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Soludo, Akinwunmi Adesina, Chike Obi, Peter Obi and Ekweremadu considers as running mate to Atiku

Daily Dispatch October 10, 2018

The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has begun earnest search for his running mate as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deadline for the submission of names of parties’ candidate expires on Monday. By the 1999 Constitution as

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Name your achievements in the last three years – Atiku tells Buhari

Daily Dispatch October 10, 2018

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has challenged the administation of President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress to list his achievements since the latter took on the mandate of power in 2015. According to the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, ever since the emergence of Atiku as the flagbearer of the PDP, Buhari’s campaign team

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Buhari meets APC governors inside Aso Rock

Daily Dispatch October 10, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari again on Wednesday held a meeting with some state governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress. The meeting believed to be part of efforts aimed at resolving the crises that followed the party’s primaries across the country was held inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. […]

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Breaking: Reps protest Lado’s detention, demand release

Daily Dispatch October 10, 2018

The House of Representatives has called for the immediate release of its member, Mr Abubakar Lado, held in detention by the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad. The F-SARS reportedly detained the Niger State lawmaker in the last three days over disagreements linked to political party primaries in which he was a contestant.

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Nigeria needs a president who understands economy – Obasanjo

Daily Dispatch October 9, 2018

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday harped on his argument that Nigeria requires a President with a sound knowledge of the economy to make a headway. This, he said, was what a former German Chancellor, the late Helmut Schmidt, who was one of his international friends, told him during a discussion about African countries. He argued […]

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“Face your problems not my performance at PDP primary” – Saraki replies APC

Daily Dispatch October 9, 2018

The President of the Senate Dr Bukola Saraki has responded to the taunt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) over his (Saraki’s) performance at the just concluded Presidential Primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The APC spokesman, Yekini Nabena had in a statement issued on Tuesday, mocked Saraki’s performace saying that his “Presidential bid had […]