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PDP replies Presidency, says Amina Zakari has conflict of interest

Daily Dispatch January 4, 2019

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation (PPCO) on Friday replied the Presidency, saying Amina Zakari has a conflict of interest in Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and as such her participation in the 2019 presidential election can never be impartial.

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N13billion alleged fraud: Bafarawa drags Senator Wamakko to EFCC

Daily Dispatch January 4, 2019

Former governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate his successor, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, over N13 b he allegedly left behind for him in government’s coffers. Bafarawa who submitted copies of the petition to the zonal head, Mr Ahmed Lateef, at the agency’s […]

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IGP reverses self, recalls Imo CP

Daily Dispatch January 4, 2019

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Friday caved in to pressure from governorship candidates in Imo State and recalled the redeployed Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi. This was two days after the State Commissioner of Police and all the senior Police officers in the state were transferred out of the State in an […]

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Amina Zakari: Group asks INEC boss to tender resignation letter

Daily Dispatch January 4, 2019

The Advocacy for Integrity and Economic Development (AIED) has called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to tender his resignation letter immediately. AIED made this demand in a press statement issued on Friday and signed by its Director of Publicity, Comrade O’Seun John, in reaction to the appointment of […]

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How Buhari, INEC Chair Sealed Zakari’s Appointment at Secret midnight meeting – Timi Frank

Daily Dispatch January 4, 2019

…Urges Yakubu to resign Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has given a graphic detail of how President Muhammadu Buhari’s Neice, Amina Zakari’s appointment as the Chairperson of INEC’s Advisory Committee and Presidential Election Collation Centre Committee, was sealed at a midnight secret meeting in

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Atiku, PDP not a threat to Buhari’s re-election – Keyamo

Daily Dispatch January 4, 2019

Spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Festus Keyamo (SAN), says the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not a threat to re-election of his master by Nigerians in the 2019 elections. NAN reports that Mr. Keyamo made the claim on Thursday during the inauguration of the Women and Youths Wing of […]