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Insecurity: Senate President Lawan proposes national security summit

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2019

President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan is proposing a national security summit to address the security situation in the country. Senator Lawan’s proposition forms part of his contribution to a motion raised by Senator Ayo Akinyelure on the murder of Mrs Funke Olakurin, daughter of the Afenifere

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PEPT: Buhari played video where INEC said it could not transmit election results electronically

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2019

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Yakubu Mahmood has explained why the results of last general elections could not be transmitted electronically. This is contrary to the claim by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its 2019 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, that the results of the last elections were transmitted to a […]

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Insecurity: Miyetti Allah calls for Obasanjo’s arrest, says Fulani should not be blamed for the rate of insecurity in the country

Daily Dispatch July 15, 2019

The apex Fulani socio-cultural organisation in Nigeria, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has criticised Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, for blaming herdsmen for the insecurity in the country, while calling for the arrest of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo had written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on the prevalence of insecurity in the country,

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Obasanjo’s letter has vindicated us – PDP

Daily Dispatch July 15, 2019

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on the insecurity has vindicated the party’s position. Obasanjo, on Monday in another open letter to President Buhari, lamented about the state of the nation, while calling for urgent actions to tackle Nigeria’s challenges. Reacting, the PDP in a […]

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Buhari sends condolence message to Sen. Dino Melaye

Daily Dispatch July 15, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a condolence message to the lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye. In a letter he personally signed, President Buhari said, “On behalf of my family, the government and the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I write to commiserate with you and the entire members of […]

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Samson Siasia’s mother kidnapped again

Daily Dispatch July 15, 2019

Beauty Ogere Siasia, the 76 year-old mother of former Super Eagles striker and Coach, Samson Siasia has been kidnapped again, the second time in four years. Multiple sources including The Nation reported that the woman was taken away by unidentified armed men, on Monday morning at about 2 am. One report said she was taken […]