TOP STORIES

Over 20m face starvation in Nigeria, three other countries – FAO

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2017

The Food and Agriculture Organisation has restated its call for urgent support to North East Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia and Yemen, which have been ravaged by years of violent conflicts. The organisation’s Director-General, José da Silva, emphasised this at the opening of the 165th session of

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Trump summons entire Senate to White House briefing on North Korea

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2017

The entire US Senate will go to the White House on Wednesday to be briefed by senior administration officials about the brewing confrontation with North Korea. The unusual briefing underlines the urgency with which the Trump administration is treating the threat posed by Pyongyang’s continuing development of nuclear weapons and missile technology. It follows a […]

BUSINESS

FOREX: CBN injects $246.2m for Wholesale, SMEs, Invisibles

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2017

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday offered $246.2 million to authorized dealers at the forex auction in the interbank wholesale window, Small and Medium Enterprises and invisibles segments. A breakdown of the total offer indicates that the sum of $150 million was auctioned at the wholesale window, while SMEs and invisibles got $52 million […]

NEWS

OGUN POLICE COMMAND ARREST FAKE OONI OF IFE

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2017

  Ogun State Police Command has arrested a fake Ooni of Ife  after successfully defrauding two Nigerian ladies based in United States of America The Command said the  26 years old suspect,Abiodun Joseph who decieved his victims as Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi(Ife traditional ruler) was arrested in Ilese town located in Ijebu-North Local Government area of […]

NEWS

Why Buharu must rush to me for healing – Maharaji Ji

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2017

The founder of the One Love Family, Satguru Maharaji ji, on Monday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to rush to him for healing over his protracted illness. Maharaji ji gave the advise after a week-long program which celebrated the 30 years of existence of Maharaji ji Village along Lagos-Ibadan expressway in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. […]

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Commute Death Sentence To Life Imprisonment-Falana urges governors……says action is primitive and barbaric

Daily Dispatch April 24, 2017

Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has called on state governors not to sign death warrants of the condemned criminals, describing execution of criminals as “primitive and barbaric”. Speaking with newsmen in his Ilawe Ekiti residence, Falana noted that the act of executing criminals is wasteful intentional killing of Nigerians. He