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Kano rally: PDP mocks Buhari for renting crowd from Niger Republic

Daily Dispatch January 31, 2019

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday mocked President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly renting crowd from Niger Republic, for the presidential rally in Kano. The party, told the President to stop fixating over the non-existent five million votes that was promised him by the Governor

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I found Buhari, Atiku worthy of absolute rejection – Soyinka

Daily Dispatch January 31, 2019

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says the two leading political parties – the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party – do not deserve to return to power. Soyinka said this on Thursday at an interactive session at Freedom Park in Lagos titled, ‘Citizen Forum 2019’. The playwright had last month seemed to lean […]

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TraderMoni: INEC to investigate possible campaign finance violations by FG

Daily Dispatch January 31, 2019

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Yakubu Mahmoud, has said that the Commission would investigate possible violation of campaign finance laws by the Federal Government through its Trader0]Moni Scheme. He stated that the electoral agency has a mechanism for tracking campaign finance violations by the candidates and their parties, adding that INEC

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Senator Marafa commends INEC for maintaining its earlier position on rejection of Zamfara APC

Daily Dispatch January 31, 2019

The chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (downstream), Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for maintaining its earlier position on the rejection of Zamfara All Progressive Party (APC) candidates. Marafa said the position taken by INEC was true democracy at play, which showed that the commission is truly

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SERAP condemns Atiku’s plan to grant amnesty to looters

Daily Dispatch January 31, 2019

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has countered presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, Atiku Abubakar over plans to grant amnesty to corrupt Nigerians if elected president. Atiku said he may consider granting looters amnesty provided they are willing to reinvest their loot in Nigeria, thereby creating jobs. The former Vice

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APC will not field candidates for governorship, NASS, state assembly elections In Zamfara — INEC

Daily Dispatch January 31, 2019

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has insisted that no candidate will be fielded by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara for the Governorship, National and State Assembly elections. This was reaffirmed in a statement issued on Wednesday, January 30 ahead of a final list to be published by the commission. According to the […]