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APC raises alarm over orchestrated plan by PDP to create fear in the mind of Nigerians

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2019

The APC Presidential Campaign Council has raised an alarm over what it described as an orchestrated plan by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and it’s Presidential candidate to create fear in the mind of Nigerians with a series of fake news that will heat up the polity. Spokesman of

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IGP orders water tight security around INEC offices nationwide

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2019

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered a comprehensive and water-tight security around all Independent National Electoral Commission offices and facilities nationwide. He has consequently Command Commissioners of Police in the states and the Federal Capital Territory to protect all INEC offices and materials before, during and after the

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I’ll kill myself before May 29 if Buhari loses, man threatens in social media post

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2019

An ardent follower of President Muhammadu Buhari has threatened to commit suicide should his preferred candidate fail in his re-election bid. Adamu Kabir Matazu, whose Facebook timeline describes as ‘public figure,’ had taken to his Facebook page with the threat: “If Buhari lose (sic) the February 16th Presidential election, I will commit suicide before May […]

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President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt elected new AU chairman

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2019

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has been elected chairman of the African Union at the continental body’s summit in Ethiopia. The rights group Amnesty International warned that el-Sisi’s chairmanship might undermine the African Union’s human rights mechanisms. The rights group said Egypt since 2015 has orchestrated a sustained political attack against the African

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No names of alleged corrupt contractors from our record, Fashola tells SERAP

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2019

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola says his ministry could not get the names of corrupt contractors alleged to have looted funds in the power sector. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) in a statement on Sunday by its Deputy Director, Mr Kolawole Oluwadare, said Fashola noted that the ministry […]

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Election materials destroyed as fire guts INEC LG office in Plateau

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2019

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Qua’an Pan Local Government Area of Plateau State has been gutted by fire. INEC Voter Education and Publicity Officer in the state, Osaretim Imaehorobo, confirmed this in a statement sent to Channels Television on Sunday. “A drunken security man was said to have caused the fire outbreak,” the statement […]