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Breaking: Appeal Court upholds Ishaku’s re-election

Daily Dispatch November 18, 2019

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday upheld the second term election of Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State. A five-man panel of the court dismissed the appeal by the All Progressives Congress and its governorship candidate in the March 9, 2019 poll, Abubakar Danladi.

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Bayelsa election: Omo-Agege congratulates David Lyon

Daily Dispatch November 18, 2019

The Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege has congratulated the Bayelsa Governor-Elect, David Lyon on his victory in the Nov. 16 governorship election. Mr Yomi Odunuga, Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, to Omo-Agege made this known in a statement in Abuja on Monday. The Deputy Senate President also commended the state and national leadership […]

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PDP asks INEC to cancel over 100,000 votes ‘awarded’ to Yahaya Bello

Daily Dispatch November 17, 2019

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of awarding over 100,000 votes to candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Yahaya Bello in Okene Local Government area of Kogi State. “The PDP issues a stern caution to the INEC over the fictitious votes being bandied from Okene and other […]

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INEC begins collation of results in Bayelsa

Daily Dispatch November 17, 2019

By NAN The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun the collation of the Saturday Bayelsa governorship election, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN reports that the collation had earlier fixed to start by 10 a.m. by the commission but it began by 3 p.m. The venue of the exercise, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu Media […]

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Bayelsa, Kogi elections: SERAP asks ICC to probe APC, PDP, security officials

Daily Dispatch November 17, 2019

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate whether the persistent crimes of corruption, violence, and killings during elections in Nigeria, most recently in Bayelsa and Kogi states, and the repeated failure of the Nigerian authorities to address the crimes amount to violence against Nigerians and

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Kogi, Bayelsa polls: Stop thuggery, violence, Jonathan warns politicians

Daily Dispatch November 15, 2019

Former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan has sued for peace ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial elections in both Kogi and Bayelsa States. Jonathan, who stated this on Friday in Yenagoa at his Foundation office when a team of election observers from SING Foundation visited him also condemned the patronage of thugs and the use of violence by […]