Politics

BREAKING: New Ondo Speaker, Oloyelogun decamps to APC

Daily Dispatch April 3, 2017

The newly appointed Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Bamidele Oloyelogun, has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). Oloyelogun made the defection shortly after his inauguration as Speaker. He disclosed that he would be decamping

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Jibrin Lacks Experience Call for Buhari’s Resignation – Yusuf

Daily Dispatch April 3, 2017

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuf, has said that Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, is not competent to ask President Muhammadu Buhari to resign based on health ground. Recall that Abdulmumin Jibrin, a former Chairman of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, has demanded that President Muhammadu Buhari resigns his office due […]

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ISIS recruiting Nigerians, Lai Muhammad alerts

Daily Dispatch April 3, 2017

The Federal Government has urged parents and guardians to monitor the activities of their children and wards in order to prevent them from being recruited by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which has now resorted to targetting vulnerable individuals, including foreign students, using financial inducements to recruit them into the terrorist organisation. In a

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No Rift Between Senate, Presidency – Saraki

Daily Dispatch April 3, 2017

Senate president and Chairman of the National Assembly, Bukola Saraki has denied any rift between the legislative and executive arms of government. Saraki made the denial via his Twitter handle on Monday.  He said all reports of fight between the two arms of government were exaggerated, adding that what have been going are just normal […]

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Executive, Senate Face-off: APC NWC to Meet Party Senators

Daily Dispatch April 3, 2017

The National Working Committee of All Progressive Congress APC will on Tuesday meet with the party cacus in the senate in a bid to resolve the ongoing rift between the Executive and the National Assembly. Already, party leaders have embarked on a series of consultations with the key actors aimed at finding a lasting solution. […]

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We Have Identified Key Location Of Boko Haram and Destroyed It- Buratai

Daily Dispatch April 3, 2017

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, said on Sunday that the army had identified one key location of perpetrators of suicide bombings and had destroyed it. The News Agency of Nigeria quoted the Chief of Army Staff as saying in an interview that the “key area” was cleared by troops in conjunction […]