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Breaking: Six injured as inferno sacks 35 homes in Delta community

Daily Dispatch March 18, 2019

At least 35 families have been reportedly rendered homeless following a fire outbreak in a residential area comprising makeshift buildings at Opi Street in Ugboroke Community in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. The fire, which was said to have broken out at 11:55am on Sunday, left no

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Supplementary elections: We expect high-level cooperation from security agencies – INEC

Daily Dispatch March 18, 2019

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called for improved synergy with various security agencies in the country during the supplementary election to be held in some states on March 23, 2019. INEC’s National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye, made the call on Monday during his appearance on Sunrise Daily, a breakfast programme

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No nation can grow with election rigging- Obi ….says its the worst form of vices in the society

Daily Dispatch March 17, 2019

  The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in February 23, 2019, Presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi has decried the rigging recorded in this year’s general elections in the country and says that no nation can really grow with a rigged election. Mr Obi said that the process through which people come […]

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De-register unqualified political parties – Falana tells INEC

Daily Dispatch March 17, 2019

The Independent National Electoral Commission has powers to reduce the number of political parties in Nigeria, says senior lawyer, Femi Falana, decrying what he calls “unprincipled proliferation” of parties. Nigeria, a multi-party liberal democracy, currently has 91 political parties registered by INEC and there are reports even more groups have pending applications

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9th NASS: Any lawmaker connected to Saraki will not be allowed to hold leadership – Omo-Agege vow

Daily Dispatch March 17, 2019

The lawmaker representing Delta Central in the National Assembly, Barrister Ovie Omo-Agege, has vowed that no lawmaker remotely connected with Senator Bukola Saraki will be allowed to hold leadership of the 9th Senate. Omo-Agege stated this while giving an insight into how the next leadership of the National Assembly would be selected. Omo-Agege lamented that […]

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Group accuses Ogboru of defrauding APC over N3billion election fund

Daily Dispatch March 15, 2019

Coalition of Delta All Progressive Congress, APC, Support Group has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party to set up a panel of inquiry for Chief Great Ogboru to explain the whereabouts of the huge financial provisions for the entire 2019 general elections. Prince Daniel Ekiugbo, the convener, […]