NEWS

Alleged N360m bribe: INEC officials Challenge Court’s Jurisdiction

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2017

The Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday adjourned till April 7 hearing of an application filed by 23 officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear the bribery case filed against them. The 23 officials of the Independent National

BUSINESS

NNPC Yet To Remit $15.8bn To FG Account – NEITI

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2017

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative says the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation is yet to remit $15.8bn collected from Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas to the Federation account, in spite of the report submitted to the Federal Government. The Director Legal, NEITI, Mr Peter Ogbobine, said in Abuja on Tuesday that the figure was the accumulation […]

NEWS

What Dogara, I discussed with Buhari — Saraki

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2017

The Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday said he in company of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara discussed issues bordering on “national interest” with President Muhammadu Buhari. The President had earlier held a closed-door meeting with both leaders of the National Assembly. Addressing State House Correspondents after

Politics

Timi Frank begs APC staff, Demands Accountability From Oyegun

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2017

Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to the staff of the party not to carry out their threats of down tool and embark on massive protest against the leadership of the party over unpaid salaries and poor working conditions. Frank, however, challenged his national chairman Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, […]

NEWS

BREAKING: Inflation rate drops to 17.78% – NBS

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2017

The National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday released the Consumer Price Index which measures inflation rate with the index dropping from 18.72 per cent in January to 17.78 per cent in February. The drop in the inflation rate by 0.94 percentage points according to the NBS report is the first time in 15 months that […]

LEAD STORY 2

BREAKING: Buhari, Saraki, Dogara in closed-door meeting

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting is holding inside the President’s office. Saraki and Dogara arrived for the meeting at exactly 12noon. Both of them were driven into the forecourt of […]