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Edo tax payers money not meant  for sharing – Obaseki

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2018

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has reiterated that tax payers money meant for the development of the state will not be shared under his watch.  Obaseki made the declaration at the Government House, in Benin City, the state capital, during the first-year anniversary celebration of the Edo

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Presidential ticket: Win or lose, I will remain in PDP – Atiku vows

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2018

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for the 2019 general elections has reiterated that he would remain in PDP if he lost the ticket to run as the nation’s president next year. He made this declaration while fielding questions from journalists shortly after meeting the Oba […]

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APC uncovers PDP plot to harm APC senators

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2018

The All Progressives Congress said it has uncovered a sinister plot hatched by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to attack APC Senators as part of a desperate bid to ensure that Dr. Bukola Saraki clings to the position of Senate President. APC publicity secretary Yekini Nabeena made the claim in a Statement Tuesday in […]

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Breaking: Why we won’t reconvene National Assembly yet – Saraki, Dogara

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2018

The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, have given reasons why the National Assembly will not reconvene yet to consider the supplementary budget for the 2019 elections.Saraki and Dogara gave the explanation in a statement issued in the early hours of Tuesday.The statement, signed by […]

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IGP Idris orders befitting burial for slain policemen

Daily Dispatch August 13, 2018

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim  Idris, has ordered a befitting burial for the four policemen killed in an ambush by suspected kidnappers at the weekend in Kaduna. The slain officers were  Inspector Bernard Odibo,  Inspector Mamman Abubakar,   Inspector Haruna Ibrahim and  Sergeant Emmanuel Istifanus. They were all members of the IGP Intelligence Response

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157 Lagos prison inmates set to write WASSCE, as two pursue PhD

Daily Dispatch August 13, 2018

The Lagos Prisons Command says education behind bars is getting more interesting with two of its inmates already pursuing their PhDs at the Kirikiri Maximum Prison. The Controller of Prisons, Lagos Command, Mr Tunde Ladipo disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, on Monday in Lagos. According to him, there is a renewed […]