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Reps Pass Electoral Act Amendment Bill

Daily Dispatch October 24, 2018

The House of Representatives has passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The lawmakers passed the bill at Wednesday’s plenary in Abuja after they adopted the report by the Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). A member of

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Pensioners threaten to picket PTAD

Daily Dispatch October 23, 2018

The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) on Tuesday in Abuja gave a 21-day ultimatum to government to pay arrears of pensions owed them and also increase the minimum being paid, in line with the impending review of minimum wage. Mr Abel Afolayan, the NUP National President made the demands at a news conference in Abuja. […]

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Buhari’s second term will hasten chances of Igbo presidency – Group

Daily Dispatch October 18, 2018

Igbo leaders in Lagos APC said on Wednesday that voting for President Muhammadu Buhari in the upcoming presidential elections would hasten the chances of the Igbo, clinching the presidency in the near future. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the group, led by the Lagos APC Spokesman, Joe Igbokwe, made the declaration at an […]

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We have no preferred candidate for 2019 elections –American official

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2018

The United States of America has said that it has no preferred candidate in the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria in 2019. A political officer in the U.S. embassy in Nigeria, Mr. Phillip Franz, said this during a visit to Katsina State Government House on Wednesday in Katsina. Franz said that the USA was, however, […]

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PDP, Atiku in scare mongering over EO6: BMO

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2018

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar are engaged in scare mongering over the economic impact of the Executive Order 6(EO6), the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) said today. The group said it was understandable why Atiku and his PDP were crying since the order seeks to stem what they stand for. […]

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Breaking: Defection Rumour: I Stand With Buhari, Says Amosun

Daily Dispatch October 16, 2018

Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has debunked the rumours making the rounds that he plans to defect from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to another party on account of the recent primaries in the state. He described the news report in a segment of the media as a figment of imagination of the […]