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Just in: Rivers House of Assembly Speaker of Gov. Fubara’s faction resigns

Daily Dispatch December 31, 2023

Dr Edison Ehie, the factional Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, has resigned both as speaker and member of the House. The resignation letter of Ehie, the factional Speaker loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara, was effective from December 29, 2023 as contained in a letter signed by

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2007: How Obasanjo, Babangida begged me to step down for Buhari — Ex-Gov. Yarima

Daily Dispatch December 30, 2023

Fresh facts have emerged on how former President Olusegun Obasanjo of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, worked for the emergence of the then General Muhammadu Buhari as the candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party in the build-up to the 2007 presidential election. A former Governor of Zamfara […]

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I mourn my fearless brother, Rotimi Akeredolu – Tinubu

Daily Dispatch December 27, 2023

It is a difficult task to have to pen a tribute and sing a dirge for a departing soul. It is a more difficult job in our African culture when one is compelled to do so for a younger person. Here am I having the difficult job of singing a dirge for Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, […]

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Just in: Former Speaker, Ghali Na’Abba, is dead, aged 65

Daily Dispatch December 27, 2023

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba, is dead. Na’Abba, the second Speaker of the House of Representatives in the current 4th Republic, died in the wee hours of Wednesday. A report by the LEADERSHIP newspaper, said it was unable to get the details surrounding the circumstances of his […]

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How CCTV exposed Boss Mustapha, Godwin Emefiele dragging $6.2 million cash from CBN vault two weeks to 2023 election- Investigator

Daily Dispatch December 24, 2023

The special investigator tasked with probing the Central Bank of Nigeria has returned with recommended charges for some senior officials of the past administration, saying they were linked to a brazen and relentless heist of public coffers. Jim Obazee said President Bola Tinubu should authorise the prosecution of former cabinet secretary Boss Mustapha and ex-central […]

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Rivers crisis: Tinubu meeting with Fubara, Odili others in Aso Rock

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2023

President Bola Tinubu is currently having a closed-door meeting with the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, at the Presidential Villa Abuja. Fubara was accompanied to the seat of power by the former governor of Rivers State, Sir Peter Odili, and other stakeholders from the state. The President is apparently wading in to resolve the face-off […]