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Breaking: Buhari replaces Bode Mustapha with Sokefun on NDIC board

Daily Dispatch November 6, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has removed Bode Mustapha as Chairman nominee of Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), replacing him with Ronke Shokefun. In the same vein, the President has also nominated Special adviser on Diaspora matters, Honorable Abike Dabiri as chairman of the Diaspora

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IPOB sue WAEC over Buhari’s certificate

Daily Dispatch November 5, 2018

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has instructed IPOB lawyers to file a case of international fraud, forgery and deception against the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, before a Ghanaian court, to challenge the council’s recent attestation of President Muhhamadu Buhari’s West African School Certificate, WASC. In a statement […]

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Multiple registrations: INEC removes over 300,000 names from voter register

Daily Dispatch November 5, 2018

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it had removed over 300,000 names from its voter register as at last week, as the commission continued preparations for 2019 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this when he received a delegation of ECOWAS Pre-Election Fact Finding Mission, led by the Chairman of Sierra Leone’s National

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Kano High Court stops Kano Assembly from probing Ganduje

Daily Dispatch November 5, 2018

A Kano High Court has ordered the Kano State House of Assembly to stop investigating the videos showing the governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje, receiving bribe from a contractor. The order was sought by one Muhammad Zubair on behalf of Lawyers for Sustainable Democration of Nigeria. The High Court 3, presided over by Justice […]

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Transport to be grounded as NURTW threatens to join strike

Daily Dispatch November 5, 2018

Transportation to be grounded as NURTW threatens to join strike The Chairman of the Lagos State Branch of the Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede, announced on Monday that the union would join the planned NLC strike if government and labour failed to resolve their differences. “We are an affiliate of […]

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Alaghodaro 2018: Ondo, Plateau, Bauchi govs confirm participation

Daily Dispatch November 5, 2018

ABIODUN JIMOH, BENIN CITY With preparations in top gear for the 2018 Alaghodaro Summit, the governors of Ondo, Plateau and Bauchi states have confirmed that they will be at the event, which marks the second-anniversary ceremony of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration in Edo State. The summit tagged Edo Summit, is themed ‘Edo of Our […]