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PDP finally reacts to Atiku’s demand to Buhari

Daily Dispatch March 2, 2019

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said “the fabrication being peddled by the Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) that its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, is making some demands from President Muhammadu Buhari, as absolute falsehood and outright lies” Kola

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What I discussed with National Peace Committee —Atiku

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2019

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 23 presidential and National Assembly election, Atiku Abubakar, has disclosed some details about his meeting with the National Peace Committee headed by ex-Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd). Atiku also called for unconditional release of party members “illegally arrested during the

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No deal with peace committee to halt legal action, says PDP

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2019

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed media reports indicating that the National Peace Committee (NPC) has prevailed on the party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar not to challenge the outcome of the February 23 presidential election in court. Briefing newsmen in Abuja on Friday, the national chairman of the […]

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Breaking: Police officer kills bus driver in Lagos

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2019

A trigger-happy police officer has just shot a bus driver dead in Mosan, Ayobo area of Lagos State. According to an eyewitness, the police officer shot the driver because he refused to give the police money. Narrating the incident to SaharaReporters, Sodimu Johnson, one of the eyewitnesses, said: “The officers were trying to collect money […]

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My suspension, ‘Oshiomhole has thrown caution to the wind’ – Okorocha

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2019

Rochas Okorocha, Imo state governor and chairman of the APC governors’ forum has dismissed insinuations in some quarters that he had been expelled by the Adams Oshiomhole led National Working Committee (NWC) of the party saying that the party’s national chairman was bent to destroy the party irreparably in the South East right from the […]

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How Ayeni withdrew N17.4billion cash from defunct Skye bank – EFCC

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2019

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says a former Chairman of the defunct Skye Bank Plc (now Polaris Bank), Mr. Tunde Ayeni, took N17bn raw cash from the Suspense account of the bank between January 1 and December 31, 2014. The EFCC further alleged that Ayeni received N3.75bn in cash from the same account the […]