BUSINESS

FG To Part-Fund Budget With TSA-Idris

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

The Federal Government is currently planning a framework that will allow it to deploy some of the funds in the Treasury Single Account for the implementation of projects contained in the national budget. The Accountant General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, disclosed this on the

TECHNOLOGY

NCC Bans Open Registration Of SIM Cards

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

The Federal Government has placed a ban on open registration of SIM cards. Head of Enforcement Unit at the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Salisu Abdu, made the disclosure in Abuja yesterday while addressing journalists after three persons found registering SIM cards in open places were apprehended. He revealed that is now illegal for telecom operators […]

NEWS

The Gambia Crisis: Nigeria Threatens To Withdraw From ECOWAS

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

The Deputy Speaker, House of Representa­tives, Hon. Yusuf Sulaiman Lasun, has threatened that Nigeria would withdraw from funding the ECOWAS Parliament and other region­al organizations in Africa. He disclosed this to jour­nalists at the just concluded 2017 Extraordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament, in Abuja. His position was informed by the non-recognition of the

NEWS

Lagos plans 24-hr power supply with 3,000mw

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

Governor Akinwunmi Am­bode has disclosed plans by the Lagos State Gov­ernment to attain 24-hour pow­er supply by generating 3,000mw of electricity by 2022, even as he said the Federal Government alone cannot lead the nation to energy security. Speaking in Lagos after re­ceiving the report of his adminis­tration’s Embedded Power Tech­nical Committee, comprising

LEAD STORY 2

My Conversation With Buhari-Trump

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

The details of the discussion between President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and President Donald Trump of the United States of America have been released by the White House. This was contained in a Readout of Trump’s call with Buhari released by the White House through its spokesperson on February 15. Among other issues, Trump was […]

NEWS

NSCDC To Recruit 3,500 Personnel In 2017 – CG

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2017

The Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abdullahi Gana, says the agency plans to recruit an additional 3,500 personnel in 2017. Gana made this known on Wednesday while presenting the NSCDC’s 2017 budget of N61.4 billion before the House of Representatives Committee on Interior in Abuja. He said this is to […]