NEWS

Oil and Gas Vandalism: Ex-militants Pledges To Expose Perpetrators

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2017

Ex-militants in the Niger Delta have resolved to expose those behind the vandalisation of oil and gas installations within the region. At an emergency meeting organized by the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, rigadier General

LEAD STORY 1

Terrorism, Maritime Insecurity and Others Crimes Bane of Africa Dev.-Buhari

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has identified terrorism, maritime insecurity, trafficking in persons, trafficking in weapons, drugs, cyber insecurity, illicit financial flows and infrastructural deficit as Africa’s main challenges. In a statement issued at the 27th Africa-France Summit for Partnership, Peace and and Emergence in Bamako Mali Buhari said the challenges had

TOP STORIES

Southern Kaduna Crisis: Sheathe Your Sword, Abdulsalami Committee Tells Aggrieve Parties

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2017

The National Peace Committee chaired by former Head of State, General Abdusalami Abubakar, has appealed to all aggrieved parties affected in the violent attacks in Southern Kaduna, North West Nigeria, to sheathe their swords and tolerate each other for the interest of peace in the state. General Abubakar made the appeal when he led other […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Gambia Yalks Fail As President Refuses To Step Down

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2017

The Gambia’s President-elect, Adama Barrow, has left the country after talks failed to persuade President Yahya Jammeh to step down, bbc report. President Muhammadu Buhari flew to Banjul yesterday to try to broker a deal but Mr Jammeh would not relinquish power. Ecowas, a 15-nation bloc of West African states that organised the delegation, has […]

LEAD STORY 2

Army 10 terrorists In A Reprisal Attack

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2017

The military says it has successfully repelled attack by the Boko Haram terrorists at Kangarwa in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno. Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, the Director of Army Public Relations, said in a statement in Maiduguri that the operation was carried out on Friday. According to him, the operation was carried out with the […]

BUSINESS

Discovery Of Oil In The North: NNPC To Partner Schlumerger

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2017

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is to collaborate with multinational oil service company, Schlumberger, in the deployment of state-of-the-art technology in the on-going search for commercial hydrocarbon deposits in the Chad basin and other parts of the inland sedimentary basins. Chief Operating Officer (COO) Ventures Dr. Babatunde Adeniran revealed this