NEWS

Saraki’s trial slowed down the economy, says Akpabio

Daily Dispatch June 15, 2017

Godswill Akpabio, minority leader of the senate, says the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) slowed down the economy. On Wednesday, Saraki was discharged and acquitted of an 18-count charge bordering on false declaration of assets. Speaking on

Sport

54,000 youths compete for laurels as 19th NNPC/Shell Cup kicks off

Daily Dispatch June 15, 2017

Some 54,000 students from 2,750 secondary schools across the Nigeria are competing for honours in the 19th edition of the NNPC/Shell Cup now holding at centres in 36 states of the Federation, including Abuja, in the biggest youth football championship in Nigeria.  “This is another opportunity for young football talents to develop their dreams while […]

FEATURES

On Boko Haram front line, Nigerian vigilantes amass victories and power

Daily Dispatch June 15, 2017

His broken arm is in a bamboo splint, his torso pock-marked with shrapnel and his jaw wired together by a Nigerian army surgeon. But 38-year-old vigilante Dala Aisami Angwalla is undaunted by two nearly fatal brushes in the last year with Boko Haram, one involving a landmine, the other an ambush, and is determined to […]

Sport

Serena Williams’ 75-yrs-old father moves to divorce wife over theft

Daily Dispatch June 15, 2017

Richard Williams, a tennis coach and father of female tennis sensations – Venus and Serena – has filed for divorce from his wife, Lakeisha Williams. The 75-year-old is accusing Lakeisha of stealing his social security checks and forging his signature to transfer property, which include cars and a house, to her name in court documents […]

BUSINESS

Oil hits six-week low as OPEC fails to curb oversupply

Daily Dispatch June 15, 2017

Oil prices dropped to six-week lows on Thursday, under pressure from high global inventories and doubts about OPEC’s ability to implement agreed production cuts. Brent crude oil fell 30 cents to $46.70 a barrel, its weakest since May 5 and just above six-month lows, before recovering a little ground to trade around $46.80 by 0755 […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Islamic State say they have captured Afghanistan’s Tora Bora caves

Daily Dispatch June 15, 2017

Pressed by Afghan and U.S. forces, Islamic State militants have seized a new stronghold in Tora Bora, a mountainous area dotted with caves along Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan, officials said on Thursday. The remote region in Nangarhar province was most famously used by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in late 2001, in a bid […]