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Why did you reduce my age? Buhari asks reporter

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari, who marked his 76th birthday on Monday, jokingly ‘protested’ when a reporter mistakenly reduced his age by one year. “Why would you reduce my age by one?’’ the President queried the reporter when he fielded questions in both English and Hausa languages from State

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Buhari: Retract your statement or risk running NEF as a one-man show- ex Senate President replies Ango Abdullahi

Daily Dispatch December 12, 2018

Former Senate President, Ameh Ebute, has replied the convener of Northern Elders’ Forum, NEF, Professor Ango Abdullahi, on his recent assertion that the region will not vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election. Abdullahi, a former Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, had while speaking to newsmen in Zaria as part […]

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Buhari mourns Gen. Salihu Ibrahim, saying his death devastating

Daily Dispatch December 11, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the demise of retired Lt. Gen. Salihu Ibrahim, former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) from 1990 to 1993. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja, said President Buhari condoled with the family, the government and the […]

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Atiku worried over ASUU strike, labour issues – PDP

Daily Dispatch December 10, 2018

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar was deeply worried by the lingering industrial crises between the Federal Government and some labour unions in the country. Spokesperson of the party’s presidential campaign council, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on Monday said that Abubakar was particularly anxious about the deadlock

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CAN In Closed Doors Meeting With Buhari

Daily Dispatch December 10, 2018

Ahead of the 2019 general election, the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), is currently meeting behind closed doors with the two leading presidential candidates, President Muhammadu Buhari. The parley is taking place at the National Christian Centre Abuja with the presence of the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, representing Muhammadu Buhari of

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Nigerians deserve apologies from PDP, not campaign, says APC

Daily Dispatch December 9, 2018

The All Progressives Congress has said what the Peoples Democratic Party owes Nigerians are apologies for its “16 years of misrule,” and not campaign. The ruling party said it was “an affront on the electorate” for PDP leaders to embark on campaign at zonal rallies “after leaving the country in a mess just three and […]