NEWS Politics

Appeal Court Judgment: We Are Still Open To Dialogue – Sheriff

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2017

The Senator Ali Modu Sheriff-led Peoples Democratic Party has described the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division judgment delivered in its favour as the confirmation of the will of the people. Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, the Deputy National Chairman to Sheriff, disclosed this in an interview with

Politics

Appeal Court Ruling: I Will Quit PDP For Sheriff – Fani-Kayode

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2017

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Koyde has hinted on quitting the Peoples Democratic Party for factional National Chairman of the Party, Sen Ali Modu Sheriff. The PDP Chieftain dropped the hint while reacting to the Port Harcourt Appeal Court ruling which affirmed the former Borno State Governor as the Chairman of the party. Frowning at the […]

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Revealed: Petrol Subsidy Is Back

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2017

Petrol subsidy is back. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has been offsetting for months the difference between the landing costs of petrol and the pump price. In series of interviews with knowledgeable players in the sector, the News Agency of Nigeria is reporting authoritatively that the landing costs per litre of petrol is higher than […]

TECHNOLOGY

GM Plans To Build, Test Thousands Of Self-Driving Bolts In 2018 – Sources

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2017

General Motors Co plans to deploy thousands of self-driving electric cars in test fleets in partnership with ride-sharing affiliate Lyft Inc, beginning in 2018, two sources familiar with the automaker’s plans said this week. It is expected to be the largest such test of fully autonomous vehicles by any major automaker before 2020, when several […]

FEATURES

Rivers Rerun: Balance of N360m Alleged Bribe Blown On Cars, Houses —Police Source

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2017

There is the balance of the N360m alleged bribe which the police accused Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State of dishing out to election umpires in the run up to the December 10 re-run legislative polls? The police said last week that they had recovered N111.3million of the sum from 23 officials of the Independent […]

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PDP Governors Reject Sheriff …As Appeal Court Sacks Makarfi

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2017

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vowed yesterday to have nothing to do with Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff moments after the Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt reinstated  him as the rightful chairman of the party. The party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) led by Senator Walid Jibrin is similarly […]