Politics

It’s too late to tinker with 2023 elections timelines – INEC

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2022

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it is too late to tinker with the schedule of activities for the 2023 general elections. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, stated this while speaking with the News

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Kano APC crisis: Ganduje shelves senatorial ambition for Jibrin

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2022

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano has jettisoned his senatorial ambition to allow the incumbent Senator Barau Jibrin representing the Kano North Senatorial District to retain his seat. This is part of measures to resolve the lingering crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State. Jibrin, Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, was influential

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2023: We must take over presidency or remain in opposition – Atiku, Ikpeazu

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2022

The Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has re-echoed the call on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to strengthen itself in order to take over the presidency of Nigeria in 2023 and rescue the country from the current grave insecurity and socio-economic challenges facing her. He made the call while welcoming one of the PDP Presidential […]

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Sylva withdraws from presidential race

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2022

Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum, has withdrawn from the presidential race in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and has returned to work. Recall that the Northern Solidarity Group had on May 9, presented the APC’s Expression of Interest and Nomination form to the minister to enable him to contest the party’s 2023 […]

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Why I opted out of 2023 presidential race – el-Rufai

Daily Dispatch May 16, 2022

The 69  delegates of the Kaduna  All Progressives Congress (APC) have  reaffirmed their support for power shift to the South a claim Governor Nasir el-Rufai said made him to opt out of the 2023 presidential race. The delegates spoke in Kaduna during a visit by presidential aspirant Rotimi Amaechi, who came to solicit for their […]

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Breaking: APC Inaugurates Screening Committees Today

Daily Dispatch May 14, 2022

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that the Chairmen and Secretaries of the separate Screening Committees for the party’s House of Representatives, Senate, and Governorship Aspirants would be inaugurated today at 12pm. In a statement published Saturday, the party’s National Organizing Secretary, Sulaiman Argungu, said the inauguration will take place