LEAD STORY 2

Buhari not on warpath with National Assembly – Enang

Daily Dispatch April 6, 2017

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, has denied any rift between the President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly. Enang said this while answering questions from State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He

LEAD STORY 2

Boko Haram faction denies claims of starvation in new video

Daily Dispatch April 5, 2017

The faction of the rogue Boko Haram militant group led by Abubakar Shekau released a video on Tuesday denying that fighters are dying of hunger in its  strongholds in the northeast. “There is no food that we lack in this forest of Sambisa. It is not true that we have run out of food supply […]

LEAD STORY 2

BREAKING: Navy Fleet Commander, Rear Admiral Ikoli found dead in Lagos

Daily Dispatch April 5, 2017

The Fleet Commander of the Western Command of the Nigerian Navy, Rear Admiral Teikumo Ikoli, is dead. He was found dead on Wednesday in his Lagos home. The Navy said in a statement on Wednesday that it has invited the police to investigate the cause of Ikoli’s death. Spokesperson for the Western Naval Command, Lieutenant […]

LEAD STORY 2

EFCC arraigns INEC officials for collecting bribe from Diezani Madueke to rig 2015 election

Daily Dispatch April 5, 2017

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday arraigned three officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for allegedly taking bribes from ex-Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke to compromise the 2015 general elections. According to the anti-graft agency, the accused persons, Christian Nwosu, Yisa Adedoyin and Tijani Bashir,

LEAD STORY 2

Suicide Attacks: Buratai Orders Deployment of Military Dogs in Maiduguri

Daily Dispatch April 4, 2017

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has ordered the deployment of military sniffer dogs in and around Maiduguri as part of efforts to checkmate incessant suicide bomb attacks in the city. Buratai gave the order on Tuesday after he inaugurated a sports complex built by 7 Division of the Nigerian Army at the […]

LEAD STORY 2

Okorocha Give Outgoing Police Commissioner N5m For Fuelling of His Car

Daily Dispatch April 4, 2017

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, has given landed properties as well N5m gift to the outgoing Commissioner of Police in the state, Taiwo Lakanu for fueling of car. Okorocha’s gesture was disclosed in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo in Owerri, the state capital on Tuesday. According to the release, […]