NEWS

I no longer need DSS, police protection – Fayose dares FG

Daily Dispatch March 8, 2017

Governor Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday declared that he no long need the services policemen and the operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, assigned to protect him. The governor made the claim during this year’s International Women’s Day celebration held at the Oluyemi

TOP STORIES

Court Gives Ruling on Suit Against Buhari

Daily Dispatch March 8, 2017

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ruled on a suit filed against President Muhammadu Buhari on the appointment of the chief justice of Nigeria. The suit filed by Malcom Omirhobo seeking the interpretation of Section 23 of the 1999 Constitution as amended was struck out. Omirhobo, a lawyer, in a suit with number: […]

NEWS

AFRICMIL Condemns Dismissal of Whistle Blowing Ministry Officials

Daily Dispatch March 8, 2017

The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy, a civil society organisation currently engaged in a project to support the Federal Government’s whistle-blower initiative, has condemned recent victimization of federal civil servants for blowing the whistle on internal fraud. In a statement signed by the Coordinator of the centre, Chido Onumah, AFRICMIL expressed

BUSINESS

Lufthansa deploys all female crews to mark International Women’s Day

Daily Dispatch March 8, 2017

To commemorate the International Women’s Day on Wednesday, six crews from Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels consisting only of women will make their morning flights from the Lufthansa Group hubs to Berlin. The jets setting off from Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf, Vienna, Zurich and Brussels will each be flown by two female pilots, according to […]

NEWS

Nigerians calling for Buhari’s return are ‘callous, selfish’ – Yoruba group

Daily Dispatch March 8, 2017

A group known as the Yoruba Youth Socio-Cultural Association, YYSA,‎ has berated highly placed Nigerians calling for the immediate return of President Muhammadu Buhari. In a press release, the group described those allegedly mounting pressure on Buhari to make an immature return to the country as “selfish and callous.” The statement signed by its President,

Politics

Osinbajo, APC are riggers, i will resist them in Ekiti – Fayose

Daily Dispatch March 8, 2017

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Thursday described the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo and his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, as “professional riggers.” He made the remark during the women’s day celebration in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum insisted that the state