INTERVIEW

INTERVIEW: Maitama Sule called for ‘revolution’ in Nigeria‎, spoke on North’s role in oil discovery

Daily Dispatch July 4, 2017

Some months before his death, Maitama Sule spoke extensively on the challenge of leadership facing Nigeria and what needs to be done. The Octogenarian, who died on Monday, played host to a senator, Shehu Sani, and his team during which he spoke about diverse issues including the discovery of

HEALTH

Nigeria has the highest TB record in Africa-Minister

Daily Dispatch July 4, 2017

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Monday said Nigeria has the highest tuberculosis record in Africa, stressing that 80 per cent of the cases in the country yet to be diagnosed. Adewole spoke at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, while receiving laboratory equipment for the TB laboratory. The equipment was donated by the […]

NEWS

Assembly sets up committee to investigate ex-Speaker over N100m Dangote ‘bribe’

Daily Dispatch July 4, 2017

The Kano State House of Assembly has set up a five-man committee to investigate the corruption allegations leveled against its immediate past Speaker, Alhaji Kabiru Rurum. The decision of the Assembly to investigate the allegations, which was proposed to the House by the new Speaker, Alhaji Abdullahi Atta, at the plenary, was unanimously accepted by the […]

NEWS

Southern Kaduna Students pass a vote of no confidence against Gov. El-rufai

Daily Dispatch July 4, 2017

Students from southern Kaduna have passed a vote of no confidence in Governor Nasir El-Rufai over the closure of three institutions in the area. A statement by the President of Southern Kaduna Youth and Students Forum (SKYSFOM), Mr. Galadima Jesse, urged the governor to re-open the institutions without further delay. He condemned the continuous closure […]

LEAD STORY 1

Don’t ignore the haste in news coverage- Ajibola….says Journalism sneak into media space like a thief in the night

Daily Dispatch July 4, 2017

Vice Chairman of Daily Trust Foundation, Alhaji Ishaq Ajibola has called in journalists and news reporters not to ignore the haste at which news coverage is going, saying journalism sneaked into the media space like a thief in the night. Ajibola stated this on Monday during the opening session of Digital Journalism training by Press Association, London and […]

NEWS

BBOG demands rescue of policewomen abducted by Boko Haram

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2017

The #BringBackOurGirls coalition has called for the rescue of some policewomen and civilians reportedly abducted by Boko Haram insurgents on June 20, 2017, while traveling on the Maiduguri-Damboa highway in Borno State. It said it was worried by the military and the Federal Government silence over the abduction, noting that eyewitness accounts said that 16 […]