COLUMNS

Maggoty Senate and rotten judiciary

Daily Dispatch June 23, 2023

By Tunde Odesola C-o-o-u-u-r-r-t-t!!! Yekinni, the court clerk, yelled like someone grabbed by the balls. Everybody inside the Court-of-A-Piss jumped to their feet. This is Her Lordship’s Court. She’s a beautiful, no-nonsense High Priest in the Temple of Justice. Everybody respects her because

NEWS

Disclose pensions paid to you as ex-governors, group tells Akpabio, others in 10th Senate

Daily Dispatch June 18, 2023

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and other 13 former governors in the 10th Senate to disclose the total amount of life pensions, if any, that have been received from your states as former governors.” SERAP is also urging them to “promptly clarify if you have collected and/or […]

NEWS

INEC fixes date for outstanding guber, NASS, other elections

Daily Dispatch March 27, 2023

The Independent National.Electoral Commission, INEC has announced that outstanding gubernatorial, National and State Assembly supplementary elections will hold Saturday 15th April 2023. The decision was taken by the Commission at its meeting today. A brief note from Rotimi Oyekanmi, CPS to the INEC Chairman Monday afternoon said, “Arising from its meeting held today, the

Politics

APC fixes dates for Presidential, NASS, Governorship and Assembly Primaries

Daily Dispatch April 6, 2022

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fixed May 30th, 2022 for the party’s presidential primary. It also proposed dates for the governorship, House of Assembly, and National Assembly primaries.  The ruling party also said it plans to hold the House of Assembly primary on May 17th and May 19th for the House of Representatives. According to […]

LEAD STORY 2

Marwa hails Buhari, NASS, Finance, Justice Ministers for agency’s progress

Daily Dispatch November 10, 2021

Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd) said that the removal of the clause that allowed for the option of fine for drug offenders from the Agency’s Act currently undergoing amendment in the National Assembly would strengthen the deterrence effect of court prosecution and […]

LEAD STORY 1

‘Zamfara: PDP cautions Matawalle, NASS, SHoA members against defection,’

Daily Dispatch June 28, 2021

The Peoples Democratic Party has cautioned the Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, and those of the National Assembly from the state against defecting to the All Progressives Congress. Reacting, the PDP stated that Matawalle defecting to the APC amounts to a decision to vacate office. According […]