Politics

Agbaje responsible for PDP loss in Lagos – Atiku group

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2019

Comrade Mark Iheanyi, chairman, coordinator of Lagos State Atiku Support Groups  has said that Lagos State would have been won by Peoples Democrat Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate, Jimi Agbaje but for his (Agbaje) uncooperative role. Iheanyi had noted in a press statement made available on

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Deputy Senate President: We will not allow the position to leave South East – Senator-elect Orji Kalu declares

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2019

A former Abia governor, Dr Orji Uzo Kalu, has indicated interest to contest for the position of the Deputy Senate President in the soon to be constituted 9th National Assembly. Kalu also wants the All Progressives Congress (APC) to zone the position to the South-East in the interest of equity and justice. News Agency of […]

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APC threatens to boycott supplementary election in Adamawa, if it holds on Thursday

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2019

The All Progressives Congress in Adamawa State has threatened to boycott the supplementary governorship election if the Independent National Electoral Commission insists on conducting it on Thursday. The State Organising Secretary of APC, Alhaji Ahmed Lawan, made the party position known on Wednesday in Yola. Lawan told the News Agency of Nigeria that the party had […]

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AAC deputy governorship candidate in Rivers resigns, joins PDP

Daily Dispatch March 25, 2019

The deputy governorship candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Mr Akpo Yeeh, has announced his resignation from the party. Mr Yeeh made the announcement in a letter dated March 25 and addressed to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu. He, thereafter, said he has decided to join the […]

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ACPN to Deltans: Reject Okowa, PDP cabals after 20 years 

Daily Dispatch March 6, 2019

The national leadership of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) and its governorship candidate in Delta state Chief Paul A. Isamade, have asked the people of the state to reject the governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ifeanyi Okowa and other described as cabals holding the state to ransom. The ACPN, however urged […]

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Court nullifies candidature of Kano PDP governorship candidate

Daily Dispatch March 4, 2019

A Federal High Court in Kano on Monday nullified the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidacy for not conducting primaries. The court presided by Justice Ambrose Lewis Allagoa ruled that the purported nomination of Abba Kabir as governorship candidate of the PDP is null and void. Counsel to the plantiff, Kabiru Usman says the PDP […]