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How Buhari, Buni, others revived APC

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2023

 By Salisu Na’inna Dambatta There was a time the All Progressives Congress (APC) was in a serious crisis of self doubt, which almost tore it apart. That situation  largely  resulted from internal squabbles, a quarrelsome struggle for supremacy and an unimaginative

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I’ll defeat Obaseki’s candidate, says Shaibu

Daily Dispatch November 28, 2023

The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has expressed confidence in his victory in the forthcoming governorship election in the state. Shaibu said he would definitely defeat the preferred candidate of the state governor, Godwin Obaseki. Shaibu stated this during a TVC programme on Monday evening. This is coming barely 24 hours after he […]

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Lone PDP Member in Yobe House of Assembly Defects to APC

Daily Dispatch November 16, 2023

Yobe state Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni has received Hon. Lawan Musa Majakura, the lone member of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the state House of Assembly who defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor while receiving the lawmaker into the APC fold, described him as a young and vibrant politician […]

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I quit PDP because party now lacks ideals – Utazi

Daily Dispatch November 6, 2023

The former Senator representing Enugu-North Senatorial District of Enugu State, Chukwuka Utazi, says he quit the People’s Democratic Party because the “ideals that attracted him to the party have receded into oblivion”. The Senator, who represented the district between 2015 and 2023, submitted his resignation letter to the PDP Chairman in Nkpologu Ward of the […]

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Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi: INEC cautions parties against fake news, ahead of November poll

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2023

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cautioned political parties against spreading fake news, ahead of the Nov.11 Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo governorship election. Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman stated this in a statement in Abuja.Oyekanmi was reacting to a statement by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) that INEC […]

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Anambra Senator defects to APC

Daily Dispatch October 12, 2023

Senator Ifeanyi Ubah representing Anambra South Senatorial District has dumped the Young Progressives Party (YPP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during a brief plenary session on Thursday, Ubah’s defection was due to irreconcilable differences in the YPP. Ubah, however, did not explain the