TOP STORIES

How N677.6m was diverted from NAF account in 13 months –EFCC

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday demonstrated before the Federal High Court in Lagos how a total of N677,6777,085 was allegedly diverted from the coffers of the Nigerian Air Force between March 2014 and April 2015. According to PUNCH,  the agency the fund was moved in

HEALTH

[BREAKING] Fresh outbreak of meningitis kills 8 in Katsina

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

Cerebro Spinal Meningitis has killed not less than eight people at Tsabu village in Mai’adua Local Government Area of Katsina State, an official has said. The Director of Primary Health Care in the LGA, Nasiru Mani, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Mai’adua today (Thursday). Mani said the meningitis outbreak was discovered in […]

Sport

How NIPOGA Can Tackle Youth Unemployment

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

With the steady increase in the rate of youth unemployment in the country, especially as graduates are churned out yearly from the higher institutions of learning and no hope of jobs, youths participating in this year’s NIPOGA has been urged to display their talents and be scouted for sponsorship. The Nasarawa state Governor, Tanko Almakura, […]

TOP STORIES

Breaking: Senate postpones presentation of 2017 Budget

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

The Senate, on Thursday, postponed the laying of report on the 2017 Appropriation Bill to Tuesday. The presentation of the Budget was on the Order Paper of the Senate for Thursday. The suspension of the presentation was hinged on the ongoing meeting between the Senate and the House of Representatives to harmonize the budget. It […]

TOP STORIES

BREAKING: Ex-governor Sule Lamido granted bail on self-recognition

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

Former Jigawa state governor, Sule Lamido, has been granted bail on own recognizance by a magistrate court sitting in Dutse, Premium Times reports. Ekpunobi, the prosecutor, had argued that Lamido should not be granted bail as he could jeopardise peace in the state. But the magistrate, Muhammad Lamin, disagreed with the counsel. Lamin also rejected […]

LEAD STORY 1

Thousands of refugee children live ‘in limbo’ – Unicef

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

An estimated 24,600 refugee children are “living in limbo” waiting to join their families in Western Europe, UNICEF said on Thursday in New York. The organisation said that single mothers and children were among the nearly 75,000 refugees and migrants stranded in Greece, Bulgaria, Hungary and the Western Balkan Country. According to Afshan Khan, the […]