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Obey COVID-19 guidelines, INEC tells voters, stakeholders

Daily Dispatch August 5, 2020

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged voters, political parties, candidates, their supporters and other stakeholders to obey all its new guidelines for conduct of election during COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made the call on

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2023 Presidential elections: PDP’s concerns is winning not zoning- Wike

Daily Dispatch August 4, 2020

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says the focus of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 Presidential elections should be winning and not zoning. Wike said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Tuesday. The governor said zoning – which is an arrangement that ensures rotation of political power among ethnic blocs – is a […]

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Ondo 2020: Deputy Governor’s ZLP posters flood Akure

Daily Dispatch August 4, 2020

Campaign posters and banners of Ondo Deputy Governor, Hon Agboola Ajayi, seeking to contest for the October 10 governorship election on the platform of the Zenith Labour Party(ZLP) have flooded the social media and streets of Akure. Secretariat of the ZLP in Akure was also adorned with Ajayi campaign posters, which confirmed talks the Deputy […]

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Group to Daura: S/East must occupy Aso Villa in 2023

Daily Dispatch August 4, 2020

Group under the auspices of National Political Equity Movement, N-PEM, has insisted on South East Presidency, telling Mamman Daura that his merit recipe for 2023 Presidential candidate is half truth and unjustified. In a statement signed by Convener of the movement, Sunday Chibuzor Okereke, the group declared that Daura’s recipe is half truth that doesn’t […]

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Ondo 2020: ZLP adopts Ondo Deputy Governor as its candidate

Daily Dispatch August 3, 2020

The Zenith Labour Party has adopted the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, as its candidate for the October 10 governorship election in the state. The development was confirmed by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Olatunde Felix, on Sunday. Felix said: “Barring last-minute changes, Mr. Ajayi would run as the party’s candidate on October 10. “The […]

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Edo Deputy Speaker, Four Lawmakers Declare Support For Ize-Iyamu

Daily Dispatch August 3, 2020

The Deputy Speaker of Edo state House of Assembly Mr. Yekini Idiaye and four other lawmakers have declared their support for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.  The lawmakers are among the 10 that were inaugurated in July 2019 while 14 others remain yet to be inaugurated. According to […]