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Breaking: APC loses two Reps to PDP

Daily Dispatch November 21, 2018

Two members of the House of Representatives, Kolawole Babatunde (Ondo) and Mukaila Kazeem (Ogun), have dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress. Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, read letters from the lawmakers announcing their resignations from the APC at the plenary on Wednesday. While

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2019: We do not support any candidate says UK

Daily Dispatch November 19, 2018

The acting British High Commissioner, Harriet Thompson, says the United Kingdom has no preferred candidate or political party in the forthcoming general elections. Ms Thompson stated this while briefing reporters after meeting with the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Monday at the National Assembly in Abuja. She said, “As friends of Nigeria and maintaining […]

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Leaked audio: SERAP asks INEC to probe Bukola Saraki’s campaign spending in 2015

Daily Dispatch November 18, 2018

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), requesting him to “promptly, thoroughly and effectively investigate allegation that Senate President Bukola Saraki spent between N200m and N400m in every state, except the six South-West states, to influence the

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Oshiomhole meets Buhari, dismisses corruption allegations

Daily Dispatch November 17, 2018

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole, has dismissed allegations that he collected bribes of about 80 million dollars to manipulate the outcome of the party primaries in some states and FCT. Some agrieved aspirants are accusing Oshiohmole of collecting various sums in bribery to twist the primaries. Speculations are […]

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2019: We’ll not fail Nigerians – Yakubu promised

Daily Dispatch November 15, 2018

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, says the commission will not fail the nation in the conduct of 2019 General Elections. Yakubu made this promise while speaking at the 6th Anniversary Lecture and Investiture into the Realnews Hall of Fame held in Lagos on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that […]

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Atiku mocks APC, over Osinbajo, Oshiomhole’s alleged indictment for corruption

Daily Dispatch November 14, 2018

Atiku Abubakar, Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has mocked the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, over the corruption fight of the Buhari-led administration. Speaking through his Presidential Campaign Organisation on Wednesday, the former Vice President said APC’s call for security agents to be on the watch to prevent the imaginary ‘illicit