TOP STORIES

Boko Haram: Babies Used in Suicide Bombings, Officials Warn

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2017

Female suicide bombers in Nigeria are now carrying babies to avoid detection in their attacks, authorities warn. An attack in the town of Madagali on 13 January saw two women detonate their devices, killing themselves, two babies, and four others. They had passed a vigilante checkpoint,

TOP STORIES

N19bn Arms Fraud: Court Re-Affirm Dasuki Bail

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2017

An Abuja High Court has again reaffirmed the bail granted former National Security Adviseer, Colonel Sambi Dasuki and five others in the arm deal trial involving $2.1bn. Justice Baba Yusuf reaffirmed the bail on Dasuki on the ground that he was entitled to it and having being admitted to same since 2015 when the federal […]

LEAD STORY 1

NTIC KIDNAP: Abductees May Regain Freedom In 24hrs, Expect Cheering News- AIG Zone 2

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2017

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2, Kayode Aderanti, has said the abducted pupils and members of staff of the Nigerian Turkish International Colleges, Isheri, Ogun State may regain their freedom in the next 24 hours.  He disclosed this on Tuesday in Abeokuta while speaking with journalists during his courtesy visit to the Governor of Ogun […]

NEWS

Arrest of Journalist: FG Has Nothing To Do With It- Lai Mohammed

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2017

  The Federal Government has dissociate itself from the recent arrest of the Premium Times Publisher, Mr. Dapo Olorunyomi and his reporter, Ms. Evelyn Okakwu. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said federal government will not do anything to stigle press freedom. Mohammed stressed further that […]

LEAD STORY 2

N13bn Fraud: EFCC Re-arraign Dasuki, Bafarawa and his Son

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2017

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arraigned the immediate-past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), and former Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, his son Sagir before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama. They were re-arraigned before Justice Baba Yusuf on 22 counts involving alleged diversion of

Politics

2019: Defectors Can Contest APC

Daily Dispatch January 24, 2017

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that new members of the party that meet the right criteria would be allowed to contest in 2019. Reacting, APC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, assured that the party would accommodate the defectors. “We are happy that people across the political spectrum are buying into the philosophy […]