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Buhari expected to receive presidential nomination form Tuesday

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2018

Baring any last minute change, President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday collect Presidential Nomination form and the Expression of Interest. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the event will hold at the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, at 11.30a.m. NAN reliably learnt

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Update: BREAKING: Two dead, 37 injured in Lafia gas explosion

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2018

Two persons have been confirmed dead, including an infant and 37 others injured on Monday after a filling station exploded in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital. The incident occurred when the gas station owners attempted to refill their commercial cylinder. Many others were severely burnt in the incident as efforts to quench the fire proved abortive. […]

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Three PDP Presidential aspirants use surrogates to purchase senate and governorship form

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2018

At least three high profile presidential aspirants in Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have used surrogates to purchase Senate and governorship forms as they perfect alternative political survival strategies ahead of the national convention of the party. The three, including two serving senators and an incumbent governor, it was gathered, picked the forms through surrogates.

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EFCC investigating Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari over contract scam

Daily Dispatch September 8, 2018

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has started work on a petition linking Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, to a contract scam. The Spokesperson for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said this in a text message sent to our correspondent on Friday. The petitioner, Bako Waziri Kyari, who […]

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APC offers Shekarau automatic Kano Central Senatorial Seat ticket

Daily Dispatch September 8, 2018

The All Progressives Congress has offered the Senate seat of a former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwanso, to his arch political rival and also former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, The Nation is reporting. The highly referred newspaper said this was one of the terms of agreement before Shekarau agreed to defect […]

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MD/CEO Alpha Beta petition EFCC against Asiwaju Bola Tinubu over N100billion fraud, tax evasion and money laundering

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2018

Alpa Beta, a consultancy owned by Bola Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State and National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is at the centre of a N100billion fraud, tax evasion and money laundering petition written by Mr. Dapo Apara, its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer. According to Apara’s petition to the Economic and Financial […]