Politics

Supreme Court judgment on PDP leadership tussle has stabilised polity – Makarfi

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2017

Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, the National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), National Caretaker Committee said the Supreme Court judgment on the party’s leadership tussle had stabilised Nigeria’s polity. Makarfi made the observation when he received a delegation of the PDP Women Forum in his

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Ascertain if President Buhari is fit – Lawyers tells Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2017

A group of lawyers under the aegis of United Global Resolve for Peace (UGRFP) have asked Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and some members of the federal executive council (FEC) to set up a medical committee in line with Section 145 of the 1999 constitution as amended, to ascertain if President Buhari is fit enough to […]

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Army sentences 3 soldiers to 33 years in prison (photos)

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2017

The General Court Martial (GCM) sitting in Maiduguri at the Media Centre, 7 Division Garrison, on Wednesday, July 26, sentenced three soldiers to 23 years and 10 years in prison respectively for unlawful possession of firearms. The soldiers sentenced to 23 years in jail are trooper Fortuned Maculey and trooper Saga Eric Nwokorie, SaharaReporter reports. […]

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Nasarawa to clear backlog of workers’ salaries with N4.5bn Paris club refund

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2017

Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State on Wednesday acknowledged that the state government has received the second tranche of the Paris Club loan refund to the tune of N4.5 billion. Al-Makura disclosed this during a meeting with leaders of organised labour in the state at the government house in Lafia. He said that out of […]

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Police kill 5 suspected kidnappers in Ogun, rescue victim

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2017

The  Ogun Police Command on Wednesday said its  officers shot dead five suspected kidnappers on Tuesday night after a failed attempt to collect  a N100 million ransom. Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the command’s  Public Relations Officer (PPRO), said this on Wednesday while  parading  the corpses of the suspected kidnappers to journalists at the Egba Owode Divisional Police […]

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Kaduna kidnapping: IGP kicks out Area commanders, DPOs

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2017

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the immediate redeployment of Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, all other Officers, Inspectors and Rank and File serving in the Police Divisions and stations abutting the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria highways, notorious for kidnapping and robberies. All police officers and men in Police Stations and out posts,