Politics

I will ensure greater number of women given opportunity to vie and occupy elective offices- Saraki

Daily Dispatch April 11, 2018

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki on Wednesday promised to ensure that a greater number of women are given the opportunity to vie and occupy elective offices during the 2019 general elections. Saraki, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu, in Abuja, gave the

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Ekiti 2018: YIAGA deploys 24 observers to monitor CVR

Daily Dispatch April 10, 2018

Youth Initiative for Advocacy Growth and Advancement (YIAGA) says it has deployed 24 personnel to Ekiti to monitor the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) ahead of the July 14 governorship poll. The group’s Executive Director, Mr Samson Itodo, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the objective of the mission was to assess the […]

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Senate shuts down for Mustapha Bukar

Daily Dispatch April 10, 2018

The Senate on resumption from its two-week Easter break suspended plenary in honour of its member, the late Mustapha Bukar who died on April 4. Until his death, Bukar, 63, represented Katsina North Senatorial District in the Red Chamber and was Chairman Committee on Capital Market. Leader of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, moved a motion […]

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2019: We’ll pay for Buhari’s nomination form, APC in UK vows

Daily Dispatch April 10, 2018

The All Progressives Congress, United Kingdom chapter, said it would pay for Expression of Interest and nomination form for President Muhammadu Buhari to re-contest in 2019. The chapter made the promise in a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Jacob Ogunseye, on Tuesday in Abuja, following Buhari’s declaration on Monday that he would seek a second […]

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2019: Buhari’s second term ambition will mark end of Nigeria – MASSOB

Daily Dispatch April 10, 2018

The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign state of Biafra (MASSOB) has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to seek reelection in 2019 would mark the end of Nigeria’s existence as a nation. Buhari had on Monday informed the National Executive Council meeting of the All Progressives Congress that he would be seeking reelection on the […]

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Buhari has a record of increasing poverty — I can do better- Moghalu

Daily Dispatch April 10, 2018

Kingsley Moghalu, a presidential aspirant, says President Muhammadu Buhari has a record of increasing poverty and insecurity in Nigeria. Moghalu said this in reaction to Buhari’s announcement that he would seek a second term in office. The president made his ambition known at the national executive council meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In […]