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2023: Professors endorse Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch April 22, 2022

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called on academics and members of other professional bodies to participate actively in the task of making Nigeria a better place for all. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the vice president received, on a courtesy

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2023 Presidency: My experience under Buhari has prepared me for future challenges — Osinbajo

Daily Dispatch April 22, 2022

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, said his experiences in the last seven years under President Muhammadu Buhari had prepared him to face any challenge of leadership and nation-building. Osinbajo, who is one of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential aspirants, stated this while addressing Oyo State party delegates and members at Civic Center […]

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2023: Olawepo-Hashim to declare for presidency May 3

Daily Dispatch April 22, 2022

A presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, on Thursday had a consultation with chairmen of the party in the six states in the North Central geo-political zone and the Federal Capital Territory, saying, he would declare for the Presidency on May 3 2022. The choice of the date, he […]

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Be neutral or get punished: INEC warns officials ahead of party primary elections

Daily Dispatch April 22, 2022

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned its staff members across the country to remain unbiased and apolitical or risk being punished. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, gave the warning on Friday at the second regular quarterly consultative meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. His

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Defection: Court sacks ex-Speaker, Dogara, from House of Reps

Daily Dispatch April 22, 2022

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to vacate his seat as member representing Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro Federal Constituency in Bauchi State. Delivering judgment, Justice Donatus Okorowo, declared that having defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC),

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“I need only four years to reposition Nigeria” -Peter Obi declares

Daily Dispatch April 21, 2022

Prominent stakeholders in Anambra State, on Wednesday, endorsed the former governor of the state, Mr Peter Obi, for President. They said that their support for his presidential aspiration was based on his impressive performance in the state while in office. Obi’s endorsement took place in Awka, the state capital, during the Anambra Central Senatorial District […]