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Adeleke presented forged school testimonials to INEC, plaintiffs tell court

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2018

The plaintiffs in the suit filed against the eligibility of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State on Monday told Justice David Oladimeji that the testimonials and statement of result submitted to the Independent National Electoral

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We discovered 19 illegal polling units in Akwa Ibom hotels, church, mosques, INEC claims

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2018

The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has discovered 19 illegal polling units in Akwa Ibom State. It said that the illegal polling units were variously located in hotels, church and mosques, among other ludicrous places. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Mike Igini, disclosed this at the Enlarged Stakeholders’ Forum in Uyo on Monday. The REC […]

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Buhari’s Corruption Fight Dead, Says Timi Frank

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2018

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has described the anti-corruption fight of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration as dead in view of its new spirit of accommodation for those it once termed as “corrupt” and “looters” of the economy. Frank in a statement in Abuja on Monday, said […]

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Five Killed As Suicide Bombers Attack Maiduguri Community

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2018

At least five people were killed as suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers on Sunday night attacked Kaleri, a neighbourhood of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The attack claimed the lives of only the suicide bombers as they detonated their improvised explosive devices at various locations in the neighbourhood. Three residents of the community were however […]

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I don’t need money for anything- Amaechi

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2018

A former Governor of Rivers State, now Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has again, claimed that he has nothing to do with money. Amaechi said that even people that criticise him in Rivers State know he has a good reputation, adding that he does not indulge in alcohol or cigarette. The former governor, who […]

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Hajj: Niger transports 1,095 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia

Daily Dispatch August 6, 2018

The Niger Pilgrims Welfare Board on Monday said no fewer than 1,095 pilgrims had been transported to Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj. Alhaji Attahiru Dukku, the Director of Operation of the board, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Minna. He said that the pilgrims drawn from Magama, Kontagora, Chanchaga, Borgu and Rijau Local […]