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INEC unveils new 56,872 polling units across the country

Daily Dispatch June 16, 2021

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday announced the creation of additional 56, 872 polling units across the country. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners. According to

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Arise Interview: Buhari evasive, dodgy, claimed our projects -Says PDP

Daily Dispatch June 10, 2021

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is appalled by President Muhammadu Buhari’s deplorable performance at the exclusive interview on Arise Television this morning. Our party is dismayed that while millions of Nigerians eagerly expected President Buhari to use the interview to address salient issues confronting our nation, Mr. President bungled the opportunity by being

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Existing tinted glass permits duly issued remainb valid – Usman

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2021

•Directs retrieval of SPY number plates from unauthorised users Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali, has said that all existing vehicle tinted glass permits, duly issued by the Nigeria Police Force, remain valid. The clarification is coming on the heels of public enquiries following the announcement of the suspension of issuance of new tinted […]

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NASS joint minority caucus gives Nigerians permission to continue using Twitter

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2021

The Joint Minority Caucus of the Senate and the House of Representatives has dismissed threats by the APC-led government to arrest and prosecute Nigerians using Twitter and called on Nigerians to go ahead and use their Twitter as they would not be contravening any law in Nigeria or any international statute. This was one of […]

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SERAP, Falana drag Buhari govt to ECOWAS Court over Twitter ban

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2021

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the President Muhammadu Buhari administration over “the unlawful suspension of Twitter in Nigeria”. The applicants are against the criminalization of Nigerians using Twitter, and the escalating repression of human rights, rights to freedom of expression,

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Nnamdi Kanu using Twitter to destabilise Nigeria – Lai Mohammed

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2021

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has insisted that the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is using Twitter to destabilise Nigeria. Mohammed said this on Monday night during an interview with BBC News Africa while defending the Federal Government’s Twitter ban in Nigeria. According to the minister, the […]