Sport

Rangers Face Zamalek In CAF Champions League

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2017

Enugu Rangers have been handed a tough opponent in the last 32 of the CAF Champions League. The draw which was concluded after saidn George of Ethiopia qualified on Monday also saw Nigeria’s other team in the tournament Rivers United draw Al Merrikh of Sudan. Full draw: USM Alger (ALG) v

NEWS

Patience Jonathan Drags EFCC To Court

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2017

A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has fixed April 24th to hear a fundamental rights suit filed by former First Lady, Patience Jonathan against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Presiding Judge, Justice Salihu Saidu fixed the date after the EFCC filed a notice of preliminary objection. Lawyer to the EFCC, Kayode Oni […]

Sport

Man U defender, Phil Jones’ Cleaners Drag Him To Court For Sacking Them Unlawfully

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2017

Cleaners to Manchester United defender, Phil Jones’ cleaners, Angela and Nigel Stubbs are said to be taking him to an employment tribunal after he dismissed them from their jobs with six hours’ notice before Christmas. Manchester United defender, Jones reportedly sacked the married pair of cleaners over £300 petrol bill they incurred while helping to […]

EDUCATION

Unilorin, ABUAD To Develop Medicinal Rice

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2017

Scientists at the University of Ilorin and their counterparts at Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), are finalising arrangements to develop an improved rice variety with medicinal potentials against cancer. A report in the University of Ilorin Bulletin on Monday stated that this was the outcome of the collaboration between the two institutions for which a […]

NEWS

Breaking: 21 Feared Dead In Fresh Attacks On 3 Southern Kaduna Communities

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2017

Twenty one people have been allegedly killed by unknown gunmen suspected to be herdsmen in the early hours of Monday morning, February 20, Leadership reports. Alex Iya, the chairman of Kaura local government area of Kaduna state, confirmed the killing of 14 people in a simultaneous attack on two communities of Mifi and Ashim. Another […]

Politics

Sheriff conniving with APC to destroy PDP – Makarfi group

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2017

The Sen. Ahmed Makarfi’s faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the party’s embattled National Chairman, Sen Ali Modu Sheriff as a “mole out to destroy the only strong opposition in the country.” It made the remark on PDP’s twitter handle @OfficialPDPNig, on Monday. The party also accused the former Borno State Governor […]