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Reps to amend mode of primaries in Electoral Bill on Wednesday – Gbajabiamila

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2022

The House of Representatives is set to amend the provision of Direct Primaries in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila disclosed this on Tuesday in his welcome remarks to members of the House. The speaker said the version of the bill

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Nnamdi Kanu’s trial adjourned as he objects to fresh Charges

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2022

The trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu stalled on Tuesday after he objected to the fresh charges brought against him by the Federal Government. The Federal Government had filed fresh terrorism charges against the detained IPOB leader before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. The action increased […]

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APC national convention will hold in February —Governors

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2022

The Progressives Governors Forum, PGF, an umbrella body of governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has given assurance that the party’s national convention will hold in February. Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi and chairman of the PGF gave the assurance while speaking with journalists at the end of a closed […]

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Buhari to unveil CBN, RIFAN mega rice pyramids in Abuja

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2022

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, unveil the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) huge Rice Pyramids in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the mega rice pyramids project is a collaboration of the CBN with Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN). Information obtained from the apex bank’s official website stated that the […]

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2023 Presidency: Northern elders reject zoning, ask FG to postpone 2022 National Census

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2022

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) on Saturday said zoning of the presidency as advocated by some political parties is anti-democracy. The Elders therefore advised that the 2023 presidential contest should be left open to every region of the country for the best candidate to emerge. The remarks were part of a communique issued on Saturday […]

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Turji’s associate makes shocking revelations on their operations

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2022

Musa Kamarawa, a close associate of a notorious bandit kingpin, Muhammad Bello, aka Turji, has revealed the names of local informants and collaborators who supply uniforms, food and drugs to the terrorists operating in the Sokoto-Zamfara axis of North West Nigeria. In a video clip obtained by DAILY NIGERIAN, Mr Kamarawa, 33, revealed that the […]