HEALTH

Meningitis vaccines go missing in Zamfara

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

Two officials of Bungudu local council in Zamfara have been ordered to produce the missing meningitis vaccines allocated to the area or be sanctioned. The affected officials are the local council’s director of health, Rabiu Dansadau and the councillor of health, Sanusi Umar. Aliyu Kagara,

HEALTH

Governor bans consumption of Coke, Fanta, Sprite in government functions

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi has banned the consumption of Coke, Sprite and Fanta at government functions in the state. The ban follows reports alleging that some soft drinks could be dangerous to health. The governor gave the order during a meeting with traditional rulers and town union executives in the state. Recall […]

NEWS

Seized $43million: EFCC search ex-Anambra governor, Peter Obi’s flat

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

Following the discovery of over $43m in a neigbhouring at Osrbone Towers in Ikoyi, Lagos State, former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has confirmed that operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), searched his apartment. The former governor’s apartment was one of the many searched by the anti-graft agency. The EFCC had […]

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NIGERIAN PSYCHIATRISTS SAYS TREASURY LOOTERS NEEDS‎ MENTAL CHECK UP

Daily Dispatch April 19, 2017

The Psychiatric Nurses of Nigeria on Tuesday tasked called Federal Government to introduce mental check up on alleged treasury looters,a development said  would serve to checkmate incessant corruption in the country. The call was made known  at the opening ceremony of the  2017 Annual Scientific Conference of the Association of Psychiatric Nurses of Nigeria,APNN, held […]

NEWS

Suspected Boko Haram militants kill five soldiers

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2017

Suspected Boko Haram jihadists killed five Nigerian soldiers and injured five others in a raid on a military post in the violence-torn northeast, locals and a military officer said Tuesday. “Our men were outgunned and outnumbered,” said a military officer in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, who asked not to be named because he […]

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I resisted pressure to charge Buhari with certificate forgery, Nigeria’s ex-Attorney General Adoke says

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2017

A former Attorney-General of the Federation, Bello Adoke, has explained how he allegedly came under pressure from unnamed persons to charge then candidate Muhammadu Buhari for forgery in the run up to the 2015 presidential election. He also said that he pushed back against demands for former President Goodluck Jonathan to constitute an interim national […]