NEWS

DSS nabs Boko Haram kingpins, Ghana’s boys, gang terrorizing Abuja-Kaduna road

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2017

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday said joint operations with sister agencies targeted at kidnappers, terrorists and other high profile criminals across the country, have yielded results. This is contained in a statement by its spokesman, Tony Opuiyo. It said the hunt for the

HEALTH

Diarrhoea kills 279 people

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2017

At least 279 people have died and thousands sickened in Sudan from suspected acute diarrhoea since August, UN agencies said Monday, raising health concerns in the country ahead of the rainy season. About 87 percent of those affected are children aged five and above from across 11 states including Khartoum, the United Nations Office for […]

TOP STORIES

I annulled June 12 election because of security threats-IBB

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2017

Former military Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida, had in 2009 granted his first interview on the annulment of June 12 1993 election,  revealing reasons he annulled the  Presidential election which Bashorun MKO Abiola, was adjudged the winner. Babangida said he was compelled to nullify the election because of security threats to the enthronement of […]

EDUCATION

NUT urges Plateau govt to convert its 4,000 ad-hoc teachers to permanent staff

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2017

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) in Plateau has urged the state government to convert its more than 4,000 ad-hoc teachers to permanent staff to make them more productive. The Chairman of NUT in the state, Mr Gunshin Yarlings, who gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on […]

LEAD STORY 2

Army arrests 24 suspected Boko Haram members in Auchi

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2017

His Royal Highness, Alhaji Aliru H. Momoh, the Otaru of Auchi Kingdom, in Edo, on Monday announced the arrest of 24 suspected Boko Haram members in the community by the Nigerian Army. The monarch, while speaking in his palace at Auchi, headquarters of the Estako-West local government area of the state, said the commandant of […]

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Presidency: Osinbajo gets Buhari’s nod to sign budget

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has backed Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to sign the 2017 budget. The  Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in a statement Monday afternoon. The acting president is scheduled to sign the budget 4pm today. Shehu stated: “Following the receipt of a full brief on […]