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UK Court to Rule if Nigeria Shell Claims Can Proceed

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2017

More than 40,000 Nigerians will on Thursday discover if London’s High Court can rule on their pollution claims against Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell over spills in the Niger Delta. The Guardian report that lawyers for the claimants are demanding action from Shell to clean up spills that have

LEAD STORY 1

President’s Death Rumour: Leave Me Out of It- Saraki

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2017

The Senate President Bukola Saraki has condemned the attempt by some section of the media to drag him into the death rumour of President Muhammadu Buhari. Saraki advised those peddling such news not to involve him in the matter. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on media Yusuf Olaniyonu Saraki said he had […]

COLUMNS INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Turkey’s Erdogan and ISIS New Breeding Ground

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2017

By Ismail Yakob It is no longer news that for sometime now, the radical terrorist group, the Islamic State also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)  has been terrorizing several parts of the world. The group, which still control swathe of areas in Syria and Iraq, where it originated from, has […]

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Court orders interim forfeiture of Malabu oil block, OPL 245 To FG

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2017

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the interim forfeiture of Oil Prospecting License (OPL 245) to the Federal Government pending investigation and prosecution of suspects in the $1.1bn Malabu Oil scam. Justice John Tsoho granted the order shortly after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission move an ex parte on Thursday. The […]

NEWS

I will sign death warrant of anyone convicted of murder – Gov. Bello

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2017

Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State has said he would sign death warrant of anyone convicted of murder in the state. The governor said this in regards to the incessant killings and cases of insecurity in the northern States, stressing that his administration would do everything within its power to secure lives and property of […]

Sport

Australian Open 2017: Williams To Meet in 9th Grand Slam final

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2017

Venus and Serena Williams will meet in a Grand Slam final for the ninth time after the American sisters came through their 2017 Australian Open semi-finals in Melbourne on Thursday. Thirteenth seed Venus, a 36-year-old, beat fellow American Coco Vandeweghe 6-7 (3-7) 6-2 6-3 to reach her first major final since 2009. World number two […]