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Breaking News: Another PDP Senator Defects To APC

Daily Dispatch January 19, 2017

The representative of Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District, Senator Nelson Effiong, on Thursday defected to the All Progressives Congress. However, the PDP has vowed to challenge his defection in court. Effiong, who announced his defection to the APC during plenary on Thursday, hinged his

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Tinubu, Late Kure and I Frustrated Oasanjo’s 3rd Term Bid- Orji Kalu

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2017

Former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, has revealed how Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, former governor of Niger state, late Engineer Abdulkadir Kure frustrated the third term bid of former president Olusegun Obasanjo. Kalu revealed this on Wednesday in Minna shortly after he paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Engineer Kure. […]

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Nigerians Do Not Need Counselling To Reject APC Come 2019-Fayose

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2017

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said Nigerians don’t need counselling to reject the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2019 general elections in the country, saying the abysmal performance of the party has already made the people to grow weary of it. The governor, however,  noted that there is a wide difference […]

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I am Not Defecting To APC- Ekweremadu

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2017

  Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has dismissed as false, insinuations and reports that the he is defecting to the  ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to save his job. In a statement made available to reporters in Abuja, the Special Assistant to the Deputy President of the Senate on Political Affairs, Hon. […]

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No Plan To Remove Ekweremadu- Adeyeye, Lawan

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2017

Chief Whip of the Senate, Sola Adeyeye has said he is not aware of any plot to remove Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu or force him to defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Adeyeye spoke to newsmen at the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, in Abuja, on Monday. His words, […]

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Mimiko Planning To Sell Govt. Properties-APC

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2017

The All Progressives Congress in Ondo State has accused the outgoing Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, of planning to sell some serviceable government vehicles to raise funds for phony expenditure. Mimiko’s tenure would end on February 23. A statement by the APC’s Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Adesanya, in Akure on Monday alleged that the governor decided to […]