Politics

Edo assembly sacks speaker

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2017

Justin Okonoboh, speaker of the Edo state house of assembly, has been removed from office. Kabiru Adjoto and Victor Edoro were immediately appointed as new speaker and deputy speaker respectively. Edoro was also removed as the speaker of the same house in May 2016. Okonoboh, an All Progressives

NEWS

Saraki Outlines Priorities Of The Senate In The Next 22 Months

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2017

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has outlined the focus of the Senate upon resumption from recess to include passing other aspects of the Petroleum Industry Bill. He said in a statement that both the Administrative and Fiscal Policy Bills for the Petroleum Industry as key parts of the priorities for the 8th […]

Sport

Manchester United ready to match Sergi Roberto’s £36.5m release clause

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2017

Manchester United are willing to match Sergi Roberto’s release clause if the midfielder pushes for the Barcelona exit door. Sergi Roberto is reportedly unsettled at Barcelona and is unhappy with the arrival of former Tottenham midfielder Paulinho. The 25-year-old feels his opportunities in the starting XI will be few and far between this season, leading […]

HEALTH

190,000 insecticide-mosquito treated nets for Akoko-Edo

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2017

Dr Sunday Yerumoh, Director, Primary Health Care, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, Edo, said on Monday that 190,000 insecticide-mosquito treated nets had been distributed to fight malaria in the area. Yerumoh disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Igarra, headquarters of the local government area. He said that the treated […]

Politics

‎GIVE PDP ANOTHER CHANCE TO RULE, AMERICAN  CHAPTER BEGS NIGERIANS

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2017

Peoples Democratic Party,(PDP),United States of America ‎has appealed  Nigeria electorate ,to give the party another opportunity  in 2019,to create way in reducing  the suffering of the masses. The appeal came from  Deputy Secretary of the chapter,Olufemi Babawande, while commenting on the just concluded Special Non-Elective National Convention of the party which took

HEALTH

Buhari ‘lacks faith’ in Nigeria’s health system, says BBC

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2017

BBC has included President Muhammadu Buhari in the category of five African presidents who have “an apparent lack of faith in the health systems at home”. Presidents Abdelaziz Bouteflika (Algeria), Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe), Jose Eduardo dos Santos (Angola) and Patrice Talon (Benin) were the other ones listed. But the Nigerian leader was described as the “first among […]