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Buhari seeks senate’s confirmation of nine INEC RECs

Daily Dispatch December 20, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the senate to confirm the nomination of nine resident electoral commissioners (RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The president’s request was contained in a letter read by Senate President Bukola Saraki on the floor of the upper

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PDP lawmakers stage walkout as Reps resume with rowdy session

Daily Dispatch December 19, 2017

Peoples Democratic Party members are right now protesting at the House of Representatives over the defection of a member, Mr. Mr. Raphael Igbokwe, to the All Progressives Congress. Igbokwe, who is from Imo State, first came to the House in 2011. PDP members immediately walked out in protest after the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, allowed […]

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[BREAKING] We must return power to the people, Ekweremadu charges PDP NWC

Daily Dispatch December 19, 2017

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has charged the newly elected members of the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party to ensure transparent and credible primaries ahead of the 2019 general election. According to Ekweremadu, the PDP must return power to the people, as our name and slogan rightly demand […]

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Another Imo PDP Rep joins APC

Daily Dispatch December 19, 2017

Another member of the Peoples Democratic Party has just defected to the All Progressives Congress on the floor of the House of Representatives. He is Mr. Raphael Igbokwe from Imo State. Igbokwe first came to the House in 2011. Imo State Governor, Mr. Rochas Okorocha, witnessed the defection of Igbokwe at the session, which was […]

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Saraki has exhibited great courage and patriotism as Senate President- Dogara

Daily Dispatch December 19, 2017

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, says the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has exhibited great courage and patriotism in the conduct of the affairs of the Senate. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Turaki Hassan, the Speaker extolled the leadership qualities of the senate […]

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$1bn: PDP Replies APC, Insists ECA Withdrawal Is A Ruse

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2017

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says no amount of finger-pointing by the APC can justify the fraudulent attempt by the Federal Government towithdraw $1bn from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) to finance partisanactivities, adding that APC’s arguments are diversionary and lame.The PDP also maintained that “the attempt to claim that 11 PDP governorswere part of […]