Politics

Tinubu, Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso to take part in first Presidential debate today

Daily Dispatch November 6, 2022

A pro-democracy think tank, the Centre for Democracy and Development has extended invitations to leading presidential candidates in the 2023 elections to speak on their plans for the country. The invitation would also allow them to convince Nigerians that their political parties possessed the

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Budget: Obasanjo, Jonathan, Atiku, others to pocket N13.8bn 2023

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2022

A total of N13,805,814,220 has been proposed for the payment of pensions to former Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Heads of State, Chiefs of General Staff, retired heads of service, permanent secretaries, as well as retired heads of government agencies and parastatal in the 2023 fiscal year. NaijaBlitzNews reports that beneficiaries include former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo

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Atiku, Obi, Tinubu can’t solve Nigeria’s problem – Ozekhome

Daily Dispatch September 30, 2022

A human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, has declared that none of the three major presidential candidates in the forthcoming general elections can fix Nigeria’s problems. Ozekhome said the problems of insecurity, bad economy, poverty and hopelessness, which he said, have overwhelmed the country and can only be solved by restructuring. […]

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Buhari to Tinubu, Obi, Atiku, others: Shun personal attacks, avoid insults, incitement

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2022

President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the initiative undertaken by the National Peace Committee to commit all political actors to issue-based campaigns devoid of incitement, personal insults and attacks. In a video-message to the signing of the 2023 election Peace Accord by the presidential candidates, organised by the National Peace Committee, on Thursday in Abuja, the

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Atiku, Tambuwal, PDP ask court to dismiss Wike’s “frivolity, baseless” suit

Daily Dispatch August 31, 2022

The Peoples Democratic Party PDP, its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal have asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a legal action instituted by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike to challenge the last presidential primary election of the party. Atiku, PDP and Tambuwal informed the court that […]

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Atiku, Obi, Shettima violated electoral law at NBA conference – Wali

Daily Dispatch August 26, 2022

Good governance activist, Kingsley Wali, has declared that Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Kashim Shettima violated the electoral law at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference. Wali said the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) vice presidential candidate turned the event into a campaign