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Atiku is not USA to prove any point – Obi

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2019

The running mate to Alhaji Abubakar Atiku in next month’s presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, said on Friday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flag bearer is not in the USA to prove any point to anyone. Obi told reporters at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, that Atiku travelled to

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President Buhari to review BEDC’s operational licence over inefficient service

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured electricity consumers in Edo State that he would look into calls for the withdrawal of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC)’s operational licence over the company’s inefficiency. Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, revealed the President’s stance during the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s

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APC reacts to Atiku’s visit to US, says ”a thief remains a thief anywhere”

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2019

The US chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the recent visit of former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar to Washington DC. Atiku, who is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), visited the US after 13 years, and for the first time since he left office as Nigeria’s vice-president. But the party […]

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Buhari’s comment on Ganduje shows his proclivities for corruption – PDP

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2019

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organization (PPCO) says President Muhammadu Buhari’s comments at the Wednesday’s Presidential Town Hall meeting, in Abuja, exposed his proclivities for corruption, as well as his insensitivity to the plight of ordinary Nigerians, particularly those in the North. Nigerians were shocked listening to President Buhari’s

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ex-GMD, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu’s money laundering case adjorned till March 27

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2019

Justice A.R. Mohammed of a Federal High Court, Abuja, Nigeria has fixed March 27, 2019 for adoption of written addresses in a no-case submission filed by the former Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu, who is standing trial for a six-count charge, bordering on money laundering offence and false declaration […]

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Onnoghen: Agbakoba drags AGF, CCB, others to court over CJN’s trial

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2019

A former President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Chief Olisa Agbakoba SAN, has sued the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN, over moves to arraign the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, according to Ripplesnigeria.com reports. Other defendants in the suit aside the AGF are the […]