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Breaking: PDP disqualifies two presidential aspirants

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2022

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has disqualified two of the 17 presidential aspirants seeking its ticket to contest the 2023 election. The two disqualified aspirants are to forfeit the N40 million each of them paid for the expression of interest and nomination forms. The chairman of the

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2023 Elections: Forget rigging, Buhari vows to resolutely defend will of Nigerians

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2022

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja advised those planning to rig the 2023 general elections to perish the thought, vowing to use every legitimate means to protect the votes of Nigerians. ‘‘Those planning to rig the forthcoming elections should think twice because I intend to resolutely protect and defend the sacred will of the […]

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Electoral Act: Your Non-resignation Risky, Gbajabiamila Warns Ministers, Others

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2022

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said political appointees who refuse to resign before contesting the forthcoming 2023 elections pose a risk to themselves and their parties. Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022, which was signed by President Muhammadu Buhari, provided that, “No political appointee at any level shall be a […]

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Breaking: APC reacts to the missing $75, 000

Daily Dispatch April 28, 2022

Our attention has been drawn to reports in sections of the media regarding lost US Dollars at the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress. On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, a sum of $50,000 was reported lost by an individual around the entrance gate of the National Secretariat of the Party. To be clear, the […]

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How I learnt of my nomination as Buhari’s running mate in 2014– Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch April 28, 2022

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said news of his nomination as running mate to then-candidate Muhammadu Buhari in the build-up to the 2015 presidential election came to him as a surprise. He said he was working on a case of a defection of a federal lawmaker at the Supreme Court when he learned of his nomination. […]

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I didn’t order removal of Section 84 (12) of Electoral Act, Buhari tells court, says he only expressed reservation, concerns

Daily Dispatch April 28, 2022

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that he did not order the Senate to remove the contentious section 84 (12) from the amended Electoral Act 2022. Contrary to the claims of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a suit instituted against him and 12 others on the Electoral Act, […]