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We’ll declare Saraki, other APC Senators seats vacant, Akpabio says

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2018

The former governor of Akwa Ibom State and the  immediate past Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has vowed  that the Senate would declare seats of Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and others who dumped APC for PDP vacant. Answering questions from journalists in Abuja,

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Ogun govt gives update on NYSC members involved in ghastly auto crash

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2018

The Ogun State government has given an update on injured members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), who were involved in auto mishap on Monday. Report said of the 37 NYSC members in the bus, 19 were injured, while four, whose injuries were determined to be more serious, were transferred to the Olabisi Onabanjo […]

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Nigeria’s democracy under threat – CAN cries out

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2018

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared that the nation’s democracy is currently under threat. According to the Christian body, the political drama unfolding in Nigeria calls for prayer before it grounds the nation’s nascent democracy. The association has, therefore, declared a three-day prayer for Nigeria. Daramola Bade, Acting General Secretary of the

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PDP To APC: We’ll dismantle your rigging machine

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2018

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told the All Progressives Congress (APC) that it will henceforth vehemently dismantle its rigging machinery in future elections, beginning with the Osun governorship election next month. The party says that now that it has become manifest to Nigerians and all parties that the APC is only interested in rigging elections brazenly, it

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SARS overhaul positive step, but reforms must be robust –Amnesty International

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2018

Amnesty International has commended Acting President Yemi Osinbajo’s directive for the overhaul of the  Special Anti-Robbery Squad Police unit. In a statement signed by its Media Manager, Isa Sanusi, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, Osai Ojigho, notes: “This is an overdue, yet hugely important move by Acting President Osinbajo. “The growing outcry over the

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Oba Ewuare tasks politicians to make security their priorities

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2018

The Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II, has tasked all political office seekers to make the security of lives and properties of Nigerians their priorities, noting that without security, nothing much can be achieved in the country. He expressed worry over the state of insecurity in the country, saying that something must be done to arrest what […]