Sport

Floyd Mayweather wins big again, with a £78,000 jackpot in Las Vegas

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2017

One week after his victory over Conor McGregor, Floyd Mayweather has enjoyed another big win. The American took his record to 50-0 with victory over McGregor in Las Vegas last month. Mayweather pocketed around $300m (£230m) from the fight and he has netted another hefty windfall — this time in

Politics

(BREAKING) Ekiti 2018: PDP to get consensus candidate today

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2017

The Peoples Democratic Party ‎in Ekiti would adopt a consensus governorship candidate today for the 2018 governorship election. PUNCH learnt that party bigwigs are already in Ado Ekiti for an intervention meeting where some issues including ‎that of the governorship candidate would be discussed. Among the frontline politicians for the PDP ticket are the deputy […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Hackers gain entry into U.S., European energy sector

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2017

Advanced hackers have targeted U.S. and European energy companies, in a cyber-espionage campaign that has in some cases successfully broken into the core-systems that control the companies’ operations, according to researchers at the security firm Symantec. Malicious email campaigns have been used to gain entry into organisations in the U.S., Turkey and Switzerland, and

NEWS

Benue Flood: A3 FOUNDATION, TIVID ORPHANAGE FEEDS MULTITUDE OF IDP CHILDREN

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2017

The Tivid Orphanage in partnership with the A3 Foundation yesterday paid a heartwarming visit to soothe the suffering incurred by flood on an IDP camp in Makurdi, Benue state. The A3 Foundation headed by its founder, Amb. (Dr) Aisha Audu-Emeje revealed that most of her beneficiaries were children who were a sorry sight at the […]

Politics

No Plans to remove Gov. Ortom— Akume

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2017

The Senator representing Benue North West Senatorial District, Senator Dr George Akume has discarded rumours circulating online that there are underground plans by a caucus in the All Progressive Congress (APC) to replace the current Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom in the 2019 election. He made this clarification in Markurdi when he met with […]

NEWS

Deforestation: Nasarawa engages over 1,500 youth

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2017

Nasarawa State Government has engaged more than 1,500 youths to guard against illegal felling of trees and other activities that can deplete the state’s forest resources. Mr Gabriel Aka’aka, the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources made the announcement at a news conference in Lafia on Wednesday. Aka’aka said the move was part of the […]