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Diezani cash: Court orders ex-INEC officials to forfeit N387m

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2018

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday ordered the temporary forfeiture of a total of N387m found in the bank accounts of four ex-officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, which obtained the forfeiture order, told the court that

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2019: Adopt anti-vote-buying measures, stakeholders tell INEC

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2018

Ahead of the 2019 General Elections, some stakeholders, including registered voters in Abuja have charged Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to develop strategy against vote-buying. They told our correspondent in separate interviews on Monday in Abuja, that such proactive measures had become expedient following complaints the dimension vote-buying in

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Osun primary: PDP delegates, members reject Adeleke, insist on Ogunbiyi

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2018

Aggrieved delegates and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday stormed the Secretariat of the party to protest against the emergence of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the governorship candidate of the party for the  September 22nd election. They insisted that Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi won the election and that the process was manipulated in […]

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Osun SSG resigns, picks ADP guber ticket

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2018

Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, the Secretary to Osun Government, has resigned his appointment and defected to the Action Democratic Party (ADP). He had also emerged as the gubernatorial candidate of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adeoti was one of the 17 All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirants in the July 19 primary […]

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Edo traditional chiefs support Atiku presidential bid

Daily Dispatch July 23, 2018

Former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, ambition to contest the 2019 presidential election on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has received the backing of traditional chiefs in Edo State. This was coming barely few days after he declared his intention to contest for the President of the largest populous black nation in the African […]

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APC says PDP looking for life after death

Daily Dispatch July 22, 2018

The All Progressives Congress on Sunday taunted the Peoples Democratic Party over its rebranding plans and attempts to lure APC members to be part of a coalition that it is building. A statement by Bolaji Abdullahi, the national publicity secretary described the PDP move as ”looking for life after death’. “After three years in the […]