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Tinubu: My chances of winning APC ticket incredibly high

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2022

“My chances of winning the ticket are incredibly high and I am very confident. I am sure I can and I will win it.” These were the words of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, one of the presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday after an interaction with delegates in Jalingo,

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Plots by Tinubu’s House of Reps loyalists to hammer CBN Governor fails

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2022

Credible feelers emerged Sunday evening that Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila’s decision to recovene an emergency plenary of the House of Representatives was to get the House to pass a resolution either calling for the immediate resignation of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele or his outright sack by President Muhammadu Buhari. THE CONCLAVE […]

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Groups unable to reach AfDB President, Adesina after procuring N100m APC forms

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2022

The coalition of 28 groups which procured an All Progressives Congress APC Presidential Nomination and Expression of Interest forms for the President, African Development Bank AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina has said it did not have the consent of the continental public servant to purchase the forms. According to the coalition, 24 hours after paying for the […]

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Ganduje moves to stop Tinubu campaigner Jibrin’s defection from APC

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2022

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has taken steps to stop the defection of Abdulmumin Jibrin, a prominent campaigner for the All Progressives Congress’ presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu. This was contained in a statement titled, ‘Ganduje wades into Kiru/Bebeji contest crisis’ by the Chairman of APC in Kano State, Abdullahi Abbas, on Sunday. The PUNCH […]

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INEC chairman denies plan to contest presidency

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2022

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Yakubu Mahmood, has denied reports that he might contest the 2023 presidential election. The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria had on Saturday asked Nigerians not to be shocked should the Chairman of INEC purchases the N100 million Expression of Interest and Nomination forms after the forms […]

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Jibrin’s resignation from APC nothing to do with Tinubu –Official

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2022

A member of the Bola Tinubu Campaign Organisation, has said the resignation of its  Campaign Director General,  Alhaji Abdulmumin Jibrin,  from membership of the APC, has nothing to do with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a presidential aspirant of the party. The source who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on grounds of anonymity, said  the