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Breaking: Another Nigerian military aircraft crashes

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2021

A Nigerian military aircraft has reportedly gone down. The location was given as “somewhere in Kaduna State”. According to source the crashed plane is an Alpha jet. “The fighter jet left Yola, the Adamawa capital, this morning to go clear bandits”, the informant added. Nigerian Air Force

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I warned Nigerians in 2015 about this ‘evil’ govt – Bishop Oyedepo

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2021

Bishop David Oyedepo, President and founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as evil filled with wilderness. The world’s second richest pastor made the remark on Sunday during a sermon at the church’s headquarters, Canaanland, Ota in Ogun State. Oyedepo who was speaking on the power of prophecy, said […]

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Breaking: Lawan explains why senators voted against e-transmission of results

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2021

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has given reasons to justify the position taken by the Senate on the electronic transmission of election results. The Senate on Thursday, while considering the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill, voted that “The Commission(INEC) may consider electronic transmission of results, provided the national coverage is adjudged to be adequate

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Eid-Kabir: IGP orders tight security on highways, worship centres

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2021

Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered Commissioners of Police to tighten security on highways, worship and recreational centres among others ahead of Eid-el-Kabir festival. He said this in a statement titled, ‘Eid-el-Kabir: IGP assures sustained efforts at improving public safety and security’, by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, on

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We have capacity to transmit results from remote areas – INEC

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2021

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday suggested it has the capacity to transmit election results electronically from remote areas across the country. Lawmakers in both chambers of the National Assembly had been at loggerheads over electronic transmission of results earlier in the week. The House was thrown into disarray on Thursday as members

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Only 50 percent of polling units have 3G network to transmit election results – NCC

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2021

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said on Friday that only about 50 per cent of polling units in the country had 3G network that could transmit elections results electronically. The Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, Mr Ubale Maska made this known while addressing the House of Representatives in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls […]