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Breaking: Ganduje cancels Sanusi traditional visit

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2019

Kano state government has cancelled the annual traditional Sallah event, Hawan Nassarawa, slated for tomorrow Thursday 6th June, 2019, for security reasons. Hawan Nasarawa is a traditional visit by reigning emir of Kano on the governor at the Government Housetwo days after Eid as mark of

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Speakership race: Gbajabiamila threats legal action over alleged character assassination ……..says he is not an ex- convict 

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2019

  The race for the Speaker of 9th National Assembly is getting hotter by the days as one of the leading aspirant and the annointed candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has vowed to  file suit of criminal defamation of character against some persons said to be behind the smear campaign […]

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Oshiomhole, Oyegun faceoff: Nabena calls on Buhari’s intervention

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2019

Mr Yekini Nabena, an All Progressives (APC) chieftain, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, as the party’s leader, to intervene in the hostilities between Chief John Odigie-Oyegun,the party’s immediate past National chairman, and Mr Adams Oshiomhole, its current national chairman. He made the call in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, in reaction to the […]

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Kano anti-corruption commission recommends Sanusi’s suspension

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2019

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has recommended the suspension of the Emir of Kano, Muhammmadu Sanusi II. According to Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mr Muhuyi Magaji, the recommendation followed an allegation of misappropriation of the emirates funds and obstruction of the ongoing investigation. Magaji told Channels Television on

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Workers shut down SEC against Gwarzo

Daily Dispatch June 3, 2019

Senior workers of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday morning reportedly locked up the headquarters of the commission in Abuja to defy a court order for the reinstatement of the suspended Director General Mounir Gwarzo. Reports said the lock-out was staged by members of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria. The […]

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Buhari sends delegation to support Muhammad-Bande for UNGA presidency

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2019

Ahead of the election for the Presidency of the United Nations General Assembly scheduled to hold in New York on June 4, President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday sent a delegation to support Nigeria’s candidate, Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande. According to Presidency in a series of tweets via the official Twitter handle @NGRPresident, Ambassador Mustapha Sulaiman is leading the