Politics

PDP Expresses Worry Over Plots Against Saraki

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2018

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is deeply concerned over reports by Senate President Bukola Saraki of alleged plots by the Police to use suspected cultists, who have been in detention, to implicate him and the Governor of Kwara state, Abdulfatah Ahmed. The PDP, as a party, has taken

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Ekiti election: Buhari meets APC candidate, Fayemi [PHOTOS]

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with the Minister of Mines and Steel Development and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Kayode Fayemi. Fayemi was last Saturday declared winner of the APC primaries, having polled a total 941 votes. Also at the meeting was Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, the Nasarawa State governor. The […]

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Kano Assembly reopens Thursday as Ganduje brokers peace

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2018

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has reconciled the two warring factions of the state House of Assembly. Majority of the members had moved to impeach the Speaker, Alhaji Abdullahi Yusuf. But a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Mohammed Garba, said reconciliation was consummated in the late hours of Tuesday during a meeting at the Government […]

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I’ll quit Buhari’s cabinet next week, says Fayemi

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2018

Kayode Fayemi, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti state, says he will resign his appointment as minister of mines and steel development, next week. Fayemi disclosed this to state house correspondents on Wednesday. He said he is on a rescue mission to Ekiti, adding that he […]

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Oni threatened to quit APC, says he is under pressure from other political parties

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2018

Segun Oni, former governor of Ekiti and an aspirant in the recent governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has threatened to leave the party. Addressing journalists in Ifaki-Ekiti, Ekiti, on Tuesday, he said his supporters in the party are being harassed. Oni came second in the primary which was won by Kayode Fayemi, […]

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Rivers Court Attack: PDP Demands Arrest, Prosecution of APC Leaders

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2018

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) calls for the immediate arrest and prosecution of leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) linked with the violent attack and invasion of a High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, last Friday. Nigerians were alarmed when armed thugs, sponsored by some desperate leaders of the dysfunctional and violent-prone APC, attacked the