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Buhari to swear-in ministers August 21

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Wednesday, August 21, 2019, swear in designated ministers, according to a report by The Nation. This was contained in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Affairs Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babatunde lawal. Recall

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#RevolutionNow: Presidential aspirant, Moghalu calls for real electoral reforms

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2019

The 2019 presidential candidate of Young Progressives Party, YPP, Kingsley Moghalu, has urged Federal Government to embrace dialogue and allow real electoral reforms as he added his voice to the growing calls for the release of his former rival, Omoyele Sowore. DSS arrested the presidential candidate and the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, over the weekend after he

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Police arraign 6 over #RevolutionNow protest

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2019

The police on Tuesday arraigned five people and a lawyer for the #RevolutionNow protests, in an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The police charged Ehis Omoshomio, 35; Gabriel Ojumah, 51, Juwon Sanyaolu, 22; Stanley Anobi, 28; Elias Ozikpu, 30; Kenechukwu Ukachukwu, 25, with two counts of unlawful assembly and conduct likely to cause […]

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EFCC raids ex-gov. Yari’s home in Zamfara

Daily Dispatch August 5, 2019

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Sunday evening raided the Talata-Mafara residence of the immediate past governor of Zamfara state, Ahaji Abdulaziz Yari. Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, the spokesman to the former governor, confirmed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Talata Marafa on Monday. Dosara said: “it […]

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Why I withdraw my petition against Buhari – PDM candidate

Daily Dispatch August 5, 2019

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM, in the 2019 general elections, Pastor Aminchi Habu, on Monday, revealed the terms of agreement he reached with President Muhammadu Buhari, that led to the withdrawal of the petition he filed at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. Habu and PDM had gone before the Tribunal seeking […]

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#RevolutionNow: ‘Protest planned to destabilize Buhari’s government’

Daily Dispatch August 4, 2019

The leadership of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has said the #RevolutionNow protest planned for tomorrow is a deliberate attempt by enemies of the country and unpatriotic individuals to destabilize the country and government of President Muhammadu Buhari. NYCN President, Almustapha Abdullahi, said these in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, the nation’s […]