Month: July 2022

We lack the power to stop vote-buying — INEC

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it is not its duty to stop vote-buying during an election. Prof Abdulganiy Raji, INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Osun State stated this while featuring on Channels Television’s Daily Sunrise on Thursday morning. He was speaking about the menace of vote-buying ahead of the Saturday governorship election in Osun State. Vote-buying has become one of the greatest challenges during elections in Nigeria as the last month’s governorship poll in Ekiti State was marred with massive buying and selling of votes. But while…

BAN ON SPY PLATE NUMBERS: FCT Police commence enforcement ….. As CP directs full compliance with respect for fundamental human rights

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Following ban on the issuance and use of Supernumerary (SPY) plate number and a complementing Nationwide directive for the confiscation of the same, as ordered by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba on the 13th of July 2022, The Federal Capital Territory Command in prompt compliance to the IGP directive, took to the streets of the Federal Capital Territory Today 14th of June 2022 for a full-fledged enforcement exercise; the very first till further notice. The FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Babaji Sunday while briefing the his…

Peter Obi support group reacts to Tinubu meeting with ASUU …. tells APC Presidential candidate what to do

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The Peter Obi Support Network has frowned at reports emanating from the campaign office of the Presidential candidate of the All-Progressives Congress,Bola Ahmed Tinubu which stated that Asiwaju Tinubu has been holding meetings with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, towards ending the union’s protracted industrial action. The POSN in a statement signed by Mr Adegbite Adekunle, Deputy Director of Communications, described the development as a confirmation that the ASUU strike may have been deliberately designed to create a good campaign platform for its controversy ridden Presidential candidate, who has…

St Maria Goretti Old Girls urge Edo Govt to return School to Catholic Mission

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The Class of 1982 of Saint Maria Goretti Girls Grammar School Benin City have pleaded with the Edo State Government to consider returning the School to the Catholic Mission to enhance the education of the girl child.   The old students, under the auspices of Saint Maria Goretti Old Girls’ Association (SMAGOGA), made the passionate appeal in Lagos recently where they marked their 40 years reunion after leaving school. The event saw many old girls across the world from all walks of life gather to reminisce on their time at…

APC MUSLIM-MUSLIM TICKET AN AFFRONT TO THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION By Law Mefor

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Citizens across divides who wish Nigeria are raising their voices against the Muslim-Muslim ticket, which Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his party, All Progressives Congress, the APC, are determined to force down the throats of Nigerians. The APC Muslim-Muslim ticket is also an affront to the Nigerian Constitution if one considers the spirit and letters of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), which states… “The government of the Federation or any of its agencies and the conduct of its affairs shall be carried out in such a manner as to reflect the…

Pantami to unveil books at Emerging Technologies Forum

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The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, will publicly unveil two of his recent books at the Stakeholders’ Consultative Forum on Emerging Technologies, coordinated by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The Forum will take place on Thursday, the 14th of July 2022, at the Sheraton Hotel, Maryland, Lagos.   The first book titled “Datafication of Society to Foster an Internet Economy” and the foreword was written by the Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU),Mr. Houlin Zhao. Mr Zhao has had a long…

Muslim/Muslim Ticket: Senator Sankara commends APC,says No cause for alarm

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The Chairman of Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation, Sen. Danladi Abdullahi Sankara has applauded the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu for picking former former Borno State Governor, Sen. Kashim Shettima as his Vice Presidential Candidate running mate.   Sankara said the choice of Senator Kashim had further brightened the chances of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to secure victory in next year’s general election.   He stated this while addressing party leaders and supporters during the week in Jigawa State.   He expressed…

The National School Feeding Programme In Nigeria By Bola Bakare

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The Nigerian polity, for years, has been plagued with an astronomical number of out of school children, a situation which has been of major concern to governments; federal, state and local even as both the international community and the private sector have put in, efforts, concerted, to ameliorate this anomaly which, over the years, has affected our literacy level and stalled the development of the nation. Several reasons adduce for this though we must, first, acknowledge that the proportion of out of school children vary from region to region, being…

JUST IN: Police arrest another Kuje Prison escapee in Ogun

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The Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 28-year-old Kuje Correctional Center escapee, Yakubu AbdulMumuni. This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. According to him, the suspect was arrested in Sango-Ota, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the State. Recall, on July 10, 2022, one of the 600 escapee of the terror attack on Kuje prison, identified as Suleiman Sidi was allegedly arrested with three wraps of cannabis at a motor park in Abuja…