BUSINESS

NCC donates 110 laptops to Kaduna school

Daily Dispatch November 19, 2018

The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) on Monday donated 110 units of laptops to the Federal School of Statistics in Manchok, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Receiving the items, Sen. Danjuma Laah (PDP Southern Kaduna), said the equipment would be used for the establishment and

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How we’ve supported infrastructure growth in Rivers State – Shell

Daily Dispatch November 18, 2018

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited says out of the over N41 billion disbursed for community projects in Niger Delta, about N15 billion went to Rivers State under the Global Memorandum of Understanding. “Between 2006 and end of 2017, a total of N14.86 billion has been invested by the SPDC Joint Venture in […]

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NLPGA bemoans N1trn fuel subsidy

Daily Dispatch November 18, 2018

The difficulty buoyed by Federal Government’s inaction to end over N1 trillion average annual investments on fuel subsidy has, according to the Nigerian Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association (LPGA), created a shortfall of 49 million cylinders in the system. President of the NLPGA, Nuhu Yakubu, who confirmed the “dangerous trend” to Newdawn on the sideline of […]

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N800bn subsidy debt: Oil marketers send SOS message to FG

Daily Dispatch November 18, 2018

Oil marketers on Sunday appealed to Federal Government to effect quick payment of its outstanding N800 billion subsidy debts. The marketers, under the aegis of Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) and Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA), made the appeal in a joint interactive session with journalists in Lagos. They urged government

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Airport: Bayelsa govt says APC clinging to lies as lifeline

Daily Dispatch November 17, 2018

The Bayelsa State government has taken a swipe at the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as a leprous party that had suffered the most humiliating defections in the recent political history of Nigeria. It stated that the APC in Bayelsa under former Governor Timipre Sylva’s leadership was now clutching unto lies as a lifeline […]

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Buhari laying foundation for economic growth — Fashola

Daily Dispatch November 17, 2018

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, said on Saturday that President Muhammadu Buhari was laying the foundation for economic growth of Nigeria through infrastructure renewal. Fashola said this during an inspection of the Apapa-Wharf Road Reconstruction project and flag-off of the reconstruction of the Apapa-Oshodi-Oworonshoki-Ojota Expressway in