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The SC actually delivered judgement on the substance of the matter that Shetima was rightfully nominated

Johnnie Carson says Bola Tinubu has three things that his opponents did not have going to the presidential election

An American diplomat and a foreign observer in the 2023 general elections, Johnnie Carson, says three factors were responsible for the victory of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu.

Mr Carson, an Executive Officer of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), spoke in Washington DC when the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, paid an official visit to the institute to engage on the concluded elections.

The diplomat said he co-led National Democratic Institute (NDI) and International Republican Institute (IRI), International Election Observation Mission to Nigeria during the elections.

According to him, Mr Tinubu, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, undoubtedly won the polls and will be sworn-in come May 29, except something happens dramatically with the court.

“Do you know why he won, he got the money, he had the best national organisation that worked for him and the ground game,’’ he said.

Mr Carson emphasised that for a candidate to win an election in Nigeria, like a lot of democracy in the globe, the three things, including substantial and significant financial resources were needed.

Others, according to him, are a national working organisation and a grassroots acceptance.

He said while Mr Tinubu had all the three criteria in his kitty during the polls, the other major contenders did not have all.

Speaking specifically on the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Carson said, “on the part of Mr Peter Obi, he did not have the ground game and a national organisation.

“Obi is, however, very popular, particularly among the young, educated, urban and sophisticated,’’ he said.

Mr Carson said the presidential election was one of the most competitive polls in Nigeria and in Africa.

He, however, observed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) needed to up its game.

“Nigeria deserves the very best electoral process.

“To me, the problem is not with Tinubu and the other candidates,’’ he said.

Mr Carson hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for his commitment in delivering a free and fair election for Nigeria.

He said the president “is a man of outstanding integrity’’ and he demonstrated the attribute in the past elections.

On his part, the minister said considering where INEC was coming from and where it were today, there were massive improvements in the conduct of the 2023 polls.

Conceding that there was room for improvements, the minister said the introduction of a new technology Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) by INEC underpinned the credibility of the elections.

According to him, BVAS cut out fraudulent votes, ghost voters and multiple votes.

Mr Mohammed said the election was conducted against the backdrop of fuel shortage, mounting insecurity and poorly timed cash swap policy.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the minister also had engagements with the Council on Foreign Relations, a well versed think-tank on African affairs and foreign relations chaired by a Nigerian, Ebenezer Obadare.

He was also at the Reuters News Agency; The Politico, an international political newspaper, and Zenger News, a channel that publishes its contents on Forbes.

During his respective interactions with the Think-tanks and international media, the minister “presented the facts of the just concluded polls as against skewed narratives of the opposition and naysayers”.

NAN reports that the interactions also delved into economy and foreign affairs.

At Reuters, the Agency’s recent investigation of alleged secret programmes of coerced abortion of women and girls freed from insurgents’ captivity were discussed.

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The Appeal Court on Monday, reserved judgement to decide on the case by Senator Ademola Adeleke challenging the decision of an election petition tribunal which nullified his victory in the Osun governorship election.

A three-member panel led by Justice Mohammed Shuaibu fixed the date to decide on the matter after taking the argument and adopting the briefs of all parties in the suit.

During proceedings today, Counsel to Adeleke, Onyechi Ikpeazu, held that a member of the panel, who is also a chief magistrate, did not air her opinion during the Judgement delivery. Rather, she only appended her signature and the constitution mandates her to have aired her views about the suit.

Counsel to Mr Oyetola, Lateef Fagbemi however held that mere signing of the judgment, and not making any comment afterwards does not make the judgment invalid.

He noted that the case of over voting exceeded 6 polling units as claimed by the Appellant, adding that the anomaly was experienced in 744 polling units across the state.

An Over Voting debate

Senator Adeleke who is candidate of the People’s Democratic Party had won the said election held on 16 July, 2022, the result which was nullified on the grounds of over-voting.

Adeleke had in February, appealed the judgement of the Osun State Governorship Tribunal which nullified his election.

The tribunal ruled in favour of a former governor of the state Gboyega Oyetola. While delivering the judgement, two out of the three-member panel of the tribunal held that Oyetola proved that there was over-voting in some of the polling units.
But Adeleke swiftly rejected the ruling and described it as a “miscarriage of justice”. Weeks later, the governor filed an appeal before the Akure division of the Court of Appeal.

In the 31 grounds of appeal filed on Wednesday, Adeleke prayed the court for “an order setting aside the whole decision of the tribunal”.

