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Breaking: Buhari appoints Magaji Bichi as substantive DG of DSS

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved with effect from 14 September, the appointment of Yusuf Magaji Bichi, as new Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS). The appointee is a core secret service operative, according to a statement by Garba Shehu, senior special assistant on

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Court strikes out suit against reconvening of Senate

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2018

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, struck out a suit seeking an order stopping alleged attempts to reconvene the Senate without the authorisation of Dr. Bukola Saraki as the Senate President. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba struck out the suit instituted by two senators loyal to Saraki on the grounds of lack of diligent prosecution […]

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Osun election: Court restrains Adeleke from contesting

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2018

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has granted an order of interim injunction restraining the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke, from taking part in the September 22 governorship election in Osun State. The court presided over by Justice O.A. Musa also restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from […]

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Crushing defeat awaits ‘Paperweight Dogara’ in Reps election: APC

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2018

The All Progressives Congress appears not to be losing sleep over the reported defection of Speaker Yakubu Dogara from its fold to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, where he came from. On the contrary, the APC, which dismissed Dogara, as a ‘political paperweight’ said a “crushing and humiliating defeat”, awaits him in next February election […]

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The Economist Magazine’s Economist Intelligence Unit Vindicates Atiku Abubakar

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2018

Our attention has been called to the desperation of the Buhari government and the All Progressives Congress in denouncing the projections of The Economist Magazine that exposed the incumbent Nigerian government for the failure that it is. We find it amusing that an All Progressives Congress and a Buhari campaign that once celebrated The Economist […]

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Buhari wades into Tinubu, Ambode’s rift

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2018

Uncomfortable with the leadership crisis in Lagos, President Muhammadu Buhari is reportedly to have invited the leader of APC, Bola Tinubu, to Abuja. Although they have publicly denied, Tinubu is reported to have a rift with Lagos State governor Akinwunmi Ambode. The APC Governors’ Forum is reported to have urged Buhari to appeal to Tinubu […]