Politics

Osun APC primary: Aregbesola humiliated

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2022

Interior minister Rauf Aregbesola has been roundly disgraced in Osun APC governorship as his candidate Moshood Adeoti was beaten by Governor Gboyega Oyetola in Ward 8 Ilesa East LGA. In the ward, which is Aregbesola’s home base, Adeoti, who he vowed will be the next governor of Osun, could only

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2023 Poll: International community ‘ll be watching Nigeria – British envoy

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2022

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has said the international community will be watching the 2023 general elections in Nigeria with keen interest. Laing stated this on Thursday in Abuja, when he visited the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. The British envoy noted […]

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Buni-led APC, Sanwo-Olu, other S/West govs move to resolve Aregbesola vs Tinubu/Oyetola feud

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2022

Barely 24-hour to the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Osun State, the Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) and some southwest governors have swung into last-minute efforts to resolve the fierce rancour between the incumbent governor, Gboyega Oyetola and his predecessor, Rauf Aregbesola, NewsClickng

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Adesanya-Davies Warns Muslim World League (MWL), ‘Don’t divide Nigeria!’

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2022

An Open Letter To Nigerian Political Party Leaders, Federal Government & MWL In accordance with INEC’s timetable, all political consultation in Nigeria currently zeroes in, on the 2023 presidential elections; and we at Nigerian Supreme Council for Ecclesiastical Affairs (NSCEA) are watching and have surprisingly read in the news the firm advice and instruction

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2023 presidency: My fate in God’s hands, says Emefiele

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2022

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has reacted to calls for him to contest for presidency in the 2023 presidential election. According to him, it is the prerogative of the President Muhammadu Buhari, to map out his succession plan. The CBN governor was quoted as speaking when a ‘group of his friends’, […]

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North Central most marginalised in Nigeria, more deserving of presidency than South-East in 2023 – Yahaya Bello

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2022

Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello on Tuesday said the North-Central region is more deserving of the Presidency in 2023 than the South-East region. Bello made the assertion during a chat with journalists at the State House after a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari. The Governor noted that the North-Central has been the most marginalised since […]