NEWS

Six killed, 12 injured in Kogi auto crash

Daily Dispatch April 24, 2017

Six persons on Monday lost their lives, while 12 others were injured in an auto crash at Osara village on Lokoja-Okene Road in Kogi State. Villagers told newsmen that the accident, which occurred at about 9am, involved three vehicles: a truck, a Toyota Hiace bus and a Nissan Primera car.

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Seized N13b: NIA Director’s Ordeal Exposes Intelligence, Security Chiefs Rift Under Buhari Administration

Daily Dispatch April 24, 2017

The changing political landscape in Abuja and friction between heads of security agencies and Nigeria’s intelligence community could have major implications not only for the spy agencies but for the country in general. Administration officials last year July dismissed a report by Per Second News, suggesting that heads of security agencies in president Buhari’s

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BREAKING: Senator Isiaka Adeleke buried amid tears

Daily Dispatch April 24, 2017

The first Civilian Governor of Osun state, Senator Isiaka Adeleke, who died on Sunday April 23, has been buried. Adeleke who was a serving senator and a three-term senator elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015, died at the age of 62. He was buried today, April 24, in his […]

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Breaking: Angry mob scatters Senator Adeleke’s Burial

Daily Dispatch April 24, 2017

An angry mob has reportedly disrupt the burial of Senator Isiaka Adeleke which is currently ongoing today, April 24, in Osun state. The mob reportedly collapsed a canopy on Amosun, Akeredolu, Oyinlola to chase out Idiat Babalola, who is a commissioner nominee of Governor Rauf Aregbesola. According to family sources, Adeleke suffered a heart attack […]

Politics

PDP Crisis: Northern group apologises to Jonathan over Sheriff’s action

Daily Dispatch April 24, 2017

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the North-East, has apologized to former President Goodluck Jonathan over the action of the National Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff. Recall that the former Borno State Governor had walked out on the former President during a reconciliatory meeting for not recognizing him as the Chairman of […]

Politics

I have no plans contest 2019 Presidential election – El-Rufai

Daily Dispatch April 24, 2017

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has dismissed claims that he nursing Presidential ambition in 2019.  He made the remark while reacting to insinuations that he was he was plotting to takeover power from President Muhammadu Buhari in the next election. Featuring on Channels Television’s programme “Hard Copy” El-Rufai maintained that he was a victim