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Senate approves direct primaries for political parties

Daily Dispatch October 12, 2021

The Senate has approved direct primaries for aspirants to all elective positions on Tuesday. This was just as it empowered the Independent National Electoral Commission to determine the procedure for the transmission of results during the general elections. The amendments were made on Tuesday

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2023 Presidency: Attempts to cause conflict between Osinbajo, Tinubu will fail -Ojudu

Daily Dispatch October 11, 2021

Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser on Political Matters to the President Muhammadu Buhari says attempts to cause conflict between the National Leader of All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu; and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo in the forthcoming presidential election will fail. Ojudu made this known in a statement on Monday in reference to an interview on Channels Television’s

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Cross River workers to begin strike Tues

Daily Dispatch October 11, 2021

The organised labour under the auspices of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, as well as the state Joint Public Negotiation Council in Cross River State have asked workers to begin an indefinite strike on Tuesday to press home their 14-point demands. In a bulletin issued by the labour unions on Monday […]

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Buhari approves N13.3bn for community policing take-off

Daily Dispatch October 11, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N13.3billion for the take-off of the Community Policing initiative across the country. The president made this known at the opening of a two-day Mid-Term Ministerial Performance Review Retreat organized to assess progress made towards the achievement of the nine key priorities of his administration on Monday in Abuja. Mr Buhari […]

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Fake news on social media responsible for country’s security challenges – Ribadu

Daily Dispatch October 11, 2021

Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu has blamed most of the country’s challenges on fake news peddled by the social media. Ribadu spoke on the development in the nation’s capital, Abuja, on Sunday at a news conference he addressed. He was reacting to reports in the social media that he […]

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How Buhari can rescue Nigeria, by Bakare

Daily Dispatch October 10, 2021

The Senior Pastor of Citadel Global Community Church (CGCG), Pastor Tunde Bakare, has offered tips to President Muhammadu Buhari on how to solve the country’s problems. Bakare argued that Nigeria is finding it difficult to make lasting progress because it is resting on a faulty political structure. The solution, he said, includes pragmatic restructuring led […]