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Tinubu reacts to Shekwo’s killing, describes it as callous and wicked

Daily Dispatch December 8, 2020

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has described the murder of the Nasarawa State Chairman of the party, Phillip Shekwo as callous and wicked. Shekwo was kidnapped in his house and was later killed by his abductors. His body was found in the bush on

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2023: Council of Ulamas in Kano denies endorsing Tinubu’s presidential ambition

Daily Dispatch December 6, 2020

The Council of Ulamas in Kano state has denied endorsing the National leader of All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2023 presidential ambition. The State Council Chairman, Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil, made the clarification while speaking with newsmen in Kano on Sunday. Recall that Bola Ahmed Tinubu was in Kano on Friday where he attended a […]

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Maina: Ndume terminate surety bond

Daily Dispatch December 4, 2020

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has directed his legal team to begin the process of terminating the surety bond he signed for the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Force Team, Abdulrasheed Maina. Ndume, who is representing Borno South Senatorial District in the Senate, stood surety for […]

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How Dasuki’s N1.2b was funnelled into Fayose’s accounts: Witness

Daily Dispatch December 4, 2020

A prosecution witness Temitope Isinkaye has narrated how N1.2 billion, sent by the National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki was funnelled into five accounts, including former governor Ayo Fayose’s account. Isinkaye, was giving evidence Thursday in the trial of Abiodun Agbele, an aide to Fayose. The witness is tagged Prosecution Witness No.6. Agbele is being […]

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Breaking: Imo North Senatorial by-election: Court disqualifies Ibezim as APC’s candidate

Daily Dispatch December 4, 2020

A Federal High Court in Abuja has disqualified Chukwuma Francis Ibezim as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Imo North Senatorial by-election. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment on Friday, disqualified Ibezim from contesting the election on the grounds that he made false statements/declarations in the affidavit and documents he submitted […]

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Borno Killings: Calls for Buhari’s resignation irresponsible – Lai Mohammed

Daily Dispatch December 3, 2020

The Federal Government says the call, in some quarters, for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent killing of farmers in Borno State by Boko Haram terrorists is “cheap and irresponsible’’. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, during a meeting with members of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) […]