TOP STORIES

$115million Debt: NBET, TCN threatens to disconnect Niger, Benin Republic

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2017

Nigeria’s West African neighbours, Benin and Niger Republic, may face total electricity blackout, following a threat by the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) Company Plc and the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to disconnect them from its supply sources any time from now. Nigeria

TOP STORIES

Revealed: Buhari may return before August ending

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2017

Against the backdrop of the literary infighting between the hyenas, the jackals and weak animals over the absence of the lion king from the kingdom, strong indications have emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari may return to Nigeria before August ending. The Daily Times further gathered that the President will also join other Muslim faithful in […]

NEWS

UN condemns Boko Haram’s attack

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2017

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned Boko Haram terrorists’ attacks in Borno in which many people were killed. The suicide bomb attacks occurred in Mandarari town of Konduga Local Government Area, about 37 kilometres from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The attack occurred at 5:50 pm on Tuesday. Guterres, in a statement issued by Stéphane […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Nigerian asylum seeker kills girlfriend in Germany, stuffs body in bag + photos

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2017

A Nigerian, simply identified as Anthony I, who sought asylum in Germany under false pretences, is on trial in Muenster, Germany for stabbing and killing his girlfriend earlier this year. Prosecutors said the 28-year-old Nigerian brutally murdered Soopika Paramanathan, a 22-year-old German student, known locally as the “Angel of Ahaus” for her volunteer work with […]

Politics

South West Zone of the PDP asks court to nullify 75th NEC meeting of the party

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2017

Another crisis may soon hit the Peoples Democratic Party as the south-west zonal executive committee of the party has filed a suit at the federal high court, Abuja, seeking the nullification of the 75th national executive committee (NEC) meeting of the party. The suit numbered FHC/ABJ/732/2017 has the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the PDP, […]

Politics

I am still in APC – Kwankwaso, describes report as malicious

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2017

A former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso has debunked reports making the rounds that he has defected from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, alongside some lawmakers. Kwankwaso, a member of the national Assembly, described the report as “malicious story” meant to tarnish his image. Reports emerged yesterday that […]