Politics

POLITICAL PARTIES CALL FOR ABOLITION OF SIECs

Daily Dispatch April 1, 2017

Political Parties in Nigeria under the aegis of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) have called for the abolition of State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) in the country. In a memorandum submitted to the Presidential Constitution and Electoral Reform Committee led by Senator Ken

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Sacked Senator Loses Stay Of Execution Bid

Daily Dispatch March 31, 2017

The Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, on Friday struck out the application for stay of execution filed by Bassey Akpan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, representing Akwa Ibom North. Akpan filed the suit for the court to stay execution of its February 27 judgment, which was in favour of Bassey Etim, also of […]

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We will not bow to any form of intimidation, Senate says

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2017

The Senate, at the end of a closed-door session on Tuesday, resolved not to bow to any form intimidation in the discharge of its constitutional duties. The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, who made this known at plenary, said the lawmakers deliberated on issues bordering on the integrity of the National Assembly, […]

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OGUN PDP CHIEFTAINS JOINS APC TO BOOST ADEOLA’S POLITICAL ASPIRATION AHEAD 2019 ELECTION

Daily Dispatch March 26, 2017

Omooba Risawe As 2019 general elections is gathering momentum in Ogun State, some chieftains of the troubled Peoples Democratic Party,(PDP), have  defected to All Progressives Congress,(APC) in the state. The new decampees which include Boye Adesina(Deputy Chairman Ogun West) and Alhaji Aliu Ajibode(party leader) led large size of party members to join forces with Solomon

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PDP Crisis: Dickson Meets Ciroma, David Mark

Daily Dispatch March 25, 2017

The Governor of Bayelsa State and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Peace and Reconciliation Committee, Henry Seriake Dickson, on Friday held high level discussions with one of the founding fathers of the party, Mallam Adamu Ciroma. The governor had earlier, as part of his peace shuttle, conferred with former Senate President, David Mark, in […]

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Your Six Years In Office Is A Waste Of Common Wealth-Inuwa Tells Dankambo

Daily Dispatch March 24, 2017

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Gombe State and the party’s gubernatorial candidate in the 2015 general elections, Alhaji Mohammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has knocked the performance of Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankambo of the state. The APC chieftain said described the government’s policies as distracted with misplaced priorities. Yahaya said the six years so […]