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SENATORS, OTHERS OBSERVED A MINUTE SILENCE FOR SEN. WAKILI IN GHANA

Daily Dispatch March 20, 2018

Members of the Senate Committee on Local Content observed a minute silence in honour of late Senator Ali Wakili, (APC,Bauchi South), a member of the committee, in Accra, Ghana at the commencement of a three-day capacity building workshop on local content in the oil and gas industry. Senator

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Senate adjourns plenary in honour of Senator Ali Wakili

Daily Dispatch March 20, 2018

The senate has adjourned plenary over the demise of Ali Wakili, senator representing Bauchi south. Wakili died on Saturday and has since been buried according to Islamic rites The resolution of the upper legislative chamber to adjourn plenary in honour of the late senator was sequel to a motion moved by Ahmed Lawan, senate leader. […]

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Buhari must resign now – Arewa youth leader, Yerima

Daily Dispatch March 20, 2018

Shettima Yerima, National President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign. According to the youth leader, age and health have limited the performance of the president and there is need for him to give up leadership for a younger person. Speaking with SaharaTV, Yerima said the Buhari-led […]

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2019: We will rebuild Nigeria’s economy and unite the people if voted into power-APP

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2018

The National Chairman of the Action Peoples Party (APP), Mr Ikenga Ugochiyeri, has said that the party would rebuild Nigeria’s economy and unite the people if voted into power in 2019. Ugochiyeri stated this on Monday in Abuja at the official public unveiling of the party. According to him, the insecurity and spate of killings […]

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‘PDP has crossed from pride to shame’ — Orubebe writes Secondus

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2018

Godsday Orubebe, former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has crossed from pride to shame. In an open letter to Uche Secondus, Orubebe said is suffering from a post-traumatic stress disorder and would need sustainable ideas to bounce back to reckoning. He said the party is now under the control of certain […]

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Rabiu Kwankwaso denies attending any meeting with ex-President Obasanjo

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2018

Senator representing Kano Central District, Rabiu Kwankwaso has spoken on his reported secret meeting with former president Olusegun Obasanjo. Co-Chairman of Nigeria intervention Movement Olisa Agbakoba on Sunday confirmed Obasanjo met with former governors, political parties and some leaders in a secret meeting in Lagos. Reacting, Kwankwaso’s political associate, Hajiya