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Breaking: Planes grounded as mass global IT outage hits airlines, media, banks

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2024

Airlines’ operations in countries like Singapore, the United States and Australia, have been disrupted due to a major global cyber outage affecting services, as reported by thecable. The massive information technology (IT) outages, which began in the early hours of today, also

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Breaking: Nationwide hardship: Reps slash salaries by 50 per cent

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2024

Touched by the plight of the majority of Nigerians, members of the House of Representatives, on Thursday, agreed to cut their salaries by 50 percent for six months. The salary, according to the lawmakers will be part of their solidarity and sacrifice to support the economic hardship and hunger currently confronting Nigerians. This decision followed […]

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Just in: Economic sabotage as Port-Harcourt Refinery comes under massive “attack”; proposed take-off threatened

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2024

Port Harcourt Refinery is under a massive attack by a band of youths who invaded the facility and pilfered parts of the strategic oil infrastructure. The development has put the proposed take-off of the refinery, which turn-around maintenance has been virtually completed, in jeopardy. The much-expected take-off of the refinery may be delayed by the […]

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Breaking: LG funds: FG defeats States at S’Court

Daily Dispatch July 11, 2024

The Supreme Court has ruled that States should no longer control local government council funds. The highest court noted in its ruling, read by Justice Emmanuel Agim, that the state administration had been refusing local governments financial autonomy for more than 20 years. According to him, state governors who represent local governments no longer give […]

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Breaking:President Tinubu Removes Taxes, Tariffs on Rice importation, set to import Maize, Wheat

Daily Dispatch July 8, 2024

The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has announced measures to tackle the skyrocketing food prices nationwide. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, said  the measures would be implemented over the next 180 days. “A 150-Day Duty-Free Import Window for food commodities which includes; suspension of duties, tariffs and taxes

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LGBT Clauses Not In Samoa Agreement Nigeria Signed, Fact-Check By Dipo Awojobi

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2024

Fact-Check has revealed that though the clauses on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) rights in the $150 billion Samoa Agreementwere contained in the initial draft of the Samoa Agreement, but because of protests by some member states, including Nigeria, the European Union (EU) was forced to abolish the clauses in the final document that […]