Politics

NNPC exonerates Baru from Saraki’s impeachment plot

Daily Dispatch August 5, 2018

The Management of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Sunday said its Group Managing Director, Dr Maikanti Baru, was not funding any plot to impeach the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki. Mr Ndu Ughamadu, NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, said in

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APC Welcomes Akpabio – Lai Mohammed

Daily Dispatch August 5, 2018

THE ruling Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed pleasure with the decision of Senator Goodwill Akpabio, the Senate Minority Leader, to join the party. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said on Sunday: “I welcome it (defection of Akpabio) because all politics is local. All those who have left us did that for […]

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Threat to Senate: Hold FG, APC Responsible If Our Democracy Comes Near  Harm – PDP

Daily Dispatch August 5, 2018

The People Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Nigerians and the international community to hold the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Federal Government responsible should our nation’s democracy fall under any harm in the coming days.The party also warns that any attempt by anybody to forcefully take over the control of the National Assembly is a direct recipe […]

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Conference of Speakers elects Obasa as new chairman

Daily Dispatch August 5, 2018

The Conference of Speakers of the State Legislatures of Nigeria has elected Mr Mudashiru Obasa, the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly as its new chairman. NAN reports that the conference elected new executives at its 2018 Second Quarter Conference held between Friday, Aug. 3 and Sunday Aug. 5 in Ikeja, Lagos. Obasa […]

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APC will sweep polls in Kwara in 2019 –Oyedepo

Daily Dispatch August 5, 2018

Former Chairman, the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara, Akogun Oyedepo, has said that the All Progressives Congress would defeat the Peoples Democratic Party  in 2019 general elections in the state. Oyedepo, who  recently led majority of PDP members to APC, said on Sunday in Ilorin in a statement after a meeting of his group that over […]

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APC lifts suspension placed on Senator Shehu Sani

Daily Dispatch August 5, 2018

The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by its chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has lifted the suspension placed on Senator Shehu Sani representing Kaduna Central senatorial district of Kaduna state. The party, therefore, directed the chairman of the party in Tudun ward and others to implement the directive with a view […]