The governor equally sought “an order striking out the petition for want of competence and jurisdiction or in the alternative, an order dismissing the petition on the merit”.

“The second respondent cannot ‘go lo lo lo lo’ and ‘buga won’ as the duly elected governor of Osun state,” the governor said.

Elsueno:
I am extremely happy today, one of my friend from undergrad told me he got this job , He even send me pics.....So thanks yns4real the creator of this thread, cause I got info here & passed it to my paddy.. God bless us all. Amen

thestreets:
I salute a true hero Yns4real. May your days be long and may prosperity never depart from your lineage.

Goddey18:
This shit is getting out of hand in Osun. May God help us

Addressing a news conference on Wednesday, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu and the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Ismail Omipidan disclosed that the new cases are among returnees from Ivory Coast, who came into the State last week.

According to them, the returnees are from Osun, Anambra, Kwara, Oyo, Ekiti, Edo and other States but whose destination was Osun. They were 127 and were conveyed to the State in 6 buses from Ogun-Osun border and taken directly to an isolation centre in Ejigbo to prevent communal mixing.

The duo made it clear that 24 samples were initially sent for test and 3 returned positive before the second batch of 47 samples were sent for test with 9 returning positive. They added that the rest are undergoing test.

LEBEfirstson:
... Please what is asymptomatic?? Just asking for a friend

Arabiandude:
For those that knows me well over here, they will agree with me that I am an unapologetic APC member in Edo State and my political mentor has always been comrade Adams Aliu Oshiomhole, without mincing words.

I have been silent with what has been happening in Edo State between Obaseki who we fought tooth and nail to make governor and our state and National Chairman and leader, Comrade Adams Aliu Oshiomhole.

I have choose to be silent not because I don't have anything to say but because as a young politician, I and so many persons like me have been waiting for Oshiomhole to give instructions on what to do before we speak and act but sadly and unlike him he has also be silent and calmly handling Obaseki, hoping that Obaseki will come back to his senses because Obaseki is someone we love also.

But recent happenings has clearly showed that been a successful business man doesn't make one a successful politician, else how would Obaseki allow low life politicians like Charlse Idahosa and his likes to deceive him thinking that he can fight and win Oshiomhole when all Edo APC faithfuls knows so well that Oshiomhole in Edo APC is a movement and he has never lost a political battle that he is directly involved, else the Ize-iyamu battle would have been his last, but he fought and won even against federal might then.


My Advice to Obaseki and his hungry politicians clapping for him, don't forget Adams Oshiomhole doesn't forgive neither will he forget the intimidation he has recently gone through in the hands of Obaseki and his co-travellers and soon they shall see their rewards.

I remember when we were begging Edo people to support and vote Obaseki as Governor, his own brother, Don Pedro Obaseki told us, including Oshiomhole and the world at large that we don't know Godwin Obaseki, he is his brother and he knows him better than us and according to him, when the time comes Obaseki will betray all of us because that's what he is good at and because of that Pedro Obaseki openly aligned and supported Ize-iyamu. What about the history of Obaseki grand father, how he betrayed the Oba of Benin at that time?

We also did all we could to convince Edo people that Godwin Obaseki is different from his grand father, but again Godwin Obaseki has showed us and the world that betrayer runs in their blood.

My final conclusion is that I don't even weep for Obaseki because when the time comes he will run back to Lagos and continues his Afrinvest business, but the career politicians who supported him like Philip Shaibu, Osarodion Ogie, Charlse Idahosa, Aslem Ojezua, Osaro Idah, Peter Esele and their likes will be the ones whose political careers would suffer.

And for Obaseki, either he wins or loses, he has showed to the world that indeed no one should trust his family because his family name has become synonymous with betrayer. I can't wait for Edo election to come.

YoungHunter:

Yeah, my error..
Did you apply for the finance category?

YoungHunter:
The schools under the finance categories all require some application fee 90$+

Suf20:
I have check it is still showing my old centre that why am asking.

Suf20:
Please I just got a message from 55019 that my centre have being change. Please is their anybody with similar experience? Cause 55019 is JAMB code number and I did not registered for JAMB

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biteck:
Can someone create a Whatsapp group for us?

ademijuwonlo:


Wishing you success tomorrow. Kindly send me the link to join.
Thanks!

ademijuwonlo:


Wishing you success tomorrow. Kindly send me the link to join.
Thanks!