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Drug abuse: Senate tasks FG to set-up rehabs

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2018

The Senate on Tuesday tasked the Federal Government to set up drug rehabilitation centres across the country to help victims of drug abuse. This is even as the senate has restated its commitment to ensure that the menace of drug abuse was tackled from its root cause. In a motion sponsored by

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Senate condemns demolition of Kaduna APC faction’s secretariat

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2018

The Senate has condemned the demolition of the building used by a faction of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State by the state government. The chamber asked Governor Nasir el-Rufai to either provide a replacement for the secretariat or compensate Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi (Kaduna-North) who was said to own the building. The Senate made […]

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Kaduna gives reasons for demolishing APC’s factional secretariat

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2018

The demolition of the secretariat of a faction of All Progressives Congress (APC) was not politically motivated following reasons adduced by the Kaduna State Urban Planning and Development Agency (KAPSUDA). Mr. Ibrahim Husseini, the Director-General, the Kaduna Geographic Information Service (KADGIS), said on Tuesday that KAPSUDA was currently undertaking operations across

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El-Rufai finally reacts to his ‘suspension’ by APC [VIDEO]

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2018

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has described those who suspended him from the All Progressive Congress (APC) as “impostors”. This was made known by his spokesman, Samuel Aruwan, when he appeared on Channels Television on Monday night. When asked whether his principal stands suspended, Aruwan replied: “What I would want you to […]

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APC will never die-Akande, says Buhari, Tinubu will not allow it

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2018

Former interim national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, has described those leaving the party ahead of the 2019 general elections as opportunists. He said that the party will never die. Akande insisted that despite the crisis, himself, the national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and President Muhammadu Buhari would salvage […]

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Breaking: Kaduna demolishes head office of APC faction that suspended el-Rufai

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2018

The head office of the All Progressives Congress (APC) faction which suspended Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, has been demolished. TheCable learnt that the demolition was carried out under the supervision of armed security personnel and some suspected thugs. The team which pulled down the building located at 11B, Sambo road, GRA Kaduna, was […]