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Imo Guber: PDP holds primary Wednesday as Labour Party schedules Saturday

NewsDeskNgApr 11, 2023April 11, 20230

The Imo state leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has announced that its governorship primary will take place on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. The State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Collins Opuozor, made this known to newsmen in Owerri. Also, the State Leadership of the Labour Party, LP, under...

Police arrest two cops involved in assault of traveller in Rivers

NewsDeskNgApr 11, 2023April 11, 20230

Police in Rivers State said they have arrested the officers captured in a viral video assaulting a traveller in the state. The Public Relations Officer of the state police command, Grace Iringe-Koko a Superintendent of Police, said arrested persons have already to transferred to the force’s headquarters, Abuja. It would...

Police officers urge Buhari to probe $10,000 PSC promotion bribe allegation

NewsDeskNgApr 11, 2023April 11, 20230

Some aggrieved senior police officers in the Nigeria Police Force, have pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to institute a probe into the alleged collection of $10,000 bribe for police promotion by the Police Service Commission, PSC. The officers said that there’s an urgent need for President Buhari to look into...

Police Bar Lawmakers From Plateau Assembly Complex

NewsDeskNgApr 11, 2023April 11, 20230

Personnel of Plateau State Police Command have continued to occupy the State Assembly entrance, stopping lawmakers from gaining access to the hallow chambers in order to prevent security breeches leading to breakdown of law and order. The commissioner of police in the state, Bartholomey Onyeka during a press conference at...

Doctors In England Start Historic Four-Day Strike Over Pay

NewsDeskNgApr 11, 2023April 11, 20230

Doctors working in England’s public health service on Tuesday launched what has been billed as the most disruptive strike in its history, in a dispute over pay and working conditions. The four-day walkout, which began at 7:00 am (0600 GMT), follows months of strikes by other public and private sector...

We Will Use Netball To Empower Girls In Bayelsa – CSED

NewsDeskNgApr 10, 2023April 10, 20230

By Eric Ojo Community Sport and Educational Development (CSED) Initiative, a frontline sport for change Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has promised to use netball to empower the girl child in Bayelsa State. A Trustee of CSED Initiative, Catherine Sasuode made the pledge at an event organized to mark this year’s edition...

China-France Ties: Chinese president holds another meeting with French counterpart Macron in southern city

NewsDeskNgApr 10, 2023April 10, 20230

Following an official meeting and a state dinner with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, Chinese President Xi Jinping came to Guangzhou, the capital city of south China’s Guangdong Province, where the two leaders had another sit-down. CGTN’s Tang Bo has more from Guangzhou. TANG BO Guangzhou “President Xi Jinping held...

INEC KNEW THAT DIRECT ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF RESULTS FROM THE POLLING UNIT ON ELECTION DAY (not thereafter) IS LEGALLY MANDATORY TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS.

NewsDeskNgApr 10, 2023April 10, 20230

By Sylvester Udemezue ✔️What is IReV?“According to INEC, the portal [the Election Result Viewing Portal (IReV)] allows members of the public to view copies of election results as compiled, recorded and endorsed at the polling units upon the conclusion of voting at an election. A newly introduced form (Form EC60E)...

LIMITS OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS IN A CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN LIGHT OF DATTI BABA-AHMED’S “END DEMOCRACY” ASSEVERATIONS

NewsDeskNgApr 10, 2023April 10, 20230

By Sylvester Udemezue There was this report: “Swearing in Tinubu’ll end democracy in Nigeria Baba-Ahmed, LP VP candidate warns” (23 March 2023; sunnewsonline) wherein the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed was reported as having warned thus: “Nigeria’s democracy...

FG bars online banks from accessing customers’ photos, contacts

NewsDeskNgApr 10, 2023April 10, 20230

Loan apps on Play Store will lose their ability to access their users’ contacts or photos from May 31, 2023. This came as the Federal Government said it would enforce the latest policy by Google, saying the action was consistent with the Nigerian authorities’ move to curtail the invasion of...