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2019 Presidency: Buhari will make his intentions known after May 29 – Presidency

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2018

Nigerians who are eager to know President Muhammadu Buhari’s mind on the 2019 presidency may have to wait for another three to four months. Indications emerged yesterday that the president may eventually decide whether or not to seek reelection in the 2019 presidential poll after the Democracy

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Tinubu is to bring peace between ‘Arab’ and ‘Israeli’ in APC – Shehu Sani

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2018

Senator Shehu Sani, has said that despite the ongoing reconciliation by President Muhammadu Buhari through a leader in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, there is still a “civil and cold war.” Sani, who represents Kaduna Central District, said this at the weekend during an interview on Fresh FM, in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. […]

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2019: N-Power will continue if you re-elect APC – Minister tells beneficiaries

Daily Dispatch March 18, 2018

Mines and Steel Development Minister, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has charged Nigerian youths and beneficiaries of N-Power programme of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government to re-elect President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 General Elections. The Minister, who made the appeal on Ado-Ekiti during first anniversary of the scheme in the state, said the youths […]

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2019: Wike arming Neighborhood Corps to intimidate us, indigenes lament

Daily Dispatch March 18, 2018

…Says 200,000 cults, militia groups exist in Rivers …Threatens to set up another safety corps Some prominent sons of Rivers state, under the platform of Free Rivers Development Innitiative (FRDI) have called on the Inspector General of Police and other security agencies to urgently stop the Rivers state governor Nelson Wike, from inaugurating the Neighbourhood

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Some Nigerian leaders take ‘ogogoro’ before speaking on public matters – Ex-governor Nyako

Daily Dispatch March 18, 2018

Former governor of Adamawa state, Vice Admiral Murtala Nyako (retd), has alleged that some political leaders seem to be drunk with local rum, better known as ‘ogogoro’, before speaking on public matters. According to him, the quality of remarks made on some important national issues does not reflect reasonable sense. Nyako also described the controversial […]

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Melaye’s Recall: We’ll Proceed In Accordance With Appeal Court Judgement – INEC

Daily Dispatch March 16, 2018

The Independent National Electoral Commission says it will proceed with the process for the recall of Senator Dino Melaye in line with the judgement of the Court of Appeal. INEC’s Director of Publicity and Voter Education, Mr Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, said this in a telephone interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “For now, all legal hurdles […]