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Northern Senators kicked against 2014 confab report

Daily Dispatch December 13, 2017

Northern Senators have kicked against the implementation of the 2014 confab report. According to them, it is unfair to ask President Muhammadu Buhari to implement the report of the conference convoked by a former President, Goodluck Jonathan. The senators said this yesterday in Katsina, adding

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PDP Convention fallout: Dickson begs Adeniran, Mantu, others

Daily Dispatch December 13, 2017

The National Reconciliation Committee of the People’s Democratic Party led by Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Tuesday visited some aggrieved members as part of efforts to forge a post-convention reconciliation within the party. Among the party members visited by the Dickson team was former National Chairmanship aspirant, Prof. Tunde Adeniran, Special Adviser Media

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Wike championing campaign against SARS – Peterside

Daily Dispatch December 13, 2017

Dakuku Peterside, Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has alleged that the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike was behind the current campaign for the scrap of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, of the Nigeria Police Force. Speaking in Lagos State, the former All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Rivers

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PDP Convention: APC calls for probe of Wike

Daily Dispatch December 11, 2017

The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has called for the probe of the State Governor, Nyesom Wike, over allegations that he spent N15.5 billion to ensure the victory of Prince Uche Secondus at the Peoples Democratic Party National Convention in Abuja on Saturday.Based on this report, the APC has called on the Economic and […]

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PDP Chairmanship post: South West failed to speak with one voice- Makarfi

Daily Dispatch December 11, 2017

Ahmed Makarfi, former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Caretaker Committee, on Monday revealed why South West lost at the party’s National Convention. PDP members had on Saturday elected Uche Secondus from the South South as their new National Chairman, a situation those from the South West frowned at. Reacting to the loss of […]

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2019: APC in South Africa upbeat on victory

Daily Dispatch December 11, 2017

The South Africa chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday expressed optimism that the party would win the 2019 general elections in Nigeria. Mr Abbey Oguntuase, Interim Chairman of the party in that country, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Pretoria, South Africa, that the party had become stronger inspite of […]