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Breaking: Nigeria elections below expectations, INEC lacked transparency – NDI/IRI observers

Daily Dispatch February 27, 2023

The International Republican Institute (IRI) and National Democratic Institute (NDI) Joint Election Observation Mission (IEOM) have presented their preliminary statement on the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria. On Monday in Abuja, the leader, Dr Joyce Banda, former

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Photos: EFCC storms Tinubu’s polling unit for inspection

Daily Dispatch February 25, 2023

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission stormed the polling unit of Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the morning of the presidential and National Assembly Elections. The team who arrived Tinubu’s unit at PU 085, Ward 3, Sunday Adigun, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State, were seen parading the polling centre although they never disclosed what prompted the visit […]

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Mastermind of Abuja-Kaduna train attack arrested –DHQ

Daily Dispatch February 23, 2023

Troops of Operation Whirl Punch have apprehended one of the masterminds of the March 28, 2022 terrorist attack on the Abuja-Kaduna Train service, the The Defence Headquarters, has said. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known at the bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of the armed forces, on Thursday in […]

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Tinubu to Nigerians: Why I seek your mandate to be President of Nigeria

Daily Dispatch February 23, 2023

Fellow Nigerians, it is with a tremendous sense of history and an immense awareness of the challenges ahead of us as a country that I address you today. For the past few months, my running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima and I and other leaders of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) have traversed […]

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Fake news: We are not shutting down financial transactions over election – CBN

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2023

The Central Bank of Nigeria has debunked the report that financial transaction will be shut down from Thursday, February 23 till Monday, February 27. This was disclosed via CBN’s Instagram account on Wednesday saying, “Please be wary of fake news!” According to the circular CBN debunked, the transaction shutdown was to make sure politicians are […]

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BVAS will be deactivated when snatched – INEC

Daily Dispatch February 8, 2023

Less than 16 days to the general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission has given assurance that the Bimodal Voter Registration System cannot be manipulated. The INEC Deputy Director of Information and Communications Technology, Lawrence Bayode, disclosed this while speaking on Channels Television’s special election programme, The 2023 Verdict, on