NEWS

Nigerian doctor arrested in US for alleged sexual assault on two patients

Daily Dispatch April 8, 2017

A Nigerian doctor based in the US, Okechukwu Ozumba has been arrested by police in Texas, for allegedly assaulting two female patients sexually. The police said Ozumba committed the act at OSSM Orthopedics in the 8000 block of state highway 121 in McKinney, Texas. He was arrested on March 31

TOP STORIES

Obasanjo calls for spiritual approach to anti-corruption campaign

Daily Dispatch April 8, 2017

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday advocated a spiritual approach to the anti-corruption crusade in Nigeria just as he urged the Church to help fight the scourge. Obasanjo spoke in Abeokuta at the 2017 convention lecture of the Victory Life Bible Church International. He spoke on the theme : “The Role of the Church in […]

LEAD STORY 1

Germany deports ISIS suspect to Nigeria

Daily Dispatch April 8, 2017

Germany has deported to Nigeria, an alleged Islamic extremist, an ISIS suspect, deemed dangerous by authorities. He is a German citizen, not Nigerian. The German news agency, dpa, reports that the 22-year-old man who was born in Germany and who hadn’t committed a crime, arrived in Lagos Thursday. The unidentified man was one of the […]

NEWS

Executive/Legislature face-off: Cardinal Okogie Urges Nigerian Leaders To Put Citizenry Above Personal Interests

Daily Dispatch April 8, 2017

Worried by the current face-off between the Executive and the Legislative arms of Federal Government, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, the Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, has urged the country’s leaders to put the interest of the citizenry above personal interests. Okogie said the executive and legislative arms should come together and work for […]

EDUCATION

78,378 pupils sit for 2017 entrance exam into Unity Schools

Daily Dispatch April 8, 2017

No fewer than 78,378 pupils are participating in the ongoing 2017 National Common Entrance Examination across the country, according to the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu. The minister disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja during a visit to some centres in the Federal Capital Territory. Prospective students for the Junior Secondary School (JSS) I […]

Politics

Ita-Giwa Dumps PDP, Joins APC

Daily Dispatch April 8, 2017

Former presidential adviser and prominent Bakassi leader in Cross River State, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, has officially left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ita-Giwa was a pioneer member of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) which later merged to form APC, before decamping to PDP in 2004. On Thursday, […]