INTERNATIONAL NEWS

US forbids any device larger than cellphone on airlines from 13 countries

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2017

US authorities have secretly required airlines from 13 nations to forbid passengers from carrying any electronic or electrical device larger than a cellphone. The new edict was distributed in an email described as “confidential” from the US Transportation Safety Administration on Monday. The

NEWS

FG gives conditions for disbursing $4b Paris Club refund

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2017

The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, said the Federal Government had consistently complied with all extant rules and regulations in the disbursement of the Paris Club refunds to state governments. In a statement by her Special Media Adviser, Festus Akanbi, on Monday in Abuja, Adeosun said the Federal Government’s disbursement process was transparent and targeted […]

Politics

90 per cent of PDP Belongs To Me – Orji Kalu

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2017

A former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has slammed his estranged party, the People’s Democratic Party for treating him with utter disdain despite being one of the foundation members. Kalu, who pitched his tent with the ruling All Progressives Congress in November 2016, ‎said he gave the party its first N500m and […]

LEAD STORY 2

How I Sponsored Obasanjo’s Presidential Campaign With N100m in 1998 – Orji Kalu boasts

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2017

Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has boasted of how he funded ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Presidential campaign in 1998 with the sum of N100m. Speaking during a dinner in Washington DC, United States, US, Kalu also claimed he should own 90% of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stakes by virtue of his N500 million […]

NEWS

Suspected gay soldier accused of sodomising 15-year-old boy in Benue

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2017

A soldier, Corporal Bashir, serving with 72 Battalion, Makurdi, Benue State, has been accused of sexually molesting a 15-year-old boy, James Usar. The victim, a mechanic apprentice, was a resident of Yagba area of North Bank, a suburb of Makurdi. According to the youth leader in the community, Raymond Asema, ‎Usar has been working on […]

Politics

OGUN UPN SACKS CHAIRMAN OVER TAX FRAUD, ANTI PARTY ACTIVITIES

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2017

Omooba Risawe Ogun State Chapter of Unity Party of Nigeria,(UPN),has announced the suspension of it Chairman, Mrs Irede Oginni over alleged tax fraud and anti-party activities. This was made known Monday at a press conference held at Onikolobo headquarters of the party,in Abeokuta,the state capital.  Secretary of the party,Alhaji  Moruf Popoola who was accompanied by […]