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Soldiers kill pupil, injure others while rescuing herdsmen

Daily Dispatch March 24, 2017

One of the bullets reportedly fired by soldiers attached to 707 Special Forces Brigade in Makurdi, Benue State, has killed a secondary school pupil, identified as Ayew Atume. It was gathered that Atume, a resident of Jato Aka in the Kwande Local Government Area of the state, was having a lunch

Sport

International Friendly: Iheanacho rescues Eagles

Daily Dispatch March 24, 2017

A spot kick from Kelechi Iheanacho was all the Super Eagles needed to force the Teranga Lions of Senegal to a one-all draw at The Hive ground in London on Thursday. The Senegalese broke the deadlock through Moussa Sow in the 54th minute before the Eagles rallied for an equalizer late in the second half. […]

NEWS

155 more Nigerians voluntarily return from Libya

Daily Dispatch March 24, 2017

Two weeks after 171 Nigerians voluntarily returned home from Libya, 155 others followed suit on Thursday aboard a chartered Nouvel Air aircraft with registration number TS-1NB. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the aircraft landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 6pm. Like the initial group, which returned on March 7 […]

NEWS

Bomb scare at US embassy in Lagos

Daily Dispatch March 24, 2017

There was a bomb scare on Thursday at the Embassy of the United States of America. However, the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Fatai Owoseni, on Thursday said there was no bomb planted at the American Embassy in Lagos. Owoseni told newsmen that the suspected bag kept in one of the vehicles at the […]

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N1.3b grass cutting contracts awarded to 20 ‘ghost’ firms – Senate

Daily Dispatch March 24, 2017

Contracts worth about N1.3 billion were awarded to about 20 contractors without traceable addresses in the North East, the Senate said on Thursday. Part of the contracts was for the cutting of grasses. The Senate said its investigations so far in locating the companies have not yielded fruits. The Chairman of the Senate AdHoc Committee […]

NEWS

SENATE DENIES ALLEGED PLANS TO SHUTDOWN BUHARI’S GOVERNMENT…..describes report as “fake”

Daily Dispatch March 24, 2017

The Nigerian Senate is not planning to shutdown President Muhammadu Buhari’s government in 72-hours as allegedly reported by some online outlets. Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Abdullahi Sabi disclosed this in an exclusive telephone interview with TVC News. “Let’s get it very clear, I am not irresponsible to make