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Ekiti shooting: Bamidele flown to UK hospital on the order of Tinubu

Daily Dispatch June 10, 2018

A former member of the House of Representatives, Opeyemi Bamidele, has been flown to the United Kingdom for further treatment. According to PUNCH Bamidle was flown in a private jet belonging to a former Governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu,

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June 12 Anniversary: Ogun declares Tuesday public holiday

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2018

The Ogun State government has declared Tuesday, 12th June 2018 work free to enable residents and other stakeholders to mark the Democracy Day.  This was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Taiwo Adeoluwa on Saturday. According to the statement, the day would also be used to celebrate the recent […]

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Vanguard dissociates itself from Ochereome’s ‘sophisticated morons’ comment

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2018

Vanguard Media Limited, publishers of Vanguard Newspapers, has described the comment Ochereome Nnanna, chairman of its editorial board, made about Yoruba as “unwarranted and careless”. While reacting to a caustic remark on Facebook, Nnanna had indirectly referred to people of Yoruba ethnic group as “sophisticated morons”. One Areh Sunday, a journalist and aide to Ifeanyi

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June 12: APC chieftain in Delta commends Buhari for his sense of fairness, justic and courage

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2018

Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor has commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s sense of fairness, justice and  courage in addressing the June 12, 1993, presidential election debacle. According to the APC chieftain, the issue of honouring Chief MKO Abiola, his running mate, Alhaji Babagana Kingibe and other

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Nigerian troops kill five armed bandits, arrest two others in Kaduna

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2018

The Nigerian Army has said that its troops of 1 Division Garrison, Kaduna on Friday killed five notorious bandits and arrested other suspects in the state. It said one Abdulkadri Samaila, a logistics supplier to bandits was arrested by troops of the ‘Operation Idon Raini’ while carrying out cordon and search at Dogon Dawa area […]

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PDP Worries Over Alleged Plot to Arrest Obasanjo

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2018

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is alarmed by the revelation of former President Olusegun Obasanjo that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government is plotting to arrest him on trumped up charges and detain him indefinitely. PDP says the revelation coming from a Nigerian of Chief Obasanjo status is terrifying as it has heightened the tension in the polity