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The Senators Are Behaving Like Kids Whose Snack Was Seized-Buhari’s Aide

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2017

Lauretta Onochie, special assistant on new media to President Muhammadu Buhari, has knocked the Nigerian Senate over the suspension of former majority leader Mohammed Ali Ndume. In a post on her social media accounts, Onochie attacked the Senate and accused the lawmakers in the Upper House of

NEWS

Dokpesi received N2.1b from Sambo Dasuki in just 3 months – witness

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2017

A top staff of the First Bank Plc, Maitama branch, Abuja, Mrs Zainab Ibrahim-Kokobili, has testified concerning how the founder of the African Independent Television (AIT), Chief Raymond Dokpesi, got a whooping N2.1 billion from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) in just three months. The Punch reports that the witness told Justice […]

ENTERTAINMENT

Nigeria ranks 4th in soft drinks consumption globally

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2017

Nigeria has been ranked fourth market in the world with the biggest consumers of soft drinks. This revelation is coming ahead of the 2017 Drinktec, the world’s leading trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry taking place in Munich Germany from September 11 to 25 Nigeria is ranked number 4 in the world […]

HEALTH

Meningitis kills four in Abuja, says AMAC

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2017

The Abuja Municipal Area Council on Wednesday confirmed that Cerebro Spinal Meningitis has killed not less than four children in Durumi-Garki, a suburb of the FCT. The Head of Health Department in the council, Modupe Adeyinka, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. Adeyinka advised residents to take precautions against the […]

NEWS

BREAKING: Senate suspends former Leader, Ndume

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2017

Former Leader of the 8th Senate, Ali Ndume has been suspended by the Senate, over what the Lawmakers described as “unpaliamentary conducts”. This is coming barely 5 months after the House of Representatives suspended its esthwhile Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, Hon. Jibril Abdulmumini. Ndume was removed as Senate Leader at the resumed session, January,

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NPS Establishes Second Female Prison in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2017

The Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) on Wednesday announced the establishment of a second all-female prison in Nigeria. Mr Peter Tenkwa, the Controller of NPS in Adamawa, confirmed the development in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola. Tenkwa said that the development followed the ongoing restructuring of the Nigeria Prison Services to […]