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INEC goes to court over BVAS re-configuration

Daily Dispatch March 6, 2023

There are indications that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will approach the Court of Appeal seeking to set aside its earlier ruling concerning the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS. A senior official of the commission, who did not want his name mentioned, informed

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Ex-CJN Tanko blocks CJN Ariwoola from moving into Supreme Court quarters nine months after assuming office

Daily Dispatch March 4, 2023

Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, has refused to vacate the Supreme Court quarters nine months after his resignation, denying his successor, Olukayode Ariwoola access to the apartment. Sources in the judiciary told The Gazette that rather than vacating the quarters within six months after his resignation as required by the law, the jurist […]

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Tinubu to Atiku, Obi: Do decent thing and save Nigeria from agony

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2023

The Bola Tinubu Campaign on Tuesday dismissed the calls for the cancellation of the presidential election as it enjoined Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi to follow what it called the exemplary behaviour of President Goodluck Jonathan in calling Tinubu to concede defeat. Speaking through his media men following the call by the APC and PDP […]

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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 President of Malawi, congratulated the people for “their resilience and enthusiasm”.

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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 […]