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Amupitan denies role in Tinubu’s 2023 election legal team

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2025

The nominee for Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, has firmly denied claims that he was part of President Bola Tinubu’s legal team following the 2023 presidential election. “I was never part of President Bola Tinubu’s legal team in

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Senate begins screening of INEC chairman-nominee Joash Amupitan

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2025

The Senate is screening President Bola Tinubu’s nominee as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan. Tinubu had formally written to the Senate, seeking the confirmation of the professor of Law as theINEC chairman. The request was read on the floor of the Senate by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, […]

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Mbah didn’t win Enugu Governorship Election, says Ex-Sambo aide

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2025

Former spokesman to ex-Vice President Namadi Sambo, Umar Sani, has claimed that Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, did not legitimately win the 2023 governorship election in the state. Sani made the remark while reacting to Mbah’s recent defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, […]

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FCTA not into your Anambra type of mad man advice induced beer parlour development, Wike’s aide mocks Obi

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2025

Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has told the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to rescue himself from the political wilderness that he is presently, rather than jumping up and down, seeking media attention, by turning himself into critics of everything, including the most ridiculous.

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Court-ordered medical panel declares Nnamdi Kanu fit for trial

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2025

A medical panel appointed by the Federal High Court to evaluate the health of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has concluded that his condition is not life-threatening and that he is fit to stand trial. The team, led by the President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), was constituted on […]

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DSS arrests two ex-operatives for impersonation, fraud

Daily Dispatch October 15, 2025

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested two former officers, Barry Donald and Victor Onyedikachi Godwin, for allegedly impersonating the agency to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the DSS confirmed that the duo—previously declared wanted in separate public warnings—had been apprehended and would be prosecuted in accordance