EDUCATION

Univeristy Ibadan Ranked 25 In Africa, 801 In The World

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2017

The university was the only one in Nigeria that made the list of top 25 Universities in Africa. According to Times Higher Education, the best universities in Africa span nine countries, from Uganda in the east to Nigeria in the west, Morocco in the north to South Africa in the south of the

NEWS

Breakin News: NTIC Aductors Demands N1.2bn Ransom

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2017

The abductors of students and members of staff of the Nigeria Turkish International College (NTIC) have demanded N1.2 bn ransom for the victims to be released, it was learnt. Sources close one of the victim’s family revealed that the kidnappers called them on Sunday to make the demand. A source who confirmed the demand for […]

BUSINESS

Proposed Floating Dry Dock to be completed in 2017 – NIMASA

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2017

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has said the proposed floating dry-dock project was in progress and likely to be completed in 2017. Peterside told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the project, when completed, would enable ship owners dry-dock in the country. He said: “It […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Germany launches probe into DİTİB’s spying activities on Gülen followers – Turkish Minute

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2017

In the wake of a recent confession by the Germany-based Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) which said some of its imams acted as informants against the sympathizers of the Gülen movement, Germany has launched a probe into DİTİB’s spying activities. A spokesperson from the German Interior Ministry who spoke to Deutsche Welle on Saturday […]

TOP STORIES

2019: New political party, AFA, emerges …As former first ladies, ex-Buhari spokesman, APC chieftains declare support

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2017

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, a new political party known as Alliance for Feminine Agenda (AFA) has been born in Abuja, at the weekend, with some yet to be unvailed former first ladies and ex-governors behind the move. Already, a former spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari in the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) […]

TOP STORIES

‘Why we didn’t capture Shekau’ – Army

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2017

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai has revealed why the Nigerian army could not capture Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau despite the most recent massive military onslaught on the dreaded Sambisa forest. General Buratai in an exclusive interview granted to Daily Trust on Sunday when asked of the whereabouts of the Boko […]