrate acts of terror. Their targets include banks, arms depots and prisons, according to a statement issued […]

COLUMNS

What does Obasanjo know about Buhari?- by Azu Ishiekwene

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2017

By Azu Ishiekwene Former President Olusegun Obasanjo will officially be 80 in March and there are many who think he is hyperactive for his age. He is probably one of the busiest former presidents with a schedule that combines half a dozen foreign travels each month with countless domestic trips filled with meetings, speeches and […]

ENTERTAINMENT Uncategorized

US To Give Nigeria $160, 000 To Preserve Her Cultural Facilities

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2017

The United States of America has promised to give Nigerian a grant of $160,000 (N50,400,000) to enable help in the preservation of her cultural heritage. The grant which will be made available by the US ambassador Stuart Symington will help Nigerian institutions improve storage conditions of its cultural facilities. A statement by the US embassy […]