NEWS

Boko Haram: Twin Bomb Blasts In University Of Maiduguri Again.

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2017

At least two bomb blasts were heard in the University of Maiduguri One went off at about 10.50pm on Thursday, and the other one at about 12am this morning. According to the Student Union Government President, Comrade Abu Hanifa Babati. The second one occurred around BOT Hostel which is a female

EDUCATION

104, 000 candidates apply for 11, 000 slots at UNILORIN-VC

Daily Dispatch May 18, 2017

No fewer than 104,000 admission seekers applied for admission in the university during the 2017/2018 academic session. The Vice-Chancellor of University of Ilorin, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, who disclosed this during the 40th anniversary of the varsity’s Department of History and International Studies in Ilorin, however, said the university can only admit about 11,000

TOP STORIES

Boko Haram: Cameroonian Government Deports 7, 500 Nigerian Refugees

Daily Dispatch May 18, 2017

No fewer than 7,500 out of 79,000 victims of Boko Haram insurgency taking refuge in Cameroon have arrived Borno State following their forced ejection by the Cameroonian government. Governor Kashim Shettima, while receiving the new Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Yunusa Mustapha Maihaja, berated the Cameroonian authority for not

NEWS

Wike explains why he will never abandon Jonathan

Daily Dispatch May 18, 2017

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, on Thursday said comparing his performance with that of the ruling All Progressives Congress in two years, Nigerians have seen the difference between good governance and false promises. He made the remark while commissioning the Second Nkpogu Bridge as part of activities marking his second year anniversary in office. […]

NEWS

Nigeria Customs Donates Impounded Rice to IDPs

Daily Dispatch May 18, 2017

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Eastern Marine Command has donated bags of seized rice to Internally Displaced People’s (IDPs) Camps rather than auctioning them to the public. The out-going Controller in charge of the Customs Eastern Marine Command with headquarters in Port Harcourt, River State, Comptroller Usman Bello Kankara stated this during a valedictory service

FEATURES

Alone in Maiduguri: the orphans of Boko Haram

Daily Dispatch May 18, 2017

Children orphaned by Boko Haram Islamists play on a merry-go-round in an abandoned amusement park in Maiduguri, Nigeria, on April 27, 2017. In Maiduguri, where the population has doubled to over two million as a result of Boko Haram insurgency, thousands of children are homeless. / AFP PHOTO / Florian PLAUCHEUR After a night on […]