Politics

Forgery: Protesters storm INEC headquarters, demands Andy Uba’s prosecution

Daily Dispatch May 10, 2017

Hundreds of protesters on Wednesday stormed the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), demanding that Senator Emmanuel Andy Uba, be prosecuted for an alleged forgery involving hi School certificate. Recall that some other group had earlier petitioned the

ENTERTAINMENT

4, 000 Policemen, 135 NSCDC to provide security at IBB’s last daughter’s wedding

Daily Dispatch May 10, 2017

Over 4, 000 policemen, 135 Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been deployed to provide security Former military President, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida will on Friday, May 12 gives out the hand of one of his daughters in marriage in Minna, Niger state. IBB who recently returned from Germany where he went to […]

NEWS

BREAKING! Herdsmen attack travellers on Abuja-Keffi Expressway

Daily Dispatch May 10, 2017

Some armed men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday, May 10, attacked travellers on the Abuja-Keffi Expressway. The men, Punch reports carted away with mobile phones and money belonging to the travellers. The incident occurred close to a village called Barde after Gidan Waya in Kaduna state at 10 am. The village where the […]

TOP STORIES

Over 260,000 Nigerian refugees returned in last two years…..over 250, 000 displaced Nigerians still in neighbouring countries – UNHCR

Daily Dispatch May 10, 2017

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has disclosed that it has registered a total of 262,809 refugee returnees as well as 56,602 households between August 2015 to April 2017. He said the high number of returnees notwithstanding, there were still over 250,000 displaced Nigerians across neighbouring countries of Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic.The

BUSINESS

Tweeting from the field: how farmers are using social media

Daily Dispatch May 10, 2017

Piglets are nibbling on his shoelaces, but Marcus Holtkoetter only has eyes for his tablet: he’s engaged in a fierce Twitter debate about the herbicide glyphosate. More than 1,400 people follow him on the social media service, and he recently sent his 10,000th tweet. Farmers from all over the world have joined Twitter and other […]

Politics

Boko Haram’s abduction of Chibok girls was real – PDP

Daily Dispatch May 10, 2017

Secretary of the National Caretaker Committee (NCC) of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ben Ndi-Obi, has debunked insinuations in some quarters alleging that the story of the schoolgirls abducted in Chibok three years ago by Boko Haram terrorists was a hoax. He stated that the abduction and release narratives of government were true […]