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Fuel Pump Price May Go For N165

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2017

The last may have not been heard about fuel increase, as there are clear indications that Federal Government is planning to increase fuel pump price to N165. A high power Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation NNPC Training Consultant who prefer anonymity disclosed to Daily Dispatch that the

Politics

I am Not Defecting To APC- Ekweremadu

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2017

  Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has dismissed as false, insinuations and reports that the he is defecting to the  ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to save his job. In a statement made available to reporters in Abuja, the Special Assistant to the Deputy President of the Senate on Political Affairs, Hon. […]

NEWS

30 Injured, Several Vehicles Damaged As KAROTA Officials Clash With Transport Union In Kano

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2017

Sporadic gunshots rocked the air in Kano Metropolis as staff of the State Road Traffic Agency (KAROTA) clash with Road Transport Workers Union. Investigations by Daily Dispatch revealed that no fewer than 30 people injured while several cars damaged. The gunfire exchange, which lasted more than 20 minutes, started when the road traffic agency, popularly […]

NEWS

N620m Fraud: Ex-PICOMSS Boss, Atawodi, Never Supplied Boats to Nigerian Army -Witness

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2017

The trial of a former Chairman, Presidential Implementation Committee on Marine Safety and Security, PICOMSS, Air Vice Marshal Saliu Atawodi (retd), Rabin Hassan and his company, Hypertech Nigeria Limited continued on January 17, 2017 before Justice U.P. Kekemeke of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, with the cross-examination of the third prosecution witness, Usman

BUSINESS

United Capital Plc, Societe Generale, Orange, others support African SMEs with €77m

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2017

United Capital Plc, a leading African investment banking group, has partnered with global financial and corporate institutions to set up a Franco-African Investment Fund (FFA), with investible funds of €77 million. The aim of the fund is to accelerate the growth of innovative and entrepreneurial African and French small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) with […]

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Accidental Airstrike Of Rann Not A True Reflection Of NAF Professionalism- Lai Mohammed

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2017

Following the accidental bombing of a civilian community in Rann, Borno State by a fighter jet of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammad, on Wednesday said the incident was not the true reflection of the level of Nigerian Airforce Force’s professionalism. Reacting to the incident, Mohammed described the […]