INTERNATIONAL NEWS

North Korea Warns It Has ‘Powerful Hydrogen Bombs’

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2017

North Korea said on Sunday it has developed a more advanced nuclear weapon that has “great destructive power” as leader Kim Jong-Un inspected a hydrogen bomb at the Nuclear Weapons Institute. The bomb can be loaded on a new intercontinental ballistic missile. The hydrogen bomb’s power is

EDUCATION

Delta State University Sacks 18 Lecturers, Others For Plagiarism, Extortion, Sexual Harassment

Daily Dispatch September 3, 2017

The Governing Council of the Delta State University, Abraka has sacked 10 lecturers, eight non-teaching junior staff and warned 17 dons for extortion, sexual harassment and gross misconduct, among others. This was made known on Friday on the website of the university’s website. The statement was signed by the university’s Registrar and Secretary to the […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Those robes they wear make them think they are clever than us, Kenyan President lambasts judges

Daily Dispatch September 2, 2017

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday lashed out at the judiciary for overturning his re-election, and refused opposition demands to replace the tarnished polls commission. While repeating his assertion that he respected the Supreme Court decision, a bellicose Kenyatta set the stage for a bitter and tense re-run of the presidential election which must take […]

HEALTH

Resident Doctors Begin Nationwide Strike Monday

Daily Dispatch September 2, 2017

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARDs) has threatened to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike, beginning from Monday, to protest non-payment of their salaries. The president of NARDs, Dr Olusegun Olaopa of University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, who disclosed this in a statement he issued yesterday, said the resident doctors have decided to commence

Politics

Dangote: I am not PDP candidate

Daily Dispatch September 2, 2017

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has denied reports he will run for the Presidency on the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), in 2019. Dangote made the denial in an interview with Daily Times. He was reacting to a report that officials of PDP think-tank programme set up by former President, Goodluck Jonathan have […]

NEWS

Gov. Aminu Masari pays homage to President Buhari in Daura

Daily Dispatch September 2, 2017

Gov. Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State has expressed gratitude to God and Nigerians for the sustained prayers for the unity of Nigeria and the wellbeing of President Muhammadu Buhari. Masari said this in Daura on Saturday when he paid Sallah homage on President Muhammadu Buhari at his GRA residence in the metropolis. He said […]