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Presidential election: “I still have apprehension” – Obasanjo

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2019

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has expressed concern over the conduct of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections following reports of alleged thumb-printing of ballot papers in parts of the country. Obasanjo told journalists in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Friday

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Amaechi once asked me to ‘bomb INEC office’ – Abe

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2019

The lawmaker representing Rivers South East Senatorial district, Magnus Abe, on Friday claimed that the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi once asked him to bomb office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Port Harcourt, the state capital. He said this while rubbisshing Amaechi’s claim that he was working with the State Governor, Nyesom […]

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How four Bauchi APC National Assembly candidates forged certificates, falsified age – Group alleges

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2019

A group, Initiative for Vulnerable Women and Children (SIVWOC), has warned President Muhammadu Buhari of imminent loss of National Assembly seats for the All Progressives Congress (APC) due the reckless imposition of candidates that saw to the emergence of certificate forgers as candidates in Saturday’s election in Bauchi state. In a press statement signed by […]

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Desperate Osuntokun, his sponsors envious of Osinbajo’s rise – Group

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2019

A political group in Nigeria has described Akin Osuntokun and his sponsors as desperate because they are envious of the meteoric rise of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The Initiative to Save Democracy (ISD) explained that Osuntokun is a man that cannot point to one thing he has achieved or done for the South West and […]

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INEC replaces 4, 695 burnt card readers in Anambra

Daily Dispatch February 15, 2019

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday declared that it had replaced the 4, 695 burnt card readers and other sensitive materials that were destroyed on Tuesday by fire at the secretariat of the commission in Awka, Anambra State. It was gathered that sensitive election materials and card readers were collected from across the country […]

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Oyo ADP Chair, 10,000 others dump Alao-Akala for APC

Daily Dispatch February 14, 2019

Oyo State Chairman of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Chief Folaranmi Owolabi, has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) with more than ten thousand members of his former party, on Thursday. Citing alleged overbearing influence of a former Governor of the state and the governorship candidate of the ADP, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, the […]