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Nigeria is not progressing ‘cos our leaders are ‘sick, they’re using our future and destinies for rituals’ – Omoyele Sowore

Daily Dispatch December 21, 2018

Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), says there isn’t any progress in the country because our leaders are “sick” and they are using our future and destinies for rituals. He therefore warned Nigerians that they cannot afford

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Saraki wants Buhari to assent to PIB, other bills

Daily Dispatch December 21, 2018

The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill(PIGB) and other bills critical to national development. Saraki said this in his opening remarks at the 2019 budget presentation by President Muhammadu Buhari, the speech was however not delivered at the ceremony, but was […]

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2019 presidential debate: Buhari will not attend – Saraki

Daily Dispatch December 21, 2018

Senate President, Bukola Saraki has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari will not be availabe for the presidential debate billed to hold on January 19, 2019. The President has been scheduled to battle the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and three others in the debate. But speaking in Abuja on […]

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Farmers donate N1.7bn for Buhari’s re-election

Daily Dispatch December 20, 2018

The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria and the Fertilisers Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria have donated N1.7bn towards the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari. The farmers made the donation during a gala night organised by beneficiaries of the government’s Anchor Borrowers Programme, which held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday night.

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2019 budget: Buhari should have resign after being booed by lawmakers – Atiku

Daily Dispatch December 20, 2018

The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign following the scenario that played out during the 2019 budget presentation to a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday. Atiku said in saner climes, the expected outcome of the event, would have been […]

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Senate confirms Uwani Abba-Aji as Supreme Court Justice

Daily Dispatch December 20, 2018

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Justice Uwani Abba-Aji as Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Justice Abba-Aji was confirmed after the lawmakers considered a report of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters during plenary in Abuja. Senator David Umaru, who heads the committee charged to screen Abba Aji’s nomination for […]