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Tinubu, APC leaders meet lawmakers-elect over NASS Leadership to avert repeat of Saraki-Dogara ‘coup’

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2023

Ruling party moves begins consultation to zone Senate presidency, Speaker, SGF, others The leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress has invited the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima; senators-elect and members of the House of

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Nine months after resignation, Buhari gov’t yet to pay ex-CJN Tanko N2.5 billion entitlements

Daily Dispatch March 10, 2023

The Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has yet to pay the entitlements of the immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad. A report by Naija News said that this was coming nine months after his retirement from service in June 2022 as the 16th Chief Justice of the apex court due to undisclosed […]

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Atiku accuses INEC Chair, Yakubu of impeding court orders to inspect election materials

Daily Dispatch March 10, 2023

Atiku Abubakar has accused the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu of impeding the execution of the Court of Appeal on the inspection of voting materials used for penultimate Saturday’s presidential election. Noting the court orders for unhindered access to the materials including the BVAS machines and the servers, Atiku

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INEC Chair threatens to sue PDP for defamation

Daily Dispatch March 10, 2023

Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has advised officials of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP to desist from maligning his character in the media or risk being sued for libel. Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi who was reacting to calls by the PDP on Prof. Yakubu to […]

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Why I sought kidney donor outside my family – Ekweremadu

Daily Dispatch March 10, 2023

A former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has told a court in London that he was advised by his doctor against seeking a kidney donor from among his family members. Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, are facing charges in the United Kingdom after they allegedly lured a young man from Nigeria to harvest […]

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Support Tinubu’s govt, Buhari begs Nigerians in Diaspora

Daily Dispatch March 8, 2023

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians living in the country to support President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as he takes over the reins of government on May 29. Speaking at a Town Hall meeting in Qatar on Tuesday, Buhari said his administration set forward to emplace credible, transparent and fair elections which will conclude on […]