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I am Not Coming To Nigeria Until Doctors Says Am Okay-Buhari

Daily Dispatch February 11, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has said he would only return to Nigeria when his London doctors certify him well enough to leave. This was contained in Buhari’s February 5 letter to the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, informing the National Assembly of the extension of his vacatioa. The

Sport

Lagos City Marathon: Kenyan Kiptom Wins Race For The Second Time

Daily Dispatch February 11, 2017

Kenya’s athlete, Abraham Kiptom has won the 42.1km Lagos marathon. This is the second time Kiptom is winning the competition. At least 100,000 athletes from 27 countries, including Nigeria, participated in the race.  It also featured around 64 elite athletes from 26 countries, 30 special athletes and 102 runners from Nigeria. The race started at […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

U.S Travel Ban: Trump To Issue New Executive Order On Monday

Daily Dispatch February 11, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump is considering issuing a new executive order banning citizens of certain countries traveling to the United States after his initial attempt to clamp down on immigration and refugees snarled to a halt amid political and judicial chaos. Trump announced the possibility of a “brand new order” that could be issued as […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Earthquake In Southern Philippines Kills Four, Damages Infrastructure

Daily Dispatch February 11, 2017

Four people died and more than 100 were injured after a powerful earthquake struck the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines late Friday, damaging some structures and cutting power in many areas, local officials said. The 6.7 earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km and the epicenter was about 13 km east of […]

Sport

17 Angola Football Fans Killed In Stampede

Daily Dispatch February 11, 2017

Seventeen football fans have been reportedly killed in a stampede at a football stadium in the northern Angolan city of Uige on Friday, February 10, 2017. The tragic incident occurred in the duel between Santa Rita de Cassia and Recreativo de Libolo in Angola’s domestic League football. According to police official Orlando Bernardo who witnessed […]

TOP STORIES

$20bn NNPC fraud: EFCC Discovers Diezani’s $37.5m Lagos Mansion

Daily Dispatch February 11, 2017

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has discovered a $37.5m (N11.75bn) luxury high-rise building on Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos, allegedly belonging to the embattled former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. This is just as the EFCC revealed on Friday that it discovered $9.3m and £74,000 belonging to a former Group Managing Director, Nigerian