Politics

Appeal court dismisses remnant suits on PDP leadership crisis

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2017

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Thursday dismissed four left-over appeals relating to the leadership tussle in the Peoples Democratic Party between the then Ahmed Makarfi and the Ali Modu Sheriff factions. The three-man panel of the Court of Appeal led by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa

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2019: Buhari’s 12million votes is still intact- APC Chieftain

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2017

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Chief Preye Aganaba, has bragged about the chances of President Muhammadu Buhari to win elections for a second term in office in 2019. According to him, Nigerians will be looking at performance of the Party in making a decision in 2019, and Buhari has […]

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Melaye appeals against judgment on recall

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2017

Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial District on Wednesday filed an appeal in Abuja challenging the judgment of the Federal High Court which gave a nod to the commencement of the recall process initiated by some of his aggrieved constituents. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba had in his judgment permitted the Independent National Electoral Commission to […]

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Operation Python Dance: PDP breaks silence on deployment of military to South-East

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2017

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has reacted to the face-off between the military and members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB in Abia State. The party in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, said the rights of a people to freely express their yearnings were provided for in the […]

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2019: Kaduna women declare support for el-Rufai

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2017

Some women in Kaduna State, on Wednesday, met and declared their support for the second term ambition of Governor Nasir el-Rufai come 2019. The women, who were mainly national, zonal and state leaders under All Progressives Congress (APC) and other governor’s loyalists, met at popular Arewa House, in Kaduna, to deliberate on how to fix […]

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2019 poll: UN pledges support for Nigerian female politicians

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2017

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) says it will support Nigerian female politicians vying for elective positions in the 2019 general elections. The UN Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka told the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that there was the need to increase women […]