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Afenifere backs Soyinka, says herdsmen crisis may lead to civil war

Daily Dispatch February 8, 2021

Pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, says Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, is right that the herdsmen crisis rocking the South-West region may lead to a fresh civil war. It also called on members of the international community to be interested in the herdsmen crisis and intervene to salvage the

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Registration: Tinubu, Akande’s disagreement with others good for APC, says PGF DG

Daily Dispatch February 7, 2021

The Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum, Dr. Salihu Lukman on Sunday said democracy will lose its appeal once internal disagreements among leaders of political parties cease to exist. Lukeman explained that divergent views being expressed by leaders of the All Progressives Congress over the ongoing membership registration/ revalidation exercise were not in

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$500m: SERAP asks World Bank to publish documents on funded electricity projects

Daily Dispatch February 7, 2021

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the World Bank President Mr David Malpass “to exercise the Bank’s prerogative to release archival records and documents relating to spending on all approved funds to improve access to electricity in Nigeria between 1999 and 2020, the Bank’s role in the implementation of any funded electricity projects, and

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Cryptocurrency Ban: Reduce Youth Unemployment, Don’t Add To It, Atiku Warns Buhari

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2021

Former Vice president of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has condemned the ban placed on cryptocurrency transactions in Nigeria by the federal government led by President Muhammdu Buhari warning that urgent steps must be taken to opening up the economy and create more jobs for the teeming Nigerian Youths as unemployment remains one challenge facing the […]

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ECOWAS Court fixes April 22 to hear case of herdsmen killings

Daily Dispatch February 5, 2021

By Oluchi Ihediuche The ECOWAS Court of Justice, Abuja has fixed April 22, 2021, to deliver judgment in a case of killings, raping, maiming of Nigerians and destruction of property across Nigeria by suspected herdsmen. The court heard arguments in the case brought by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project SERAP against the Federal Government on […]

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2023: INEC set to create More polling units across Nigeria

Daily Dispatch February 4, 2021

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has concluded arrangements to establish more polling units across the federation, ahead of the 2023 general elections. The electoral body has also vowed that it will relocate existing polling units situated in shrines, homes of politicians, local government secretariats or secret locations that most times gives