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LG dissolution: Oyo APC needs training in democratic procedures

Daily Dispatch December 2, 2019

Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the main opposition party in the state, the All Progressives Congress (APC) requires training in democratic governance. The PDP, which was reacting to calls for the intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari and the

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Ajaokuta rerun: APC’s retains Rep seat

Daily Dispatch December 1, 2019

Hon. Idirisu Lawal of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was on Saturday, declared the winner of the Ajaokuta Federal Constituency rerun election. In the result announced by the Returning Officer, Prof. Rabiu Balarabe, Lawal polled 13, 738 votes in the affected 22 polling units, to defeat the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Aloysius Okino, […]

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I won the election, Adeyemi remains my political wife – Dino Melaye

Daily Dispatch December 1, 2019

Despite losing the Kogi West Senatorial election, embattled Senator, Dino Melaye insisted that he won the election and that his conqueror, Senator Smart Adeyemi remained his political wife. INEC’s Returning Officer of the election, Professor Olajide Lawal, had said Adeyemi, who represented the district from 2007-2015, polled 88,373 votes to beat Senator Dino Melaye of […]

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Kogi West: Observer expresses satisfaction with poll

Daily Dispatch November 30, 2019

Godwin Agada, a domestic observer attached to Women First for Better Life Living Initiative has called on politicians to accept the outcome of the Kogi West Supplementary/Rerun Election describing the exercise as ‘satisfactory.’ Agada spoke at Polling Unit 1, Karaworo South near Paparanda Square where he kept tab on the process. He noted that staff […]

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Seven chairmen, 42 councilors, others dump PDP for APC in Ekiti

Daily Dispatch November 29, 2019

No fewer than 500 card-carrying members of People Democratic Party in Ekiti State including seven serving local government chairmen and 42 Councilors elected on the party’s platform have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The defectors with their supporters were on Friday received by Governor Kayode Fayemi into the ruling APC fold at a […]

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‘Secondus, Saraki responsible for PDP’s woes in Kogi’- Hon. Toba Abraham

Daily Dispatch November 25, 2019

A stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Kogi State, Hon. Toba Abraham has fingered the National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus and former Senate President, Bukola Saraki as being behind the dilemma of the party in Kogi. Abraham said the way and manner the duo ran affairs of the state party without […]