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BREAKING: Osun pensioners picket state secretariat over unpaid pension arrears

Daily Dispatch June 30, 2017

Pensioners in Osun State on Friday stormed the State Secretariat and locked put workers in continuation of their protest to press home demand for payment of their pension arrears and gratuities. The pensioners started the fresh protest on Thursday and continued early Friday morning before

COLUMNS

The unspoken message in Buhari’s voice note, by Azu Ishiekwene

Daily Dispatch June 30, 2017

When the Presidency decided that it would not make any statement about President Muhammadu Buhari’s health status on his second medical trip to the UK where he has now spent half of the year, it opened the door for rumours to thrive and fester. Of course, there is a sense in which the government can […]

NEWS

Two killed in double suicide attack at Niger refugee camp

Daily Dispatch June 30, 2017

Two women bombers blew themselves up in a refugee camp in southeastern Niger, killing two other people in a suspected attack by Boko Haram Islamists from neighbouring Nigeria. Boko Haram’s insurgency began in northeast Nigeria and has spread to Chad, Cameroon and Niger, claiming more than 20,000 lives and displacing 2.6 million people. They are […]

NEWS

Acting President Arrives Lagos For Christopher Kolade Lecture

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2017

The Acting President, Yemi Osibajo has arrived the Lagos venue of the 5thAnnual Christopher Kolade Lecture on Business Integrity In his welcome address, Dr. Christopher Kolade said the Integrity Organisation was established 20 years ago as a society of people with zero tolerance for corruption. He said the organisation has continued to drive the vision […]

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Notorious Boko Haram terrorist nabbed in Buni Gari

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2017

Troops of 27 Task Force Brigade, deployed to Buni Gari in Borno said they have arrested another suspected Boko Haram terrorist. Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, the Director Army Public Relations, made this known on Thursday in Maiduguri. Usman said the suspect, 20, was arrested by the troops on June 25 while on perimeter patrol. He added […]

Politics

Senator Sekibo to appeal Tribunal sacking

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2017

The embattled Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker representing Rivers East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator George Sekibo, has said he will appeal the verdict of the Rivers State National/State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal. The Tribunal which sat in Abuja on Wednesday, upturned his victory. Andrew Uchendu was declared winner of the