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2019: APC, UK govt discuss Nigeria’s general election

Daily Dispatch January 30, 2018

A government delegation from the United Kingdom has met with the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to discuss various issues concerning the 2019 general elections in Nigeria. The meeting, which held at the national secretariat of the APC Tuesday, had the UK delegation led

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Buhari became President in error – Ex-Jigawa Governor‎, Lamido

Daily Dispatch January 30, 2018

The former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, yesterday said Nigerians made a grievous mistake by electing President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 presidential poll. Lamido, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Presidential aspirant, said Nigeria had never witnessed hatred and bloodshed across ethnic and religious divides since independence as being

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Obasanjo does not want Buhari to equal his records- Amaechi’s associate

Daily Dispatch January 30, 2018

Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday gave real reasons former President, Olusegun Obasanjo asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019.  Eze, an associate of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi said Obasanjo never wanted anyone to equal his feat of been the only Nigerian to have […]

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Anti-party: ACPN sacks 5 states excos, constitutes caretaker in Kwara

Daily Dispatch January 30, 2018

Following allegation of anti-party activities involving five state chapters of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party has dissolved the State Executive Committee involved. The state affected include; Kwara, Osun, Anambra, Borno and Benue states. The ACPN National Chairman, Alhaji Ganiyu Galadima, told newsmen on

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PDP mocks Buhari over emergence as AU’s anti-corruption champion

Daily Dispatch January 29, 2018

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the reported naming of President Muhammed Buhari as African Union (AU) anti-corruption champion as laughable, derisory and eminently qualified as Africa’s joke of the year. The party said it was clear that leaders of the African Union were not well briefed on happenings in Nigeria, including the heavy […]

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Presidency summons Governor Ganduje, Senator Kwankwaso over APC crisis in Kano

Daily Dispatch January 29, 2018

Ahead of the controversial visit to Kano by Sen. Rabi’u Kwankwaso on Tuesday, the Presidency on Monday summoned Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje and the Senator to avert breakdown of law and order in Kano State. The governor, accompanied by two serving senators and two members of the House of Representatives from the state, met with the […]