Politics

INEC bar phones, camera at polling boots in Osun election

Daily Dispatch September 17, 2018

The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, says voters will not be allowed to go inside polling booths with their telephones, cameras and any other devices that can record images. He said this on Monday in Osogbo at the stakeholders’ forum organised ahead of

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2019: Mark is a capable hand………General Abdulsalam  

Daily Dispatch September 17, 2018

Ahead of the 2019 presidential election, former Head of State, General Abdulsalam Abubakar has said that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential aspirant, Senator David Mark is one of the capable hands needed to lead the nation out of the woods. General Abdulsalam made this remark when he played host to Senator Mark’s Campaign Team in […]

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How Rural Voters Stalled Participation at Debate

Daily Dispatch September 17, 2018

Following the #OsunDebate held on Sunday  and aired by the Channels Television ,we find it necessary to address members of the public on reasons for the unavoidable non-participation of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,Senator Ademola Adeleke. It is important to state from the onset that Senator Adeleke was indeed prepared to attend the […]

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2019 Election Budget Delay Act Of Sabotage By NASS Leadership – Gumel

Daily Dispatch September 16, 2018

The lawmaker representing Jigawa North West Senatorial District, Sen. Abdullahi Gumel, has described delay in the passage of the 2019 Elections Budget by the National Assembly as an act of sabotage. Gumel (APC-Jigawa), told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in an interview in Abuja, that the delay was a deliberate attempt to frustrate the effort […]

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Ejiofor, PDP’s founding member, major financier, defects to APC

Daily Dispatch September 16, 2018

Chief Emma Ejiofor, one of the founding members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a major financier of the party, has dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC) with his supporters. Ejiofor told newsmen at the weekend in Asaba, Delta State, that the decision to dump PDP was painful, insisting that the […]

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2019 presidency: I’ll do to you what your father did to me – Babangida tells Saraki

Daily Dispatch September 16, 2018

Former Nigeria Military Head of State, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has told Senate President, Bukola Saraki that he will support him in his bid to become president just the way his late father supported him during his failed presidential ambition. “It is my turn to do what your father did to me”, Babangida said. He […]