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Edo APC Woman Leader, Others Land In Jail Over N1.5bn SUBEB Contract Scam

Daily Dispatch October 6, 2017

The Edo State High Court has remanded the state’s Woman Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Esosa Amadasun, former chairman of the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Stephen Alao and three former board members, in prison over a N1.5 billion contract scam. The Economic

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PDP Chairmanship: Boost in Daniel’s Camp.

Daily Dispatch October 6, 2017

The bid for Chairmanship of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has received another boost as former governor of Kano State and erstwhile Minister of Education, Alhaji Ibrahim Shekarau, declared that the party needed a quality leader like the former governor at this critical period. This […]

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Buhari, Ojukwu discussed oneness and indivisibility of Nigeria based on justice, equity and fair play- Chekwas Okorie

Daily Dispatch October 6, 2017

The National Chairman of the United Progressives Party (UPP), Chief Chekwas Okorie, has disclosed what President Muhammadu Buhari and the late warlord, Odumegwu Ojukwu, discussed in Daura, Katsina State, in 2013. Okorie, who was the then National Chairman of Ojukwu’s party, All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, said both Buhari and the late war lord discussed […]

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PDP Chairmanship: On Port Hacourt accord we stand- South West leaders insist

Daily Dispatch October 5, 2017

Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), from the six states of the South-West region on Thursday met in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital and resolved that the only thing that can make the party relaunch itself fully ahead of 2019 elections was to uphold the Port Harcourt zoning decision which conceded National Chairmanship of […]

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Two PDP House Of Reps Members Dump Party

Daily Dispatch October 5, 2017

Two members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the House of Representatives, Zaphaniah Gisalo and Yusuf Tijani, have dumped the party. The Reps announced their decision to dump the PDP on Thursday. They defected to the All Progressives Congress. They announced their defection during plenary on Thursday amid protest by PDP lawmakers. Gisalo is representing […]

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2019: You’re on your own- Makarfi tells Fayose, says his action contrary to party decision

Daily Dispatch October 5, 2017

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has said that the present campaign mounted by Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State to vie for the 2019 Presidency is contrary to the decision of the party’s convention that zoned presidency to the North. Makarfi stated this while addressing journalists […]