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2019: I’ve not declared for president –Al-Mustapha

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2017

Chief Security Officer (CSO), to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, has said that he has never declared presidential ambition against the 2019 general election. Al-Mustapha, who spoke through his Personal Assistant, Mallam Idrees Galadima, made the

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Senator Kabiru Gaya urges Nigerians to be patient with President Buhari

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2017

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Works, Sen. Kabiru Gaya, has urged Nigerians to be patient with the present administration as it works towards entrenching good governance. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Gaya made the call while speaking with newsmen on the sidelines of the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly on Sunday at […]

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Presidency Denies Marginalising Igbos, Says Buhari Is Not Sectional

Daily Dispatch October 15, 2017

The Presidency has denied claims that President Muhammadu Buhari has sidelined the South East region, especially concerning major appointments into his cabinet. This comes amid allegations of neglect levelled against the Buhari administration by some Igbos, leading to agitations of secession by some groups in the region. Special Adviser to the President on Media and

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Ekiti 2018: Oni’s campaign train visits elders forum, says he owes PDP nothing to pay back

Daily Dispatch October 15, 2017

Oni campaign train visits Elders forum, says he owes PDP nothing to pay back The Deputy National Chairman (South) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Ekiti State governorship aspirant, Chief Segun Oni, has said that he was not owning the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) anything to pay back, to warrant some people insinuating that […]

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$5.5bn foreign loan: APC slams PDP for opposing Buhari’s request

Daily Dispatch October 15, 2017

The All Progressives Congress (APC), has slammed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for opposing the decision of the federal government to obtain a $5.5 billion foreign loan. The PDP while kicking against President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to borrow the foreign loan had said it would mortgage the future of the unborn generations and drive the […]

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Buhari fuelling secessionist agitations with his uterances- Afenifere chieftain

Daily Dispatch October 15, 2017

The chairman of the political committee of Afenifere, Professor Banji Akintoye, has maintained that President Muhammadu Buhari had been fuelling secessionist agitations with his words and body language towards those calling for the restructuring of Nigeria. Akintoye, a renowned historian, told the Nigerian Tribune in an interview, that the things being said by officials of