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Forfeited Ilorin houses: EFCC trying to scandalise me, says Saraki….urges court to vacate order

Daily Dispatch January 21, 2020

Former Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki on Tuesday told the Federal High Court in Lagos that a suit by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking the forfeiture of his Ilorin houses is an abuse of court processes intended to scandalise him. Saraki, a two-term Kwara State Governor,

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Soyinka at war with Balarabe Musa over Amotekun

Daily Dispatch January 21, 2020

Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has blasted former impeached Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa over his comment that the Southwest established Amotekun because they wanted to create Oduduwa Republic. Soyinka, in a statement, on Tuesday said Musa was wrong about his assertion on the reason Amotekun was established by the Southwest region. […]

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Armed Policemen, DSS storm venue of Amotekun rally in Ogun

Daily Dispatch January 21, 2020

Security Operatives from the Nigeria Police, Department of State Security Service (DSS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), most of them armed on Monday morning positioned themselves at Panseke, a bustling area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, following planned rally by the Yoruba Youth Congress(YYC). The rally which is expected to be coordinated simultaneously in

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Supreme Court Affirms Bala Mohammed’s Election As Bauchi Governor

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2020

The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Senator Bala Mohammed as the governor of Bauchi State. The apex court affirmed Governor Mohammed’s election on Monday in Abuja while delivering judgement in the appeal filed by a former governor of the state, Mohammed Abubakar. Former Governor Abubakar of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had filed […]

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Breaking: PDP Abuja protest ends abruptly as members escape death

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2020

The protest embarked upon, on Monday, in Abuja by the leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party against the judgement of the Supreme Court on the 2019 Imo State governorship election has ended abruptly at the Eagle Square. The protesters, who had taken off from the PDP complex in Maitama, Abuja popularly called the […]

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