Politics

PDP convention to hold in October, zones presidency to North, VP, South

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2017

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has announced that its National Convention will take place in October this year. The Niger State chairman of the party, Alhaji Tanko Beji, disclosed this in Minna on Thursday, while addressing a stakeholders’ meeting, where the

TOP STORIES

Boko Haram strikes again on Cameroon-Nigeria border,16 dead (photos)

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2017

At least 16 persons have lost their lives in another Boko Haram bombing on Cameroon-Nigeria border. The incident which occurred at Waza area of the border took the lives of the two bombers and 14 others. According to Chief Bisong Etahoben who reported the incident on twitter, the bombing occurred around 11pm on Wednesday July […]

BUSINESS

Influx of fairly used tyres forced Dunlop, Michelin out of Nigeria-SON

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2017

The Coordinator of Standard Organisation of Nigeria in Kwara, Mr Sunday Yashim, has said that the influx of fairly used tyres forced the two major tyre manufacturers in Nigeria, Dunlop and Michelin, to relocate to Ghana. Yashim said SON is determined to rid Nigeria of imported fairly used and expired tyres. Yashim made the commitment […]

NEWS

Sokoto: Interpol, NDLEA, others, seize 881.100kgs of illicit drugs

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2017

The Interpol, National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency( NDLEA), and other relevant agencies, have seized 881.100kgs of illicit drugs as a result of a joint operation conducted in Sokoto State, as well as the Nigeria-Niger border. The Chairman of the agency, retired Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah, disclosed this in Sokoto on Friday at the closing ceremony […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

North Korea threatens to take ‘corresponding measures’ if UN adopts sanctions

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2017

North Korea on Friday threatened to take “corresponding measures” if the UN Security Council adopts another sanctions resolution in response to the North’s test-launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) on July 4. The North’s foreign ministry said in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency that the ICBM test was an exercise […]

NEWS

BREAKING: Osun Permanent Secretary, Olufunke Oluwakemi murdered in Kogi

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2017

The Permanent Secretary, Bureau of General Services, Mrs Olufunke Oluwakemi Kolawole has been murdered around Okene, in Kogi State, on her way to Abuja on Thursday. Kolawole had left Osogbo in the early hours of Thursday for Abuja, to felicitate with her friend, who is the Solicitor General in the state on her confirmation as […]