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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

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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

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How Adeleke helped me become gov. -Aregbesola

Daily Dispatch April 24, 2017

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state has described the late Senator Isiaka Adewale as a charismatic politician and political leader with panache and passion. In a tribute to the late Senator, Aregbesola said that Adeleke was a very generous man who gave his all to the needy, friends and constituents, without favour to ethnicity, religion […]

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Adeleke Died of Overdose of Painkillers- Autopsy Report

Daily Dispatch April 24, 2017

The course of the death of senator Isiaka Adeleke has been made public. The senator reportedly died of overdose of painkillers. The lifeless body of Adeleke was returned to LAUTECH Hospital, Osogbo, for an autopsy yesterday after his sudden death at the hospital. Reports that followed his death was that he had died of cardiac […]

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BREAKING: Emir Sanusi’s Kano Emirate admits spending N3.4 billion in three years

Daily Dispatch April 24, 2017

The Kano State Emirate Council, has admitted that the Emir, Muhammadu Sanusi II spent N6bn his he assumed office. Senior council official in charge of finance who is also the Walin Kano, Bashir Wali, made the remark while denying reports that the Emir, spent N6 billion of the emirate’s fund since he assumed the throne. […]

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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