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2023: Ayade meets Buhari, declares for Presidency

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2022

Cross Rivers State governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, has declared interest to contest the 2023 presidency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He disclosed this on Tuesday after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. According to the governor,

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Aspirants from APC, PDP has no respect for South East – Kalu laments

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2022

Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has come out to criticize the 2023 presidential aspirants emerging from the South-West and South-South. Kalu, in a statement on Tuesday, said it is unjust and embarrassing that the aspirants from both the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have no single […]

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2023 Presidential race : Yahaya Bello first to pay N100m APC nomination fee

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2022

Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has become the first presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to pay for the party’s expression of interest and nomination forms ahead of the party’s presidential primary election billed for May 30-June 1, 2022. This was revealed by Mr Yemi Kolapo, Director, Media and Publicity, Yahaya Bello Presidential […]

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Civil Society Organization condemns MURIC statement on Sanwo-Olu’s 2nd term endorsement

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2022

A civil society organization, Centre for Social and Economic Rights (CSER) has condemned in the strongest terms, the recent statement credited to a Muslim group (MURIC) on the endorsement of Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State for a second term in office by the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) of his party All Progressive Congress […]

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PDP would have given Tinubu ticket for President – Bala Mohammed

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2022

Bauchi State governor Bala Mohammed said the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) would have given former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu a consensus ticket if he is a member of the party. Mohammed is one of the presidential aspirants of the PDP for the 2023 election. Tinubu is also one of the frontliners for the presidential […]

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2023 Presidency: It is only Goodluck Jonathan that I can step down for- Bala Mohammed

Daily Dispatch April 25, 2022

Governor of Bauchi State Bala Mohammed has said he does not believe in zoning of presidency. He spike ahead of the 2023 presidential elections. He however said that rather than emphasise zoning, the focus should simply be to find a leader who is capable of leading Nigeria. Governor Bala made the comments during an interview […]