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Drama as six Imo lawmakers remove Speaker

Daily Dispatch November 8, 2021

There was mild drama at the Imo State House of Assembly on Monday after six lawmakers led by the removed Deputy Speaker, Amara Iwuanyanwu, invaded the house and removed the Speaker, Paul Emeziem. The minority lawmakers immediately elected a ranking member, Kennedy Ibeh, as the new Speaker.

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Anambra election: INEC ad-hoc staff disappear with result sheets

Daily Dispatch November 7, 2021

An Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ad hoc staff has absconded with 41 result sheets in Oba 1, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra state. The Local Government Collation Officer, Gabriel Odoh said this on Sunday while presenting the result of the Local Government Area at the collation center in INEC Headquarters, Awka, the […]

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Osinbajo to represent Buhari at 3rd ECOWAS Summit in Ghana

Daily Dispatch November 7, 2021

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will today represent President Muhammadu Buhari at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Accra, Ghana on the political situation in the Republics of Guinea and Mali. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande. According to the […]

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PDP would have become dictatorial if Buhari didn’t win in 2015, says Iyorchia Ayu

Daily Dispatch November 6, 2021

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Professor Iyorchia Ayu, says the former ruling party would have become dictatorial if it did not lose power in 2015. President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had defeated ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, who was seeking reelection. Buhari made history by becoming the first opposition […]

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Soludo decries ‘failure’ of INEC’s technology in Anambra election, calls for patience

Daily Dispatch November 6, 2021

Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 2021 Anambra governorship election, Charles Soludo, has decried the failure of INEC’s technology in the voting process. As of 1pm, the candidate was yet to cast his vote at his polling unit. He alleged that the situation was similar in many parts of the state. […]

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NDA attack: I was embarrassed that we didn’t foresee such a threat – CDS

Daily Dispatch November 5, 2021

Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has said that he was embarrassed that the army did not foresee the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy. “Nigerian Defence Academy is not a place where we could think that we should fortify to such a level that liberty that is required to be able to emplace […]