NEWS

Police to recruit 30,000 personnel annually – DIG Dikko

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

The Nigeria Police Force has made plans to recruit 30,000 personnel annually to enhance community policing in the country. The deputy inspector general of police (DIG) in charge of north-west zone, Mr Maigari Dikko, made this known in an address to officers at the state police command

BUSINESS

NCAA probes Lagos-bound Aero aircraft smoke

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has begun investigation into the smoke in an Aero Contractors aircraft enroute Lagos from Port Harcourt.| General Manager, Public Relations of NCAA, Mr. Sam Adurogboye, confirmed the development, in Lagos, on Wednesday. Aero Contractors flight NG316 was engulfed in smoke about 20 minutes after take-off, causing panic among the

EDUCATION

JAMB: ASUU faults registration logjam, asks Oloyede to step aside

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) University of Ibadan Chapter, Dr. Deji Omole has asked the Registrar of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Professor Ishaq Oloyede to voluntarily resign his position for the lopsided nature of the ongoing JAMB registration coordinated by the Board. Omole noted that the registration problems being

INTERVIEW

Northern Nigeria: “Falling sick in Rann is almost a death sentence”

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

The town of Rann in northern Nigeria was hit by an aerial bombardment on 17 January. The Nigerian armed forces have claimed responsibility for the strike which killed at least 90 people and injured hundreds. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was providing medical care in Rann at the time of the bombardment. Teams have recently returned […]

LEAD STORY 1

Nigeria: As refugees flee violence, others are forcibly returned

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

Violence and insecurity continue to force people from their homes in northeast Nigeria, where new waves of displaced are arriving in remote towns of Borno State. Nigerian refugees are also being forcibly returned from Cameroon. Over 11,300 people have arrived in Pulka, close to the Cameroonian border, since January, and this has brought the total […]

EDUCATION

SUBEB uncovers 758 fake teachers, 700 ghost workers in Cross River

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

The State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in Cross River says it has uncovered no fewer than 758 teachers with fake National Certificate of Education and 700 ghost workers. Chairman of SUBEB in the state, Dr Stephen Odey made the disclosure while briefing newsmen in Calabar on Wednesday. He said the exercise followed a mandate […]