NEWS

PDP Crisis: Makarfi Calls Eor emergency Meeting Over Sheriff’s Victory

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2017

The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sen Ahmed Makarfi, has called for an emergency meeting of party stakeholders over the court ruling that affirmed Ali Modu Sheriff as National Chairman of the party. Recall that an Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt,

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North- East Crisis, Fourth Biggest In The world – UN

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2017

The United Nations (UN) has said the humanitarian crisis in North-East Nigeria is the fourth biggest in the world.   Edward Kallon, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator disclosed this during a Media Breakfast Meeting in Abuja.   While lamenting the pathetic condition of victims of the Boko Haram insurgents in the country’s North- East region, […]

Politics

I’m Ready o Step Down As PDP Chairman – Sheriff

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2017

Factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ali-Modu Sheriff has declared that he is ready to relinquish his position in the interest of the party. Addressing reporters in Abuja, Sheriff said, “I am willing to relinquish the position for the party to move forward into achieving its goals. “I will consult other leaders […]

NEWS

Kaduna Airport: Minister Assures Of 24-Hour Surveillance

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2017

The Chairman Ministerial Security Sub-committee on the movement of Abuja International Airport Operations to Kaduna, Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG (Operations), Alkali Usman, has assured that 24-hour security surveillance will be mounted around the Kaduna airport and environs for protection of lives and property of passengers. This is ahead of the closure of

NEWS

Two Children Killed In IDP Camp Fire Accident

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2017

Two children have died in a fire disaster that broke out in an Internally Displaced Persons camp in Jere local government of Borno state. The ill-fated camp, located in an area called Khurso Bashir, is only few kilometers to Maiduguri and is one of the unofficial settlements for displaced persons in the host community. Witnesses […]

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I Raped 200 Women, Slaughtered 500 —Terrorist

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2017

Twenty-one-year-old Islamic terrorist captured by security forces has admitted killing hundreds of people and raping “more than 200 women.” The militant had described how he moved from home to home, raping terrified women. He also told of how he slaughtered around 500 victims — either by beheading them or by putting a blindfold on them and […]