NEWS

No going back on tanker drivers’ strike, says NUPENG

Daily Dispatch April 2, 2017

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has said its Petroleum Tanker Drivers had been mobilised to ensure no movement of petroleum tankers as their nationwide strike begins on Monday. Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo, the South-West Chairman of NUPENG Lagos Council, made the

LEAD STORY 1

Boko Haram: Beef Up Against Remnants Of Terrorists-Buratai Charges GOC

Daily Dispatch April 2, 2017

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has charged the GOC, 8 Task Force Division, Major General Ali Nani, to beef up security against attacks by remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists. Buratai gave the charge on Saturday at Gubio in Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno State. He specifically charged the GOC […]

Politics

Tinubu Using EFCC to Destroy Nigeria Senate – PDP Caucus

Daily Dispatch April 2, 2017

The Senate caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused APC leader Bola Ahmed Tinubu of plotting to destroy the senate in collaboration with the EFCC. At a recent meeting, the caucus concluded that Tinubu was using the EFCC to harass members of the Senate. The PDP Senate caucus, which has indicated its readiness […]

NEWS

Buhari is deaf and dump, lacks integrity – Ex-militant leader, Asari Dokubo

Daily Dispatch April 2, 2017

The leader of defunct militant group, Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Asari Dokubo, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a man who lacks integrity. Dokubo who made the remark against the backdrop of the current economic crisis rocking the nation, stressed that the Buhari’s administration is “deaf and dump.” The former militant leader insisted

LEAD STORY 2

Boko Haram abducts 22 girls, women in Borno

Daily Dispatch April 1, 2017

Boko Haram militants have abducted 22 girls and women in two separate raids in northeast Nigeria, residents and vigilantes said on Friday. In the first attack on Thursday, the terrorists raided the village of Pulka near border with Cameroon where they kidnapped 18 girls. “Boko Haram fighters from Mamman Nur camp arrived in pickup vans […]

HEALTH

Meningitis: Death toll hits 328

Daily Dispatch April 1, 2017

The Federal Ministry of Health has said that 328 deaths associated with Meningitis have been recorded in the country since November 2016. The Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by Mrs Boade Akinola, the Director, Media and Public Relations of the ministry. Adewole assured Nigerians […]