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INEC sets up panel to probe underage voting in Kano

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2018

The Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) has set up a committee to probe the underage voting in Kano state. Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the electoral body, disclosed this at a workshop in Lagos on Friday. He said findings of the panel, headed by a national commissioner, will be

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Delist underage voters- Akinjide

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2018

A former Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Jumoke Akinjide, on Thursday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to delist underage voters captured in its voting list. The former minister made the call during the 2018 Peoples Democratic Party Youth summit, held in Ibadan, Oyo State. Represented by her media aide, Isiaka […]

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Amaechi: I’ll be foolish to say there’s no corruption under Buhari

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2018

Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says he will be “nearly foolish” to say there is no corruption in the current administration. Speaking with select media houses, Amaechi said the corruption that might be found in the present government can not be compared with what obtained in previous administrations. He said under President Muhammadu Buhari, there […]

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Buhari needs another four years surmount the challenges it met in office- Amaechi insisting that Buhari “is eliminating corruption”

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2018

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari had in 2015 tasked him to come up with a strategy for reducing the expectations of Nigerians from an All Progressives Congress, APC, government but he told the President that he was not a magician to do that. The APC 2015 presidential […]

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We’ll implement amended Electoral Act if President Buhari gives assent – INEC

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2018

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said it will implement the amended Electoral Act, if it gets the President’s accent. INEC National Commissioner, Voter Education and Publicity, Solomon Soyebi, disclosed this when he appeared on a Lagos-based television programme, yesterday. He said the commission operates within the ambit of the law, and noted that

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2019: Don’t settle for ‘political neophyte’ – APC leaders tells Governor Amosun

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2018

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, some chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State, particularly in Ogun West senatorial district, have urged the Governor Ibikunle Amosun not to settle for who they called ‘political neophyte’ as the gubernatorial candidate of the party. The APC chieftains, including Sen. Iyabo Anisulowo, Bolaji Aretola […]