NEWS

Nigerian Takes Over As Chairman AU Peace and Security Council

Daily Dispatch July 1, 2017

Nigeria on Saturday, July 1 assumed the chairmanship of the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC), the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports. The PSC is the standing organ of the AU for the prevention, management and resolution of conflicts. It is a key element of the African Peace and Security

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Macron, African leaders meet over al-Qaida, Boko Haram

Daily Dispatch July 1, 2017

President Emmanuel Macron of France will meet West African leaders on Sunday in Mali to discuss support for a new 5,000-strong multinational force meant to counter a growing threat from terror groups including Boko Haram and al-Qaida. Heads of state from five nations across Africa’s vast Sahel region have called for a new regional force […]

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Nigerian Doctor kills one, injures six in US hospital shooting

Daily Dispatch July 1, 2017

Hellbent on revenge and armed with an assault rifle, a former Bronx-Lebanon Hospital physician in New York, United States of America, wearing a white lab coat opened fire Friday inside the medical center — killing one doctor and injuring six other people before killing himself, authorities said. The shooter, Dr. Henry Bello, 45, had vowed […]

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Explosion kills four soldiers in Borno

Daily Dispatch July 1, 2017

The army has confirmed that it lost an officer and three soldiers in Borno state on Thursday when their patrol vehicle encountered IED buried on the road between Kangarwa and Alagarno village. Sani Usman, army spokesman, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday. He said three other soldiers sustained various degrees of injuries, while […]

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Nigerian politicians are sitting on a time bomb-Bisi Akande

Daily Dispatch July 1, 2017

Bisi Akande, former interim national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said the monetisation of politics is a time bomb that “will soon kill Nigerian politicians” if it nothing is done about it. He said that the development of Nigeria’s political system is being curtailed by the practice. NAN reports that Akande stated […]

EDUCATION

Ex-UNIOSUN student emerges best graduating medical student in Ukraine

Daily Dispatch July 1, 2017

A Nigerian, Lateefat Oyeleye Abiola, on Friday emerged the best graduating medical student at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in Ukraine. She scored 95.6 per cent to emerge the best, not just at her university, where she beat 564 other students, but overall in the country. The announcement that her score was the best in […]