NEWS

1,126,000 Pensioners Die in Kwara Over Unpaid Pensions

Daily Dispatch February 17, 2017

Nigeria Union of Pensioners yesterday alleged that its members in Kwara State totaling 1,126,000 had lost their lives between January 2015 and February, 2017, following the refusal of the state government to pay their pensions. The union, which accused the state government of being responsible

Politics

PDP Crisis: Appeal Court Decides Fate Today

Daily Dispatch February 17, 2017

Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt will today deliver its judgement which will put the lingering Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, national leadership crisis to rest. According to inferences drawn by our specialist panellists on the matter, Nigerian Pilot can report that the Senator Ahmed Makarfi and Senator Ben Obi-led faction of the party may emerge […]

Uncategorized

$35b loan‎: Former Ambassador, Yemi Farounbi cautions FG

Daily Dispatch February 17, 2017

A former Nigerian Ambassador to Philippine, Dr. Yemi Farounbi has warned the Federal Government against further borrowing. He described government’s plan to borrow $35b to finance some capital projects as unnecessary. He said before such thing must be done, all efforts must be put on the desk to tackle corruption which he said was very […]

BUSINESS

Nigeria’s debt profile is N17.36tln – DMO

Daily Dispatch February 17, 2017

The Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO), Dr Abraham Nwankwo said that the nation’s total debt profile as at December 31, 2016 was 57.39 billion dollars (N17.36 trillion). He made this known when defending the agency’s 2017 budget before the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts in Abuja on Thursday. Nwankwo said the […]

NEWS

2018 census: Fed Govt releases N775m

Daily Dispatch February 17, 2017

THE Federal Government has announced the release of over N775 million for the conduct of Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) exercise, ahead of next year’s National Population Commission (NPC) census. EAD is a process of deploying high calibre technology to divide the land mass of a country into small units that can be easily covered by […]

BUSINESS

Forex Utilization: CBN boosts manufacturing, agriculture, others with $2.83b

Daily Dispatch February 17, 2017

The Central Bank of Nigeria says it disbursed $2.83 billion to critical sectors of the economy between December 2016 and January 2017. Isaac Okorafor, the Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department of CBN, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Okorafor said manufacturing, raw materials and agriculture topped the disbursements targeted at the […]