INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Sierra Leone: Mass burial for 400 victims of mudslide

Daily Dispatch August 15, 2017

Sierra Leone will today bury close to 400 victims of a devastating mudslide and flood that affected a section of the capital, Freetown on Monday. A correspondent  of Reuters in Freetown, said he counted close to 400 corpses at the central morgue today, with 80 of them brought in Tuesday

NEWS

Reps Walkout CBN, UBEC Officials Over Poor Representation

Daily Dispatch August 15, 2017

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts on Tuesday walked out officials from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), over what it termed improper official representation and appearances before it. ‎ ‎ Both agencies had sent representatives who appeared before the committee to defend the Auditor General of

Politics

Anambra 2017: Why Are The Women Taking The Back Seat?

Daily Dispatch August 15, 2017

Barely three months to the Anambra State Governorship Election, billed for November 18, 2017, the political terrain has once again been electrified. At the moment in the state, the major political parties- the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA; Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, All Progressives Congress, APC and United Peoples Party, UPP have all released […]

NEWS

Army launches mobile strike force to crush Boko Haram

Daily Dispatch August 15, 2017

The Nigerian Army has inaugurated special mobile strike force as part of its renewed onslaught against Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East Nigeria. Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya  Dole, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, made the announcement on Tuesday at the inauguration of the force at Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri. He said the special strike force was one of […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Grace Mugabe surrenders to S/African Police, faces assault charge

Daily Dispatch August 15, 2017

Zimbabwe’s first lady, Grace Mugabe, handed herself in to South African police on Tuesday and will be charged with assault after reports that she attacked a young woman, Gabriella Engels in Johannesburg. Fikile Mbalula, the police minister earlier told reporters that 52-year-old Grace, a possible successor to her husband, 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe, had cooperated

NEWS

Female hunters offer to flush out kidnappers from Taraba

Daily Dispatch August 15, 2017

Two female hunters in Taraba, Aisha Bakari and Habiba Husseini, on Tuesday said they were ready to assist in flushing out kidnappers from Taraba if engaged by the State Government. The hunters disclosed this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria in Jalingo. They said fighting kidnappers and insurgency required not only force […]