Politics

2019: Arewa youths ask Atiku, Makarfi, Lamido to step down for Dankwambo

Daily Dispatch January 27, 2018

Northern youths under the aegis of Arewa Youths Coalition have called on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi and former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, to drop their

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Why no past, present leader can challenge Buhari – Presidency

Daily Dispatch January 27, 2018

The personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, has boasted that no past or present leader in the country can challenge her principal. According to her, President Buhari is the only leader who has ruled the country in the past, and not accused of corruption. The Presidential aide made the claim […]

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2019: I’ve no plans for presidency, says Badaru

Daily Dispatch January 27, 2018

Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa State says he has no plans to contest the 2019 presidential election. Badaru also disowned and disassociated himself from a group supporting him to run for the office of President in the 2019 general elections. The governor made his position known in a statement issued on Saturday in Dutse by […]

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Aiteo chief Benedict Peters denies funding Obasanjo’s party

Daily Dispatch January 27, 2018

Benedict Peters, founder and vice-chairman of Aiteo Group, one of Nigeria’s leading energy companies, has denied being the financier of a nascent political movement being nurtured by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The movement is known in the Nigerian media as the “Third Force”, the identity of which emerged in the controversial statement issued by the […]

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Obasanjo’s `Third Force’: Group to moblise youths

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2018

The Youth Lead Nigeria, a mass movement, says it will moblise youths across Nigeria to join the `Third Force’ proposed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Mr Pelumi Olajengbesi, the group’s National Coordinator, who briefed newsmen on Friday in Abuja, said that Obasanjo was credibly qualified to advise President Muhammadu Buhari on national issues. Obasanjo had […]

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Oyegun has done a good job – South-South leaders

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2018

South-South leaders on Friday said National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun is concerned about the unity of the ruling party and the  country’s needs as well. They insisted that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was not divided. “There is unity of purpose among members of the ruling party. Members  are […]