Sport

Manchester United ‘bid £92million for Gareth Bale’

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2017

Manchester United have made a bid of £92million for Real Madrid superstar Gareth Bale ahead of Thursday’s transfer deadline. That is according to Spanish outlet Don Balon, who say the Red Devils have tested Los Blancos’ resolve for the Welshman. Bale toiled as Real dropped points against

NEWS

Extortion: NIS bans cash payments at passport offices

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2017

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has banned cash payments for passport processing as part of efforts to eliminate corruption at all passport offices nationwide.‎ NIS spokesperson, Sunday James, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. He‎ said that the Comptroller General of the NIS, Mr Muhammad […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

President orders police to kill ‘idiots’ who resist arrest

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2017

The Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, on Monday ordered police officers to kill any “idiot” who violently resist arrest. Duterte gave the order when hundreds of people turned the funeral of a slain 17-year-old boy Kian Loyd delos Santos into a protest against his deadly war on drugs. Santos was said to have been killed by […]

Politics

Zoning of offices by political parties negates tenets of democracy, it encourages mediocrity-Hon. Wadada

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2017

A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Aliyu Wadada, on Monday said zoning of offices by political parties is undemocratic and should be jettisoned. Wadada, a former House of Representatives member from Nasarawa State, and a 2019 governorship aspirant under the APC, told newsmen in Lafia, that zoning negates all tenets of democracy and […]

LEAD STORY 1

I was under Lagos bridge for 10years with drug users- Dolapo Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2017

Wife of the Vice President of Nigeria, Pastor Dolapo Osinbajo, has recounted how she spent about 10 years with street urchins under several notorious Lagos bridges in a bid to reshape their lives. The VP’s wife spoke at a “Teens Career Conference” put together by The Everlasting Arms Parish TEAP of the Redeemed Christian Church […]

Politics

Group advises southern leaders on restructuring

Daily Dispatch August 28, 2017

The Buhari Media Support Group (BMSG) has urged Southern Leaders Forum (SLF) to adopt constitutional means in pursuing their demand for restructuring, instead of insisting on the use of other means that have the potential to destabilise the polity. In a statement signed today in Abuja by the BMSG Chairman and Secretary, Austin Braimoh and […]