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2019: Buhari will contest-Tony Momoh

Daily Dispatch November 5, 2017

Former minister of information, Prince Tony Momoh, has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari will contest in 2019 because he is entitled to a second term in office. Momoh, a personal friend of the president and founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said this in a chat with

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SGF: Again the President fails to play father figure- Ohanaeze

Daily Dispatch November 1, 2017

The umbrella body of Ndigbo, the Ohanaeze has frowned at the continued refusal of President Muhammedu Buhari to appoint a South Easterner the Scretary to the Government of the Federation SGF  even after the ruling party zoned it to the region. The body said in a statement signed by its President General Chief John Nnia […]

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Presidential campaign posters, handiwork of political jobbers- Orji Kalu

Daily Dispatch November 1, 2017

Posters alleging that a former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, is set for the 2019 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have surfaced in Abuja. The posters were largely seen along the ever busy Airport Road. They bore the inscription: “Vote Orji Kalu for President on the platform […]

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2019 presidency: Lamido, Obasanjo in close door meeting

Daily Dispatch October 31, 2017

Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, on Tuesday met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo behind closed door in his hill-top residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State over his 2019 presidential ambition. In a terse statement by Mansur Ahmed, the social media aide to Lamido, said: “the meeting was part of consultation with relevant stakeholders and […]

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Babachir, Oke: Impeach Buhari, PDP tells NASS

Daily Dispatch October 30, 2017

The Peoples Democratic Party has called on the National Assembly to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari over the way he handled the cases involving the removal of the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation,  Mr. Babachir Lawal and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Mr. Ayo Oke. The party accused the President of […]

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Babachir’s sack: We’ve been vindicated, says APC

Daily Dispatch October 30, 2017

The All Progressives Congress has said that the party has been vindicated following the sack of the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, on Monday in Abuja said that President Muhammadu Buhari had done the needful by sacking the embattled SGF. “Few […]