NEWS

S/Africa guilty of violating obligation to ICC

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2017

South Africa violated its obligations to the ICC by failing to arrest Sudan’s President Hassan al-Bashir when he visited in 2015, the court’s judges said in a ruling on Thursday. However, the war crimes court judges declined to refer South Africa to the UN Security Council over the matter.They

Politics

Stop speaking for APC or Buhari, party chieftain tells Kalu …Says IPOB’s directive on boycott can’t succeed

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2017

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia and the governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Prince Paul Ikonne, has warned former governor of his state to desist from speaking onbehalf of the party or the president. He, however, of the opinion that Chief Kalu “wrong foundation” as governor […]

EDUCATION

Breaking: NOUN students now to go for Law School, NYSC

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2017

The Senate on Thursday concluded amendment of the National Open University of Nigeria Act. The amendment will ‎enable students of the university to go for the compulsory one year National Youth Service Corps observed by graduates of the country’s universities and polytechnics. The Senate resolution was as a result of clause by clause‎ consideration of […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

BREAKING: 6.5-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Central Philippines

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2017

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled the central Philippines Thursday, US seismologists said, with shaking reported although residents in two major cities reported no major damage. The quake hit at a depth of around six kilometres (four miles), on the central island of Leyte, the US Geological Survey said. There was no immediate warning of a tsunami, […]

LEAD STORY 2

Lawmaker condemn Jonathan’s Invitation by Rep…..says the committee should have arrange private meeting with him

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2017

Following a summon served on former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan by the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the $1.1billion OPL 245 Malabu oil deal, a member of the, House, Rep Sergius Ogun (PDP, Edo), has said that the committee should have taken a private meeting with the former president as a mark of […]

LEAD STORY 1

Atiku, others at evening with Theresa May + photos

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2017

Former Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday spent an evening with British Prime Minister, Theresa May, at the Conservative Party’s summer party. With the Waziri Adamawa at the event were his wife, Dr. Jamila Atiku Abubakar, and the founder of the Silverbird Entertainment Group and representative of Bayelsa […]