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Shehu Sani hails senate’s decision on Omo-Agege

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2018

Shehu Sani , the senator representing Kaduna Central, on Tuesday said senate’s adherence to court order on Senator Ovie Omo-agege was a step away from tyranny and desecration of democracy in the country. Senate on Monday night complied with the judgement of the Federal High Court, ordering

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Tight security at NASS as Omo-Agege resumes sitting today

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2018

The National Assembly security has been tightened with operatives screening and scanning people coming into the complex as suspended lawmaker, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege may resume this morning. The embattled lawmaker representing Delta Central Senatorial district got reinstated last week by a Federal High Court in Abuja. The presiding Judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba in his

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nPDP splits, faction urges Buhari to shun ultimatum for talks

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2018

Factions have emerged in the New Peoples Democratic Party, which last week gave a one-week ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to meet with them or risk losing their membership of the All Progressives Congress. The nPDP was one of the major groups and political parties that formed the APC. A letter by its National Chairman […]

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I will take my seat during proceedings on Tuesday inside senate chamber-Omo-Agege

Daily Dispatch May 14, 2018

The Senator representing Delta Central senatorial district, Ovie Omo-Agege, has said he will take his seat during proceedings of the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday. Omo-Agege who fielded questions from reporters at the National Secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja on Monday, boasted that fresh moves by the Bukola Saraki-led Senate […]

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2019: I will resist any presurised move stoutly – INEC Boss

Daily Dispatch May 14, 2018

Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared that he will never yield to pressure in discharging his duties ahead of the 2019 general elections. Featuring on Channels Television’s Roadmap 2019, the INEC boss said the commission had not been pressurized from any quarter since he assumed office. He, however, noted […]

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No parallel congresses in any state- APC

Daily Dispatch May 14, 2018

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to cases of parallel congresses in some states of the federation. Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, National Publicity Secretary of the party, in a statement on Monday, stated that there is no such thing as parallel congress. Such cases were recorded in Oyo, Kogi among others. But Abdullahi said: “The only […]