Politics

Osinbajo denies 2019 presidential ambition

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2017

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has denied any presidential ambition in 2019 describing those behind “Osinbajo Volunteers” as mischievous. The “Osinbajo Volunteers” has started campaigning for Osinbajo’s election as President in 2019. The group which has started recruiting volunteers

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Togo ‘should have new constitution’ – Obasanjo

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2017

Nigeria’s former president Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Togo’s leader Faure Gnassingbe to introduce limits on presidential terms, after huge anti-government protests this week. Obasanjo, a former military ruler in the 1970s who was also civilian president from 1999 to 2007, told BBC television in an interview that Gnassingbe had to respond to the demands. “I […]

Sport

Plateau United crowned Nigerian league champions

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2017

Plateau United have won the 2017 Nigerian Professional League championship, beating defending champions Rangers International 2-0 on the last day, to clinch the coveted  trophy and cash of N50million. The 2017 championship in the last few weeks was  a cheek and jowl affair between United and Lagos based MFM FC, with just one point separating […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

[VIDEO] World’s youngest mum had a baby at age five

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2017

The hardest thing you had to do when you were five years old was probably decide which toy to play with first. Otherwise, life was pretty and simple back then. Not so for five-year-old Lina Medina, a little Peruvian girl who, in 1939, gave birth to a baby boy, becoming the world’s youngest mother on […]

NEWS

For parading criminals with Biafra, IPOB sue Anambra Police Command

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2017

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said it has instructed its counsel to immediately institute a lawsuit against the Anambra State police command for parading a suspected criminals with Biafra insignia that suggested that they were members of the group. A press release signed by the media and publicity secretary of IPOB, Emma Powerful, […]

Politics

Atiku vs Buhari: Be careful of those close to you – Shehu Sani warns Buhari

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2017

Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, on Saturday warned President Muhammadu Buhari to be wary of those close to him. He made the call while cautioning the president to be wary of those who publicly show their support and affection for him. Sani, obviously referring to statement by Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, […]