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El-Rufai, Amina Zakari in charge of ICT – Secondus

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2019

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday claimed that the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai and Amina Zakari, are in charge of the Information and Communication Technology, ICT, at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. PDP’s Chairman, Uche Secondus said this while

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Osinbajo intervenes in Zamfara APC crisis, meets Senator Mararafa

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2019

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, February 19, took advantage of the one-week postponement of the presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria, to wade into the crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Zamfara State. The APC in Zamfara State has been embroiled in a dispute over the party’s primaries in the state, […]

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Olawepo-Hashim writes INEC, seek further extension of Presidential, NASS elections

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2019

The Presidential candidate of the People’s Trust (PT) platform, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has written the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu requesting a further extension of the Presidential and National Assembly elections because the one week extension is rather too short to conclude the stated enormous logistics requirement for the

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Ban on campaigns: APC threatens to drag INEC to court

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2019

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has dared to take the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to court over the ban of campaigns. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, had on Saturday after the announcement of the postponement of the presidential election, prohibited the continuation of campaigns by political parties. However, Oshiomhole,

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Breaking: Deji Adeyanju granted bail

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2019

Convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju has been released on bail by a Kano State Magistrate Court. Former minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode confirmed that the activist was granted bail in the sum of N500,000 and two sureties. The court also ordered him to deposit his international passport. Fani- Kayode on his Twitter page wrote: […]

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How political parties, court cases contributed to postponement of elections — INEC REC

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2019

Mr Mike Igini has revealed that the failures of political parties to stick to INEC’s timetables and a plethora of petitions against the commission with regards to primaries, played a major role in the postponement of the elections originally scheduled for February 16. Igini, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Akwa Ibom, made this […]