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Peace Restores As Adebutu Backs Olafeso For S/West Chairman

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2020

By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTA Ogun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2019 gubernatorial election, Hon. Ladi Adebutu has thrown his weight behind the candidacy of Dr. Eddy Olafeso as the Chairman, PDP South West zone at the forthcoming National Conference of the party.Hon.

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Edo/Ondo elections: No face masks, no voting, says INEC Chairman

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2020

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has mandated the use of face masks for individuals before they can exercise their franchise in the forthcoming elections. This is part of measures by the Commission to ensure the safety of voters ahead of the Edo, and Ondo governorship polls amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “It is mandatory for […]

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Edo Election: Another Commissioner resigns from Obaseki’s cabinet

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2020

Barely 10 days to the governorship election in Edo State, another Commissioner, Mr. Joseph Ikpea on Wednesday resigned his position from the cabinet of Governor Godwin Obaseki. Until his resignation, Ikpea was the Commissioner for Minerals, Oil and Gas in the state. In the letter dated September 9 and addressed to the Governor, Ikpea cited […]

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Edo 2020: YIAGA Africa wants COVID-19 tests for polling officials

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2020

YIAGA Africa, a civil society organisation, on Wednesday called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to ensure that polling officials undergo COVID-19 tests before and after the Edo elections. Executive Director, YIAGA Africa, Mr Samson Itodo, made the call in a report known as Citizens Perception on the 2020 Edo State Governorship Pre-Election Survey

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Ex-minister Aisha Alhassan political paperweight: Taraba APC

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2020

The Taraba chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the exit of the former Minister of Women Affairs, Hajia Aisha Alhassan, from the party will have no effect. The state chairman of the party, Alhaji Ibrahim El-Sudi, dismissed her as a political paperweight. El-Sudi spoke with newsmen at the end of a […]

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We’re ready for reconciliation in Zamfara – Yari

Daily Dispatch September 8, 2020

Former Zamfara Governor Abdulaziz Yari has declared All Progressives Congress (APC) members in the state are ready for true reconciliation of all the feuding groups. Yari’s faction has engaged Senator Kabiru Marafa- led faction in a bitter supremacy battle since 2019. Yari was at the APC National Secretariat where he led a delegation to a […]