Politics

Mace Saga: How Ekweremadu redeemed Lawmakers’ image

Daily Dispatch April 20, 2018

A member of House of Representatives, Rep. Joseph Akinlaja (Ondo-PDP), has said Deputy President of the Senate, Mr Ike Ekweremadu’s wisdom saved Nigeria a greater embarrassment on Wednesday. Some hoodlums had on Wednesday broken into the Senate chamber while plenary was on, attacked some

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Only God can determine my political future, not Okorocha- Ararume

Daily Dispatch April 20, 2018

Senator Ifeanyi Araraume says his political future can only be determined by God and not by Governor Rochas Okorocha. Araraume, one of the front-line governorship aspirants in Imo, on the platform of All Progressives Congress APC, was reacting to a resent claim by Okorocha that he would retire him from politics next year. Araraume in […]

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Obasanjo’s coalition, “a sheer deceit to draw attention of innocent Nigerians to himself”- Former Ambassador.

Daily Dispatch April 20, 2018

A former Nigerian Ambassador to Uganda, Mr Omolade Oluwateru has said the Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM), the Third Force advocated by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, will not last long. He told newsmen on Thursday in Akure, that Obasanjo’s coalition was “a sheer deceit to draw attention of innocent Nigerians to himself”. Oluwateru, who was […]

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Revealed!  How the  Senate set the stage for maze snatching scandal

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2018

The Nigerian Senate may have inadvertently set the stage for today’s maze snatching scandal that it suffered. This is because the action allegedly masterminded by Senate Ovie Omo-Agege could be a desperate attempt at self help after the Senate had frustrated all attempts to seek redress in through lawful means.           […]

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Uche Secondus: Senate invasion, sign that President Buhari’s government is broken

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2018

Following the invasion of the Senate by some suspected political thugs, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Uche Secondus, on Wednesday declared that the development was a result of the insensitivity of the All Progressives Congress to the security issue in the country. Secondus, who spoke with journalists at the Akure Airport […]

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Polls reshuffle: Senate steps down ‎controversial bill

Daily Dispatch April 18, 2018

The Senate has stepped down the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill which seeks to reshuffle the sequence of polls in a general election. The bill, which was considered for second reading, suffered a setback when several lawmakers across party lines who spoke in the debate on it, raised various issues against the amendment. The lawmakers […]