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‘No electronic authentication, no voting’

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2021

You may recall that at our last meeting held on 17th June 2021, we focused mainly on the resumption of the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). More specifically, we discussed the schedule for the exercise as well as the Commission’s proposal for a two-tier online and in-person or

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Coup: African Union suspends Guinea

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2021

Guinea’s ruling military came under diplomatic pressure on Friday as the African Union suspended the country over last weekend’s coup and West African envoys arrived to mediate in the crisis. The regional bloc ECOWAS had already suspended Guinea after special forces led by Lieutenant Colonel Mamady Doumbouya seized power on Sunday and arrested president Alpha […]

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Buhari holds townhall meeting with Igbo leaders

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with Southeast leaders in Imo state. The meeting was held at a Town Hall in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Buhari’s parley with Igbo leaders is coming at the backdrop of agitation by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The meeting was disclosed by one of Buhari’s Media Aides, […]

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No plan to tax social media businesses – FIRS

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2021

The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has said it has no plan to tax companies using the social media to transact business, but confirmed that digital platforms will be brought into the tax net. Recall that the FIRS Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami, had told Senate Joint Committees working on the Medium Term Expenditure Framework and […]

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PDP governors vow to rescue Nigeria from APC misgovernance in 2023

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2021

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) say they are working together for the party to present a unified force and defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general elections. Chairman of PDP Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, disclosed this on Wednesday night while briefing newsmen after […]

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OPL 245: IGP Monitoring Unit absolves Bello Adoke of e-mail complicity

Daily Dispatch September 8, 2021

A report by IGP Monitoring Unit has absolved former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN, of complicity that followed the use of an  email address of a company owned by Aliyu Abubakar, who was on trial in Italy for the OPL 245 saga. A three-page  certified  true copies […]