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PDP Reps to Buhari: Don’t gag the media

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2021

The Peoples Democratic (PDP) Party caucus in the House of Representatives on Friday spoke against the alleged move by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to stifle press freedom by using the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and security agents. Kingsley Chinda, leader of the

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Secondus shuts out as Akinwonmi presides over PDP caucus meeting

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2021

The embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, was on Friday prevented from presiding over the meeting of the party’s National Caucus.×× Instead, Elder Yemi Akinwonmi presided over the meeting as Acting National Chairman. The National Caucus is made up of members of the Board of Trustees (BoT), the National […]

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Breaking: Court reinstate Secondus as PDP National Chairman

Daily Dispatch August 26, 2021

The embattled national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, has been restored as Chairman of the party by Court. Recall that a High Court in Rivers State, during the week, granted an interim order restraining Mr Uche Secondus from parading or acting as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Justice […]

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Nigeria’s GDP records 5% growth for Q2

Daily Dispatch August 26, 2021

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 5.01% (year-on-year) in real terms in the second quarter of 2021, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. The NBS disclosed this in the latest report on the nation’s GDP entitled Nigerian Gross Domestic Product Report (Q2 2021) released on Thursday. It explained that the increase in […]

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PDP BoT ratifies Akinwonmi as acting National Chair

Daily Dispatch August 26, 2021

The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Thursday ratified the party’s Deputy National Chairman (South), Yemi Akinwonmi as the Acting National Chairman of the party in line with the party’s constitution. Chairman of the BoT, Senator Walid Jibrin announced this decision after an emergency meeting of the Board, in Abuja. He said, […]

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Buhari lauds GDP 5.01% growth in Q2 2021

Daily Dispatch August 26, 2021

President Buhari welcomes today’s Q2 2021 report by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, showing a third consecutive quarter of positive growth of Nigeria’s economy, as well as the highest quarterly growth in GDP since 2014. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 5.01% in Q2 2021 following 0.51% growth in Q1 2021. This growth, which […]