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26 Amosun’s loyalists dump APC

Daily Dispatch December 3, 2018

No fewer than 26 loyalists of Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, on Monday, announced their defection from the All Progressives Congress to the Allied People’s Movement. The defectors were the aggrieved members of the APC who claimed to have won the legislative primaries of the APC 

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Buhari will enhance democratic governance, if re-elected-Bawa

Daily Dispatch November 29, 2018

Alhaji Muazu Bawa, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger, says President Muhammadu Buhari will enhance democratic governance in the country, if re-elect in 2019. Bawa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Thursday that Buhari remained the only credible choice among the array of presidential candidates vying in […]

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Ezekwesili picks Galadima as running mate

Daily Dispatch November 28, 2018

Alhaji Ganiyu Galadima emerged as the running mate of the Presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) Oby Ezekwesili. He is a business man, an effective administrator, a political leader but May importantly, a seasoned community builder and political leader born on the 11th of June 1964.

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2019: Edo South farmers promise Patrick Obahiagbon 30,000 votes

Daily Dispatch November 27, 2018

In appreciation of the Federal Government’s Anchor Borrower Programme being facilitated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), farmers in Edo South Senatorial district, have promised to give Patrick Obahiagbon, 30,000 votes in next year’s general election. Obahiagbon, popularly known as ‘Igodomigodo’ is the Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). His

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2019: Foreign donors calls for the inclusion of PWDs in electoral process

Daily Dispatch November 26, 2018

Foreign donors and international agencies have called for the inclusion of the People Living With Disabilities (PWDS) in the Nigeria’s electoral process ahead of the 2019 General Elections. This was emphasized during a one-day dialogue programme tagged: ‘Enhancing Electoral Participation of PWDs in 2019 General Elections’. The programme was organised in conjunction with

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2019: Politicians may thwart polls using money – Observer Group raises alarm

Daily Dispatch November 26, 2018

A coalition of civil society organizations has raised the alarm that there were desperate moves by some politicians to scuttle the 2019 general elections, using funds at their disposal. One of the election monitoring group, under the auspices of Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), raised the alarm in Abuja on Monday, against the […]