Politics

North will vote Buhari even on wheelchair in 2019 – Arewa Chieftain, Yakubu

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2017

A member of the National Executive Committee of Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Mohammed Alhaji Yakubu, has said the North will vote President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 even if he is on “wheel chair.” Yakubu made the remark while faulting the calls by a cross section of Nigerians that the

NEWS

APC Chieftain salutes Saraki’s courage at CCT

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2017

A chieftain of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has commended the Senate President Bukola Saraki, for showing courage and submission during his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over allegation of false asset declaration, saying “God has finally vindicated him.” The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) had dismissed the […]

HEALTH

Boko Haram: 290 victims undergo surgeries in Borno

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2017

About 290 residents of Borno State, who were injured in Boko Haram attacks, have undergone surgeries at the state’s specialist hospital in Maiduguri. A relief agency, the International Committee of the Red Cross, disclosed this on Tuesday at a seminar in Abuja, saying the statistics of surgeries was from January to June 2017. The ICRC […]

NEWS

Woman allegedly sets 12-year-old child ablaze for stealing N1000

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2017

34-year-old woman on Wednesday appeared before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly setting her 12-year-old foster child ablaze. The accused, Uzoma Austin, who resides at 5, Adesoji St., Agiliti, Mile 12 area of Lagos, was docked on a two-count injuring by explosive substance and causing grievous harm. The prosecutor, Sgt. Lucky Ihiehie, said […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

London tower fire claims 6 lives

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2017

Six people have been confirmed dead after a huge fire raged through the night at a west London tower block, and police expect that number to rise. Eyewitnesses described people trapped in the burning Grenfell Tower, in north Kensington, screaming for help and yelling for their children to be saved. Firefighters rescued “large numbers”, but […]

NEWS

73 eminent Nigerians ask government to deal with agents of hate

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2017

Barely 24 hours after Acting President Yemi Osinbajo declared that government would deal with those spreading hate speech, group of eminent Nigerians have asked the government to deal firmly with those who promote hate and violence. The group who express hope in the country, declared that “we are all Nigerians” The group has Odinkalu, human […]