BUSINESS

Dangote Food Companies Reward Distributors With Cash Prizes

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

Distributors of the Dangote foods companies, including Dangote Flour, Sugar and Salt, smiled home last night as the management of the Companies doled out over N2 billion as rewards for their loyalty to the companies over the past one year. At a colourful Gala night, which the distributors were

NEWS

FG, Labour Agree To Review Minimum Wage

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

The President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, says the Federal Government and the organised Labour movement in the country have reached a consensus to review the National Minimum Wage. Wabba, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja, said the consensus was reached during the sitting of […]

NEWS

UN Security Council to visit Nigeria in March

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has announced its plan to visit Nigeria next month over activities of Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East. The deputy spokesperson for the UN-secretary general Farhan Haq confirmed in New York that the visit has been scheduled to place in March. Haq said among issues to be discussed include […]

BUSINESS

Nigerians Buy Kerosene At N434, Price Increases By 87.12% In January – NBS

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

The National Bureau of Statistics said that Nigerians bought Kerosene at N434 per litre in January from N231.85 they bought the product in December 2016. The bureau announced this in a “National Household Kerosene Price Watch (January 2017)” released on Wednesday in Abuja. The report stated that average price per litre paid by consumers for […]

Politics

Wike, Fayose Should Visit Buhari In London – PDP Youths

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Youth Frontier, PDPYF, on Thursday asked the Governor of Rivers, Nyesom Wike and his counterpart from Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose to visit President Muhammadu Buhari, who is currently on medical vacation in London, United Kingdom, UK. The call was contained in a terse statement on its social media handle @PDPNYF. According to […]

NEWS

Help Me My Family Are Hungry, Unfreeze My Account-Ozekhome Begs Court

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

Mike Ozekhome (SAN), a counsel to Ekiti state governor Ayo Fayose, has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to vacate the interim order allowing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to freeze his account with N75million in it. Nigerian Tribune reports that Ozekhome made the request in a motion on notice filed on […]