Politics

I warned South-West against Buhari’s second coming – Ayo Adebanjo

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2017

A chieftain of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has asked a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, to speak out on alleged below-par performance of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The elder statesmen, who

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Benue LG poll: SDP demand refund of monies paid for Councillorship

Daily Dispatch June 11, 2017

Benue LG poll: SDP demand refund of monies paid for Councillorship The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has asked Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC) to as a matter of urgency refund all the monies paid to it by the party candidates conteating for Councillorship positions. The party while alleging that the Local Government election scheduled […]

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Regional agitations: Reconsider restructuring now, APC chieftain tells FG

Daily Dispatch June 11, 2017

A chieftain of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has asked the Federal Government to reconsider and give attention to the need to urgently restructure the nation so as to put an end to various agitations currently going on in the country. Recall that the Minister of Information and cuture Lai Mohammed […]

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Edo Election: Ize-Iyamu of PDP loses at Appeal Court

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2017

The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin, Edo State, on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, challenging the emergence of Godwin Obaseki as ‎winner of the September 28, 2016, governorship poll. The five-man panel, led by Justice M. B. Dongban Mensem, also dismissed a cross […]

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SDP tasks North-central govs on accumulated salary arrears …unveils new zonal chairman

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2017

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has called on the serving governors in the North-central region to do everything possible and pay the accumulated salary arrears being owe in their various state, which the party described as a major source of hardship on the workers of the region. The party also called on the governor, especialy […]

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Breaking: INEC registers five new political parties

Daily Dispatch June 7, 2017

The Independent National Electoral Commission has registered five new political parties. The electoral umpire announced the development in Kaduna at its ongoing meeting on Wednesday. The parties are: Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA), All Democratic Peoples Movement (ADPM), New Generations Party of Nigeria (NGP), Young Progressive Party (YPP) and Action