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Speakership: Northern groups dump Gbajabiamila for Onyejeocha

Daily Dispatch April 30, 2019

Arewa women and youth groups led by Movers and Shakers Organisation of Nigeria and Northern Emancipation Network, on Tuesday kicked against Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila’s candidacy, describing Hon Nkiruka Onyejeocha as the right person for the position of 9th speaker of House of Representatives. The

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Bandits block Kaduna-Abuja highway again, hundreds of motorists unaccounted for

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2019

Kidnappers on Monday afternoon blocked the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway, forcing several motorists to abandon their vehicles and head for nearby bushes to avoid being abducted. The development has left many motorists and passengers unaccounted for, just as their belongings were stolen by the kidnappers. A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria who narrowly escaped the

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Nigeria elections: We would have committed political suicide – Igbo groups

Daily Dispatch April 15, 2019

Five Igbo groups, weekend, hailed the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Barr. Uche Okwukwu for leading support for President Muhammadu Buhari during the last presidential election. The groups spoke during a courtesy visit to Okwukwu, where they said it would have amounted to political suicide if Ndigbo had put all their eggs in one basket. On […]

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FG to spend N82.109m for 2019 Abuja carnival

Daily Dispatch April 10, 2019

The 2019 edition of Abuja cultural carnival will gulp N82.109 million, Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said. The yearly carnival meant to showcase the country’s rich cultural heritage is coordinated by the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism. The minister said that Cultural Centres established by Nigeria in China and […]

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Power shift to Southern Nigeria not negotiable in 2023: APC chief

Daily Dispatch April 7, 2019

Alhaji Ahmed Lawal, Organising Secretary of APC in Adamawa on Sunday insisted that power must shift to the southern part of Nigeria in 2023. Lawal made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola. He stressed the need to demonstrate fairness in the polity, adding that the southern part […]

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NJC sends report on Onnoghen, acting CJN probe to Buhari

Daily Dispatch April 3, 2019

The National Judicial Council said‎ on Wednesday that it had concluded investigation on the petitions written against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, and the Acting CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad. ‎A statement by the Director, Information of the NJC, Mr. Soji Oye, said the council had sent its report to President Muhammadu […]