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Ortom declared winner Benue governorship election

Daily Dispatch March 24, 2019

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has been re-elected for a second term. The Returning Officer in the state, Professor Maimako Sebastian declared him winner after he polled 434,473 votes to beat his closest rival and candidate of the All

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Why Buhari didn’t campaign for APC Gov candidates after winning re-election —Aide

Daily Dispatch March 24, 2019

The Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, has stated the reasons the President refused to visit some states to campaign for governorship candidates of his party, All Progressives Congress, after he had won the presidential election of February 23, 2019. The governorship election had held on March 9, about nine […]

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Why I want to be Senate President, by Lawan

Daily Dispatch March 23, 2019

A front line contender for the Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan, on Saturday gave reasons why he is most suited to occupy the exalted position. Lawan told journalists in Abuja that the Senate under his watch will work in partnership with the executive arm of government to make the country better through legislative engineering. The […]

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EU congratulates Buhari on re-election

Daily Dispatch March 23, 2019

The European Union has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his re-election as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and expressed willingness to work with his government. In a letter dated March 22, 2019 and jointly signed by Donald Tusk for the European Council and Jean-Claude Juncker for the European Commission, the Union said: […]

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INEC to conduct supplementary election in 18 states

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2019

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has provided update on Supplementary election taking place in 18 states on Saturday. Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education, gave the update at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja. Okoye said that the election scheduled for Saturday, March 23, would take place in 18 states. […]

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Battle for Senate: Adeyemi drags Dino Melaye to Tribunal

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2019

Sen. Smart Adeyemi, Miss Natasha Akpoti and Sen. Ahmed Ogembe have filed petitions against the conduct and outcome of the national assembly elections held in Kogi State on Feb. 23. The Secretary of the Kogi State Election Petitions Tribunal, Mrs. Aisha Mana confirmed this to Newsmen Thursday in Lokoja. Mana said that the petitions, filed […]