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You are insignificant, APC reacts to Aregbesola’s exit

Daily Dispatch January 27, 2025

We Won’t Miss You, Osun APC Tells Aregbesola’s Supporters Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed indifference to the exit of the Omoluabi Progressives, a political faction loyal to former Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola. In a statement released on Monday in

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Subject: Ogun CUPP remains an illegal, irritant body, trades on propaganda, blackmail

Daily Dispatch January 22, 2025

The integral principle of natural justice resides in the maxim: “He who calls for equity must come with clean hands”. The case of so-called Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) in Ogun State is pathetic, as it is laughable; it is a confirmation of a group’s agitation spurred by pecuniary gains. For clarity, CUPP is […]

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Council Chairmen seeks 3rd term in Lagos

Daily Dispatch January 21, 2025

The persistent obsession for power by Nigerian politicians is not only sickening but very alarming, despite clear constitutional limits on their tenure established through the democratic process. This quest for power often leads to manipulation, which endangers the very foundation of democracy, particularly at the grassroots level. Presently, there is a palpable sense of

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Political undercurrents in “Benue South” ahead of 2027

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2025

By Tunde Olusunle It may be well over two years to the next cycle of general elections in Nigeria. For the people of Apa/Agatu federal constituency in Benue South, however, the measure of their participation and integration into the governance scheme will be defined in the run-up to the general polls that year. Nine local […]

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2027: El-Rufai, Al-Mustapha, SDP leaders move to dislodge Tinubu, APC

Daily Dispatch January 8, 2025

Ahead of the 2027 general elections, some prominent opposition politicians in Nigeria, including a former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai and former presidential candidate, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, on Tuesday, held a meeting with the leadership of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Abuja to strategise ahead of the polls. It was learnt that […]

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Suspended Edo LG Chairmen, councillors defects to APC

Daily Dispatch January 4, 2025

Suspended chairmen of Owan West and Ovia South West Local Government Areas, Dickson Ahonsi and Edosa Enowoghomenma, on Friday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress in Edo State. Ahonsi defected with five councillors while Enowoghomenma moved with eight of his councillors. Ahonsi was received by members of the state […]