Politics

BREAKING! Defection: PDP Caucus Asks Saraki To Declare Uba’s Seat Vacant

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2017

The Peoples Democratic Party caucus in the Senate on Tuesday asked President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, to declare declare Sen. Andy Uba’s seat vacant for defecting from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress. The Minority Leader, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, while making the demand on behalf of

LEAD STORY 1

BREAKING: I Need Longer Period Of Rest, says Buhari

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said results of the series of medical checkups he carried out in the cause of his medical vacation had shown that he needed longer period of rest. He said this necessitated his staying back in London, United Kingdom longer than initially planned. The President said this in a four-paragraph made […]

NEWS

Security Tightened At Abuja House in London

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2017

The security officials at the Abuja House in London have adopted series of new measures to protect President Muhammadu Buhari and those visiting the building which is said to be housing Nigeria’s number one citizen. According to The Guardian reporter stationed just outside the premises of the building, the officials at the House have stepped […]

NEWS

310,000 IDPs In Borno Return To Liberated Communities

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2017

The National Emergency Management Agency says about 310,000 Internally Displaced Persons from seven local governments areas of Borno have returned home following the liberation of their communities and return of peace. The NEMA North-East Coordinator, Mr Muhammad Kanar, said on Tuesday in Maiduguri that as at Monday, only about 101,387 IDPs were still remaining in camps

HEALTH

1.4 million Children May Die From Famine In Nigeria, Three Others – UNICEF

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2017

Almost 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition could die this year from famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, the UN children’s agency said Monday. In Yemen, where war has been raging for nearly two years, 462,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition while 450,000 children are severely malnourished in northeast Nigeria. Fews […]

Politics

Don’t Do Anything That Would Undermine The Country’s Democracy- Okorocha Warns Makarfi and His Supporters

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2017

The Governor of Imo State and chairman Progressives Governors Forum, Rochas Okorocha, has warned a former Governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi, and his faction not to do anything that would undermine the country’s democracy. Okorocha in a statement issued in Owerri on Tuesday warned Makarfi and his supporters to respect a judgment of a […]