NEWS

Breaking: 83 UK Deportees Arrives Nigeria

Daily Dispatch February 1, 2017

At least, dozens of Nigerians were this morning deported from the United Kingdom. According to Daily Trust report, the deportees  arrived at the cargo terminal of Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos in an unmarked Air bus aircraft which touched ground at exactly 7:40 a.m.

LEAD STORY 1

APC Supporters Blocked Ondo Assembly, To Prevent Mimiko From Presenting Budget

Daily Dispatch February 1, 2017

Supporters of  All Progressives Congress in Ondo State are currently protesting at the entrance of the state House of Assembly. The protesters said they would not allow the state governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko to enter the assembly complex to present the 2017 appropriation bill to the members of the assembly, when his tenure remain three […]

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Man accused of laundering money for Alison -Madueke works for Buhari’s government

Daily Dispatch February 1, 2017

One of those accused of helping former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke to launder money is reportedly working for the government of President Muhammadu Buhari Stanley Lawson, former group executive director at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and close ally of ex-petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, is actually working for the

BUSINESS

Nigeria’s Plan to Link Mines to Steel Mill Seen as ‘Buhari Test’

Daily Dispatch February 1, 2017

Nigeria’s plan to build a railway to supply iron-ore to its idle Ajaokuta steel plant could be the biggest sign yet that President Muhammadu Buhari is implementing his policy to diversify away from oil. The project began in 1979 with what the World Bank in 2002 called obsolete Soviet technology, and has never been finished. […]

NEWS

Herdsmen Invade Mapoly Farmland With Horde of Cows

Daily Dispatch February 1, 2017

Omooba Risawe A group of nomad on Tuesday caused stirs within the premises of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic,MAPOLY,Abeokuta when they stormed the school farmland with horde of cows for grazing. The incident caught staff and students of the institution in a surprise, following the sudden influx of the cows on the school premises led by two […]

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I am Not Responsible for Your Retirement- Atiku Tells Oba of Lagos

Daily Dispatch February 1, 2017

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has denied any involvement in the forceful retirement of the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, from the Nigerian Policein 2002. The oba had accused Atiku and one other as those who prevailed on former President Olusegun Obasanjo to get him retired after convincing him that getting him (Akiolu) out of […]