NEWS

NIA boss, Babachir Lawal’s suspension unavoidable – Itse Sagay

Daily Dispatch April 20, 2017

The chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) Itse Sagay has said that the suspension of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir Lawal and the director general of the National Intelligence Agency Ayo Oke was unavoidable. Sagay while reacting

Politics

2019 election: Major General Hamza Al-Mustapha launches new political party

Daily Dispatch April 20, 2017

Former Chief Security Officer to the late General Sani Abacha, Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha has floated a new political party. Al-Mustapha announced formally the party he called Green Party of Nigeria, GMP, in a statement on Thursday. Al-Mustapha said in a brief statement, “Finally, the real people’s Party has landed. Please give praise to our Creator […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Turkey Is No Longer A Country Governed By The Rule Of Law

Daily Dispatch April 20, 2017

In a new report unveiled today as part of continuing series that focus on human rights violations and arbitrariness in the application of the law in Turkey, Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) concluded that the rule of law as we know no longer exists in Turkey. The comprehensive report titled “Turkey’s descent into arbitrariness: The end […]

NEWS

BREAKING: El’Rufai orders arrest of another journalist

Daily Dispatch April 20, 2017

Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El’Rufai has ordered the arrest of Mr. Midat Joseph, a Kaduna based correspondent of Leadership newspapers. He was arrested by security operatives in his house at the early hours of Thursday. According to sources, the journalist who is now in detention in Kaduna was said to have published a […]

LEAD STORY 1

Buhari is a noisemaker, he’s as corrupt as Abacha – Sule Lamido

Daily Dispatch April 20, 2017

A former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has said described the President Muhammadu Buhari’s ongoing anti-corruption fight as ‘noise making,’ stressing that the President is as corrupt as former Military Head of State, Sani Abacha.  The former Minister of Foreign Affairs, while speaking with the BBC Hausa Service claimed that Buhari could not be

Politics

Governor Yahaya Bello ruling like a Pharaoh in Kogi – PDP

Daily Dispatch April 20, 2017

The Kogi State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday condemned the leadership style of the state Governor, Yahaya Bello, saying the governor was ruling the state like “Pharaoh.” The claim was contained in a communiqué by the Kogi West PDP stakeholders meeting held at Isanlu, Yagba East senatorial axis of the state. […]