Politics

Ex-VP Atiku Abubakar a political chameleon with no stable skin colour – Olapade Agoro

Daily Dispatch November 29, 2017

The national chairman and former presidential candidate of the National Action Council (NAC), Dr Olapade Agoro, has described former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, ‎as “a political chameleon with no stable skin colour”. According to him, Atiku would have done himself and the nation a favour by

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Women affairs minister meets Buhari, declines comment on Atiku

Daily Dispatch November 28, 2017

The Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, on Tuesday met President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Alhassan is a known loyalist of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar who resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress on Friday. She had in September said she would support Atiku against Buhari if the former Vice-President expressed […]

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‘Shame on you’ — Bruce receives knocks on Twitter for saying Nigeria needs Atiku

Daily Dispatch November 28, 2017

Nigerians on Twitter have criticised Ben Bruce, senator representing Bayelsa east constituency, for saying Atiku Abubakar, former vice president, is the type of leader the country needs. In his tweet, Bruce berated the federal government for not reacting to a report that Nigerians were falling victim to modern slavery in Libya. CNN had reported that […]

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Abaribe: 2018 budget totally fictitious… already dead on arrival

Daily Dispatch November 28, 2017

Enyinnaya Abaribe, senator representing Abia south, says the 2018 budget is “totally fictitious”. Abaribe said this at the commencement of the debate on budget at the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday. The senator said the proposed N8.6 trillion appropriation bill could not be described as a budget of consolidation because “nothing was done” in 2017. […]

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Former Kogi Acting Governor, Clarence Olafemi, 3,000 supporters declare for Atiku

Daily Dispatch November 28, 2017

The former acting governor of Kogi State, Chief Clarence Olafemi and his over 3,000 supporters have declared their support for Alhaji Abubakar Atiku. Chief Olafemi a former Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly who recently decamped from the All Progressive Congress (APC) to his former party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said the decision […]

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House of Reps deputy speaker begs lawmakers over MTEF

Daily Dispatch November 28, 2017

Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Yusuf Lasun, on Tuesday appealed to members of the House over the inability of the House to pass the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) before scheduling the 2018 Appropriation Bill for debate. Lasun made the appeal shortly before the commencement of debate on the general principles of the 2018 Appropriation […]