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BREAKING: I haven’t been briefed on Dasuki, says new DG, DSS

Daily Dispatch August 9, 2018

The Acting Director-General of the Department of State Services, Mr. Mathew Seiyefa, has promised to review past activities of the agency, which he said must have affected its perception by the public. He also said he had yet to be briefed on the detention of the former National Security

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BREAKING: Bayelsa Gov Dickson loses mother to cancer

Daily Dispatch August 9, 2018

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has confirmed the passing on of his beloved mother, Mrs. GoldCoast Dickson. She was aged 72.  The governor in a statement on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Francis Ottah-Agbo, said the late GoldCoast died of cancer at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, Texas, United […]

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Gov. Emmanuel spoils Akpabio’s defection party, sacks two commissioners loyal to ex-governor

Daily Dispatch August 8, 2018

On the day that Senator Godswill Akpabio formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress, Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom tried to spoil the defection party by sacking two commissioners loyal to Akpabio. The commissioners were sacked with immediate effect for what was called “act of disloyalty”. They are the […]

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Saraki responsible for the invasion of NASS by the DSS- APC

Daily Dispatch August 8, 2018

The All Progressives Congress has indicted the Senate president Bukola Saraki over the Tuesday National Assembly siege. Masked operatives of the Department for State Services on Tuesday besieged the National Assembly, preventing federal lawmakers and journalists from entering the national assembly. The PDP lawmakers accused the APC government of being behind the invasion.

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NASS leadership meets with INEC boss

Daily Dispatch August 8, 2018

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, are currently meeting with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Mahmood Yakubu in Abuja. The meeting with the NASS leadership is to discuss the funding of the 2019 general elections and the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The Senate […]

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Prosecute Daura for treasonable felony- Mike Ozekhome urges FG

Daily Dispatch August 7, 2018

Constitutional lawyer Mike Ozekhome (SAN) on Tuesday called for the prosecution of sacked Department of State Services (DSS) Director-General Lawal Daura for treasonable felony over the “crude invasion and condoning off of the National Assembly” by men of the DSS. He said all those who authorised the siege should also be prosecuted. “The full weight […]