Politics

ANN splits as 19 party chairmen fix Wednesday for convention

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2018

The controversial convention of the Alliance for New Nigeria ( ANN ) supposedly fixed for Saturday, may have failed with the withdrawal of nineteen out of the twenty- six state chapters of the political party, while the majority chairmen have fixed Wednesday October 3 for the convention proper.

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APC primary: Buhari polls 263,945 votes in Adamawa

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari polled 263,945 votes to win the Friday presidential primary election in Adamawa State. The returning officer of the election in the state, Alhaji Abdulrahman Adamu who announced the result on Saturday at the APC state headquarters in Yola, said that of the 21 local government areas of the state, his team could […]

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Lagos APC primary: 36 lawmakers back Sanwo-Olu

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2018

Ahead of tomorrow’s governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos, 36 of the 40 members of the state House of Assembly have resolved to support the governorship ambition of Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Sanwo-Olu is contesting the governorship ticket of the party with the incumbent governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode. A statement by Musbau Rasaq, […]

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2019 : Kogi PDP boils again over disqualification of Aspirants….. ..as Aspirants threaten teach party bitter lesson

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2018

  Fresh crisis has hit the Kogi State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over the disqualification of Aspirants to the Senate in the Kogi West Senatorial District of the state ahead of the yesterday’s primaries of the Party. However, all the affected Aspirants have  vowed never to quit the party but to stay […]

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Lagos APC guber: Femi Hamzat steps down for Sanwo-Olu

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2018

Dr Obafemi Hamzat, one of the major contenders for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket in Lagos, on Saturday, stepped down for Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Hamzat’s withdrawal leaves Sanwo-Olu and the incumbent governor, Akinwumi Ambode as the only contenders for the party’s ticket in its primaries scheduled […]

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2019: Niger PDP Endorses Mark  ……. as the presidential aspirant visits 34 years after

Daily Dispatch September 28, 2018

Niger state Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) faithful unanimously endorsed leading presidential aspirant, Senator David Mark for the 2019 polls. Senator Mark was military governor of Niger state between 1984 and 1986. The party said when David Mark campaign team visited the state that the aspirant has demonstrated his leadership qualities, competence and uncommon patriotism