Politics

Desist from campaigning, ban has not been lifted- INEC tells politicians

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2017

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, politicians have been warned by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to desist from campaigning, as the ban on campaigns has not yet been lifted, Vanguard reports. The warning was issued by the Commission’s chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu,

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2019 election: Hamza Al-mustapha’s presidential campaign poster surfaces

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2017

The 2019 presidential election campaign poster for Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late General Sani Abacha has surfaced online. This is coming 7 months after the the former Chief Security Officer launched a new political party Green Party of Nigeria (GPN) ahead of the 2019 election. Al-Mustapha said in […]

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PDP begs Oyinlola for forgiveness, members prostrate for him

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2017

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Caretaker Committee in Osun, led by its Chairman, Alhaji Sarafadeen Ali, on Monday visited the former National Secretary of the party, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, to apologise to him, and as well sought for his forgiveness. The delegation met Oyinlola at Okuku, the country home of the former governor. Speaking […]

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Buhari’s Independence address delights me – Ayade

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2017

The governor of Cross River State, Professor Ben Ayade, has expressed delight over President Muhammadu Buhari’s nationwide address to Nigerians to mark the nation’s 57th Independence anniversary. Ayade was particularly delighted with a portion in the address, where President Buhari lauded his contributions and that of few other governors to the success of the Federal […]

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Senate Orders Removal Of Speed Bumps On Federal Highways

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2017

Nigerian Senate has ordered removal of speed bumps on federal highways across the country. The Senators came to terms on this at the resumption of plenary of Tuesday while debating on urgent need to control the indiscriminate erection of speed bumps on Federal Roads Nationwide by Senator Barnabas Andyar Gemade, representing Benue North East constituency […]

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Dogara swear-in Mrs. Dorathy Mato

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2017

The House of Representatives has just sworn-in Mrs. Dorathy Mato as a replacement for Mr. Herman Hembe. Hembe, a former Chairman, House Committee on Federal Capital Territory, was sacked by the Supreme Court on June 23. The court decided that Mato was the validly elected candidate of the All Progressives Congress to represent Konshisha Federal […]