NEWS

Local gov. chairman, others paraded over attempted murder of Sen. Melaye

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2017

The police on Saturday said they had arrested six suspects in connection with an assassination attempt on Senator Dino Melaye in his home in Kogi State on April 15. The Force Spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, told newsmen in Abuja that the arrested suspects included a Kogi State local government sole

EDUCATION

JAMB registers 1. 5 million candidates for UTME

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2017

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board said it had so far registered 1.5 million candidates for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination across the country. The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this in an interview with the newsmen on Saturday at side line of activities marking the pre-JAMB mock examinations. It will be […]

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Former Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar declines comment on Abiola’s death after Bamaiyi’s allegation

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2017

A former Head of State Abdulasalmi Abubakar has declined comments on allegations levelled against him by a former chief of army staff Ishaya Bamaiyi on the death of the winner of the 1993 presidential election. Bamaiyi had in a his book titled ‘Vindication of a General’ accused Abubakar of having knowledge about Moshood Abiola’s death. […]

LEAD STORY 2

Paris Club Refunds: Bayelsa Washes Hands Off Nigeria Governors Forum’s Consultancy Fee

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2017

The Bayelsa State Government has dissociated itself from the purported hiring of consultants for the first tranche of the Paris Club refunds by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF). Bayelsa State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Maxwell Ebibai, said in a statement in the state capital Yenagoa on Saturday that the state government was not involved in the hiring […]

TOP STORIES

Obasanjo reveals how EFCC probed him while he was in power

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2017

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed how the EFCC probed him, while he was in power. Obasanjo said the EFCC unearthed a foreign account long used by his late wife, Stella Obasanjo before they got married. He stated that that was the nearest to what the former EFCC chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu could find against […]

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Saraki vows to resign over details of National Assembly’s 2017 Budget

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2017

The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Saraki, has vowed to resign if the 2017 Budget of the National Assembly does not come with a line by line outline. Saraki stated his position on his Twitter handle. He tweeted: “The line by line of the National Assembly budget, a key part of the #opennass is […]