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Tight security as Buhari, Osinbajo arrive in Ondo, Ekiti for campaign

Daily Dispatch February 5, 2019

President Muhammdu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday arrived in Akure, the Ondo State capital, amidst heavy security on a campaign visit to Ondo and Ekiti states for the 2019 general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Buhari and Vice President started their

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AGF, EFCC clear CCT Boss Danladi Umar of bribery allegation

Daily Dispatch February 4, 2019

The Chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Justice Danladi Yakubu Umar, has no criminal charges for fraud pending against him in the course of discharging his duties, the PRNigeria can reveal authoritatively. Dependable sources confirmed to PRNigeria that the purported charge filed against Umar by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), through Mr […]

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Breaking: Ambode to present Lagos budget tomorrow

Daily Dispatch February 4, 2019

Baring any last minute change, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, is expected to present the 2019 budget of Lagos State tomorrow, Tuesday. This is coming few hours after Asiwaju Bola Tinubu brokered peace among the Governor and the Lagos State lawmakers. The lawmakers had initially threatened to impeach the Governor over alleged gross misconduct, including alleged spending […]

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Secondus to security agencies: “Don’t divide this country, remain neutral….says Nigerians have spoken through ethnic leaders

Daily Dispatch February 4, 2019

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus has admonished the nation’s security agencies to safeguard the unity of this country by being neutral in all their operation in this general elections. Prince Secondus said that the PDP has credible intelligence that some security operatives are being hired by the ruling […]

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Atiku pursuing a capitalist agenda – Oshiomhole

Daily Dispatch February 4, 2019

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, says the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, is pursuing a capitalist agenda of the International Monetary Fund. Oshiomhole said Atiku would sell the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to western powers since no Nigerian can afford to purchase the NNPC. The

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Onnoghen’s suspension: Senate discontinues Supreme Court case, lauds NJC’s intervention

Daily Dispatch February 4, 2019

The Senate has ordered the discontinuation of the case filed at the Supreme Court on the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. Special Adviser to Senate President Bukola Saraki, Yusuph Olaniyonu, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. According to him, the decision following the intervention of the National Judicial […]