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Court bars Daily Nigerian from publishing Ganduje ‘bribery’ videos

Daily Dispatch November 19, 2018

A Kano high court has granted an interim injunction sought by Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano governor, restraining Daily Nigerian Newspaper and Jafaar Jafaar, its publisher, from publishing videos about him. The news platform had published videos showing Ganduje allegedly collecting kickbacks from

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Political campaigns won’t stop NASS’ work – Saraki assures

Daily Dispatch November 19, 2018

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday assured Nigerians that legislative duties in the National Assembly would not be abandoned relegated to the background in view of the commencement of the 2019 electioneering campaigns. Saraki, according to a statement by his Special Assistant on Print Media, Chuks Okocha, in Abuja, said while […]

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Military Rescues 31 People, Recovers Over 500 Livestock (Full Statement)

Daily Dispatch November 19, 2018

The military says troops deployed in Operation Whirl Punch have rescued 31 people from suspected bandits and kidnappers within its area of responsibility. Addressing a press conference on Monday in Kaduna, acting Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General John Agim, disclosed that 14 suspects have been killed since the military launched the operation in October.

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Atiku’s six-year policy plan worries South

Daily Dispatch November 19, 2018

Party leaders from the Southeast and Southwest are worried over the tenure framework in the document tagged People’s Policy” of the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The policy is for launch on Monday less than 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari launched his, Next Level. The policy plan of the 72-year-old […]

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Bode George expresses shock over Femi Otedola’s endorsement of Sanwo-Olu

Daily Dispatch November 18, 2018

Former Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has expressed shock over the endorsement of the All Progressives Congress (APC), governors candidate in Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, by businessman Femi Otedola. Otedola, who is the Chairman of Forte Oil Plc, was, only last month, rumoured to be running for […]

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2019: YPP’s Kingsley Moghalu names running mate

Daily Dispatch November 18, 2018

Umma Getso has been announced as the running mate of Kingsley Moghalu, presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP). Gesto is the daughter of Abdullahi Getso. Giwa Getso was elected a senator in 1983 on the platform of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN). Getso, 37, is from Kano state and a business entrepreneur […]