Politics

PDP Blasts APC For Linking Gov. Wike With Monkey Pox Vaccine Scare

Daily Dispatch October 18, 2017

The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party said it has noted with dismay the sinister and treacherous effort of the All Progressives Congress in the State to vent their anger and frustration of running the national economy aground on the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, by

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Abuja posters: ‘Handiwork of mischief makers’- Wike

Daily Dispatch October 18, 2017

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has made it clear that he has no ambition to be the Vice-President in 2019 after his posters flooded Abuja, which insinuated he is bidding for the vice president position in the 2019 presidential poll. The governor urged Nigerians to disregard the posters which he described as “handiwork of […]

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162 bills rot in House of Reps

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2017

NO LESS than 162 Bills, among which are reports and other vital legislative processes, stagnate in the House of Representatives. The bills and committee reports were introduced for further legislative action since 2015. Two years after, they are idling and abandoned by the various sponsors, a development that has slowed legislative works, checks by the […]

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It’s sad that recruitment into leadership has been subverted by a few politicians-Na’Abba

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2017

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba, has said Nigeria has been having accidental leaders since the commencement of the Fourth Republic in 1999. Na’Abba who served as Speaker of lower legislative chamber from 1999 to 2003, called on more Nigerians to participate in politics with a view to […]

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2019: No credible candidate apart from Buhari- Ortom

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2017

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday said there was no other credible candidate for the 2019 presidential election that has the capacity to move Nigeria forward apart from President Muhammadu Buhari. Ortom, a governor elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, said this in an interview with State House correspondents shortly […]

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Obasanjo to PDP: A dog never returns to its vomit, I will never return to PDP

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2017

A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has vowed never to return to the Peoples Democratic Party. This was what he told journalists after he met with the  National Caretaker Chairman of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, behind closed-doors. The meeting was held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, which lasted for one hour. The […]