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Breaking: PDP Threatens To Boycott 2019 Elections

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2018

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has threatened to boycott the 2019 general election if there are signals that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies would not show neutrality during the exercise. Uche Secondus, chairman of the opposition party, said this

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Monetization of Nigerian politics is affecting the nation adversely- Monarchs

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2018

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar and President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) on Thursday raised an alarm over incessant bloodletting in the country, saying there was too much blood shed in the country and the rising cases of thuggery, terrorism and armed banditry. Also, the Oni of […]

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BREAKING: Buhari approves appointments of three DGs

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of three Directors-General/Chief Executive Officers of three agencies under the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development. The appointments were approved on Thursday. They appointees are: Umar Albarka Hassan (DG/CEO, National Steel Raw Materials Exploration Agency, Kaduna); Prof. Linus Okon Asuquo (DG/CEO, National

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Breaking: Buhari, Osinbajo, Saraki, governors in crucial meeting in Aso Villa

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2018

Senate President Bukola Saraki is currently in a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and some governors are also attending the meeting. It is unclear if the meeting is about the supplementary budget Buhari sent to the national assembly on Wednesday or the reports that Saraki is […]

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Fayemi presents certificate of return to Buhari

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2018

Ekiti state governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday presented his certificate of return to President Muhammadu Buhari. Fayemi, Ekiti governor-elect with President Buhari Fayemi, former Minister of Mines and Steel Development, was the candidate of the national ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the July 14 governorship election. Prof. Idowu Olayinka, the Chief

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Governors responsible for the inability of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan to save for the rainy day- Okonjo-Iweala

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2018

A former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has linked the failure of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration to save for the rainy day, despite oil boom, to the insistence of state governors that funds in the Excess Crude Account must be shared. According to Okonjo-Iweala, as finance minister, with the backing of Jonathan and […]