NEWS

Boko Haram: Nigeria to validate Framework, National Action Plan on violent extremism

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2017

The Federal Government has in furtherance of efforts to prevent and counter violent extremism in Nigeria concluded plans to validate the framework and National Action Plan for deradicalisation and countering of extremist groups like Boko Haram terrorists. To this end, the constituted Working

NEWS

DOCTOR STABBED MOTHER TO DEATH IN OGUN

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2017

Omooba Risawe Ogun State Police Command has arrested a Medical Doctor,Emmanuel Ogah for allegedly stabbing his mother to death. The Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi made this known on Saturday,adding that  the suspect on interrogation  confirmed  that he killed his biological mother because she was fond of scolding him publicly He explained further that

NEWS

Bayelsa poll: Judicial Commission Submits Report, Dickson Vows to Stop Future Violence

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2017

The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the violence that characterised the last governorship election in Bayelsa State has submitted its report ‎to Governor Seriake Dickson. The commission, which was inaugurated o‎n December 14, 2015, was given seven terms of reference and in August 2016 it submitted an interim report to the governor. The Chairman of […]

FEATURES

Nigeria’s Battles With Boko Haram Scar the Land and Its People

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2017

Photo A burned Nigerian village seen from a United Nations helicopter flying between Maiduguri and Monguno.CreditAshley Gilbertson for The New York Times While reporting an article on civilian massacres by the Nigerian military, the photographer Ashley Gilbertson and I heard reports that soldiers were burning villages. The militant group Boko Haram, too, has been accused

TOP STORIES

Buhari to Nigerians: Avoid Swallowing Just Any Drug

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari is happy to be back home ‘hale and hearty’, but he has a medical advice for all Nigerians which we should not miss in the euphoria of his return. “I think one of our terrible things is self-drug administration,” he noted in his address while speaking with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and […]

BUSINESS

Telecoms Operators Seek Direct FX Allocation From CBN

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2017

The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria has called for direct Foreign Exchange allocation for the telecommunications sector. ALTON Chairman, Mr Gbenga Adebayo, in a statement on Saturday, said that the sector deserved to be supported with such allocation from the Central Bank of Nigeria. Adebayo said that operators faced challenges while trying