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How Nigeria raised N30bn through green bonds — Buhari

Daily Dispatch March 8, 2023

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), said Nigeria raised over N30bn to finance its climate change adaptation efforts by issuing two sovereign green bonds. He also urged the most vulnerable countries to emulate Nigeria’s homegrown resource mobilisation saying that it is “likely

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Breaking: Tinubu seeks court order to inspect INEC materials for presidential poll

Daily Dispatch March 7, 2023

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has sought the order of the Court of Appeal to inspect the electoral materials used by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the February 25, 2023, presidential election. Tinubu made this known via his lawyer, Akintola Makinde, at the court on Tuesday. The President-elect said he would need […]

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Just in: INEC releases list of 358 Reps-members elect (+Full List)

Daily Dispatch March 7, 2023

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the full list of members-elect of the 10th House of Representatives. The Labour Party (LP) significantly produced 34 members-elect. INEC removed the name of the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ado Doguwa, from the list of elected House of Representatives members. It will be recalled […]

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PDP writes INEC, formally rejects Feb 25 election result (+Letter)

Daily Dispatch March 6, 2023

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has formally expressed its objection to the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of the February 25, 2023 presidential election as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The objection is contained in a letter written to INEC by the party […]

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INEC asks tribunal to vary inspection order granted Atiku, Obi

Daily Dispatch March 6, 2023

The Independent National Electoral Commission has urged the Presidential Election Petition Court to vary the orders that were granted to the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi respectively, to inspect materials used for the last presidential election. INEC, in a motion on notice filed on March 4, […]

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(Fact checked) 2023 presidential poll: EU, NDI/IRI did not ask INEC Chairman to step down

Daily Dispatch March 3, 2023

A report doing the rounds to the effect that the European Union, EU, in Nigeria, and the National Democratic Institute (NDI)/International Repubmican Institute (IRI) have called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, to step down has been fact checked to be fake. The EU in Nigeria stamped the […]