NEWS

PENPUSHING PLATFORM HAS ADDED VALUE TO GLOBAL NEWS DISSEMINATION, SAYS SENATOR OBADARA

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2017

A Media promoter, Senator Gbenga Obadara has affirmed that, the popular social media,penpushing platform has come to stay,having changed the face of news dissemination via group chat on the internet for better journalism development Obadara who is the founder of Sweet FM 107.1 radio station

BUSINESS

$43m discovery: Enemies of Naira being exposed, says ABCON

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2017

The President, Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria, Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, said that the discovery of huge sums of money in Lagos has vindicated its members. Gwadabe said on Friday that ABCON was saddened by the development, but added that the real enemies of the Naira were gradually being exposed. The Economic and […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

MOAB strike: US bombing of IS in Afghanistan ‘killed dozens’

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2017

A US military strike with a weapon known as the “mother of all bombs”, or MOAB, killed 36 Islamic State (IS) group militants and destroyed their base, the Afghan defence ministry says. The most powerful non-nuclear bomb ever used by the US in combat was dropped on IS tunnels in Nangarhar province. No civilians were […]

NEWS

Senate Will Continue To Advocate For The Return Of The Remaining Chibok School Girls-Saraki

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2017

President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, has called for concerted efforts to bring back the over 200 school girls abducted from the Government Secondary School in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State three years ago. Speaking on the third anniversary of the abduction of the girls, Saraki pledged that the Senate would continue to […]

TOP STORIES

I’m disappointed Buhari’s men leaked my memo -El-Rufai

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2017

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Friday said he was disappointed that a private memo he sent to President Muhammadu Buhari on the state of the nation could be leaked to the public. El-Rufia who said this while speaking with State House correspondents shortly after he joined Buhari for the Juma’at prayer at the […]

TOP STORIES

Nigeria marks 3 years since schoolgirls’ mass abduction

Daily Dispatch April 14, 2017

Nigerians on Friday marked three years since the mass abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls by Boko Haram extremists amid anger that government efforts to negotiate their freedom appear to have stalled. Activists were rallying in the capital, Abuja, and commercial hub Lagos to urge President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to do more to free the nearly […]