Politics

Buhari’s body language made IGP, heads of ministeries, departments, agencies to refuse to answer invitations by NASS

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2018

Lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino Melaye, resumed at the Senate plenary on Thursday and maintained his seat at the Peoples Democratic Party row in the chamber, despite being an All Progressives Congress member. Melaye also raised a point of order to describe

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What Obasanjo did to me, ex-IGP, four others in 2003 – Osoba

Daily Dispatch May 31, 2018

Olusegun Osoba, a former Governor of Ogun State, has narrated how former President, Olusegun Obasanjo “rigged” him and four other governors of the South West out of power in 2003. Osoba claimed that the former President used the police to rig him and the four governors out of power in 2003. Speaking at a colloquium […]

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APC stakeholders reject Sylva, Lokpobiri as party leaders in Bayelsa

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2018

As the crisis generated by the concluded ward and state congresses continue to rock the All Progressives Congress (APC)  across the states, Stakeholders of the party  in Bayelsa State have distanced themselves from the parallel Congress held in the state. The stakeholders who spoke during  a courtesy visit to Chief John Oyegun, APC National chairman,  […]

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Dino Melaye: Confusion as APC insists Senator has not defected

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2018

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that as far it knows, the Senator representing Kogi West in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, has not dumped the Party. At Wednesday’s Plenary, Melaye made a dramatic appearance at the Senate, declaring his intention to cross-carpet to the minority wing of the chamber.  In a swift reaction, the […]

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Senate to Jega: Name national assembly members demanding bribes

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2018

The senate has asked Attahiru Jega, former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to name national assembly members demanding bribes. On Tuesday, Jega said the nation’s lawmakers are notorious for demanding bribes with “impunity”. He made the remark at a lecture to mark Democracy Day in Abuja. Drawing the attention of the lawmakers […]

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BREAKING: House of Reps interior chairman dumps APC for PDP

Daily Dispatch May 30, 2018

The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Interior, Adams Jagaba, has dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress. Jagaba, who is from Kaduna State, has just announced his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party on the floor of the House in Abuja. Members of the PDP caucus in the House are in jubilation mood right now.