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No electronic transmission of results in Electoral Act – Senate President

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2023

The Senate President, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan on Tuesday clarified that the Electoral Act 2022 did not provide for electronic transmission of election results as being demanded by a cross-section of Nigerians for 2023 election results. Speaking while contributing to a motion sponsored by Senator

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Breaking: PDP, Labour, ADC, Ask Yakubu To Step Down

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2023

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Labour Party and the African Democratic Congress, ADC have called on INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu to step down from further superintending the ongoing election process on account of his alleged biases. The three parties made the call at a joint press conference in Abuja where they passed a vote […]

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Obasanjo is satanic – Former PDP Chair, Bernabas Gemade

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2023

ELECTIONSELDERS ARE SPEAKING Text of a Press Conference by former Minister of Works & Elder statesman, Barnabbas Gemade, on former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s call for cancellation of presidential election results Gentlemen of the press, I warmly welcome you to this important press conference. This is a sad moment in the annals of our country’s democracy. […]

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FG to Obasanjo: Don’t truncate electoral process

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2023

The Federal Government has urged former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to truncate the 2023 general election with his “inciting, self-serving, and provocative letter” on the polls. The Federal Government, in a statement it issued on Tuesday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said what Obasanjo framed as “an appeal for caution and […]

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Akinrinade to Obasanjo: “You are a danger to democracy, urges Nigerians to condemn his statement in strong terms

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2023

AN INTERLOPING FORMER PRESIDENT IS A PRESENT DANGER TO DEMOCRACY General Akinrinade reacts to the statement by former President OlusegunObasanjo. The recent statement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the recently concluded elections must be condemned in the strongest terms by democracy loving Nigerians and those who care about the unity of this country. His […]

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2023: Abdulsalami calls for calm, urges Political parties to give electoral process a chance

Daily Dispatch February 27, 2023

1. We commend Nigerians for turning out in mass to exercise their civic duty by voting in the February 25 elections. We took note of their patience, dignity and enthusiasm which Nigerians lined up to vote despite observable challenges in the polling units. 2. Along with millions of other Nigerians and the international community, we […]