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3 persons move to disqualify Buhari from contesting February poll

Daily Dispatch January 9, 2019

A Federal High Court Abuja has fixed Jan. 21, to hear a suit seeking to disqualify President Muhammadu Buhari from contesting the 2019 general elections. The plaintiffs, Mr Kalu Agu, Labaran Ismail and Hassy El-Kuris, allege that the president lied in his form CF 001 submitted to the

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Breaking: Buhari to slash salaries of those earning above minimum wage

Daily Dispatch January 9, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday revealed his next line of action when the new minimum wage for workers is implemented. Buhari disclosed that his administration will be going into negotiations for salary review for all the workers who are already earning above the new minimum wage. The president made the disclosure while inaugurating a technical […]

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Breaking: Minister of state for Foreign Affairs Khadija Ibrahim resigns from Buhari’s cabinet

Daily Dispatch January 9, 2019

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Khadija Bukar Abba Ibrahim, has resigned her appointment from President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet. She hinged her action on the need to run for elective office come February 2019 to represent the Damaturu/Tarmuwa/Gujba/Gulani federal constituency of Yobe State. She defeated her son-in law, Mohammed Bukar Abba Ibrahim to emerge flag

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Breaking: PDP loses another chieftain in Kebbi to APC

Daily Dispatch January 9, 2019

The secretary of the Kebbi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Muhammadu Sakaba, has defected to the All Progressives Congress along with his supporters. Sakaba, who was received by Gov. Atiku Bagudu, announced his defection in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday. “I have now defected from PDP to APC due to my belief on […]

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2019 general elections: INEC, Security agencies meet

Daily Dispatch January 9, 2019

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday called for a different approach to the deployment of security forces during elections. The chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this in Abuja during the Commission’s regular quarterly consultative meeting on the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security. According to him, the meeting was

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Awujale declares support for Dapo Abiodun as Amosun’s successor

Daily Dispatch January 8, 2019

The Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, has declared his total support for the emergence of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Dapo Abiodun, as the successor of the incumbent, Senator Ibikunle Amosun. The monarch made this declaration on Tuesday when he received Abiodun and his running-mate, […]