There's been a bomb explosion in a polling center in maidugri Borno state.

Source---> AIT

Professor Attahiru M. Jega, INEC chairman

Since this Commission started work in July 2010, I have repeatedly promised Nigerians that in carrying out our duties we shall always be sincere and truthful with Nigerians. I have

always said that this INEC will be upfront with Nigerians, telling you exactly how things are – sharing both our successes and difficulties with you.

This is one such occasion. As you know the National Assembly (House of Representatives and Senatorial) elections are supposed to be taking place as I speak. You would also have noticed that things have not proceeded smoothly as expected with the elections.

The reason for this is the unanticipated emergency we have experienced with late arrival of result sheets in many parts of the country. The result sheets are central to the integrity of the election.

Accordingly, in many places, our officials have not reported at the polling units, making it now difficult to implement the Modified Open Ballot Procedure that we have adopted. Not

only do we have to enter the results in the sheets, the number of accredited voters is also to be entered in the result sheet.

While we could have proceeded with the elections in some parts of the country where all the materials are available, such as Lagos, Kebbi, Delta, Zamfara and Enugu, among others, in order to maintain the integrity of the elections and retain effective overall control of the process, the Commission has taken the difficult but necessary decision to postpone the National Assembly elections by to Monday, April 4, 2011. I appeal to all Nigerians for their understanding in this difficult situation.

We as a Commission appreciate the profound sacrifice that you have all made not just in turning out today, but also throughout this election season. We are greatly encouraged by you and our appeal is that you remain steadfast in this last lap of this electoral process in the interest of all Nigerians and in the cause of democracy.

The Commission will be meeting with all political parties, as major stakeholders immediately to explain the situation. I appeal for their support in explaining the situation to their members and supporters.

May I also appeal to all other stakeholders, particularly national and international observers and our development partners for continued understanding. I realize that they have committed enormous resources to this process, especially in deploying observers in the field. However, we think that what is worth doing is worth doing well.

Finally, let me reiterate that we a fully committed to conducting free, fair and credible elections for Nigerians. The decision the Commission has taken is weighty; but it is also a very important step in further ensuring the credibility of the elections.

Professor Attahiru M. Jega, INEC chairman

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Hope this does not cause a serious palava sha

Hello everyone,

Please i want to know where I can do SAP training in Abuja.

Thanks

Nice one prof, most Nairalanders are kids in conversation. I planted in a similar specie when I was younger. Nice taste.

Hello Nairalanders,
Can you guys just from refrain insulting ur leaders with abusive words? They are ur leaders no matter what wrong they 've done. I know the ones with the loudest mouth will not vote afterall. Grow up guys and learn to communicate online without insults.

Honestly speaking if u r lookig for a real fast internet, I suggest you goto Galaxy Backbone. I mean I've been able to download a 10MB file in 2mins in a cybercafe for that matter. There speed is pretty good. All these USB modems are just there extracting cash for doing nothing.

Happy birthday to you sir! May god strengthen you with might by His Spirit

There are only two banks in Nigeria: Gtbank and the others

Hope its cool sha, I mean something like IJE should be ok for moi.

For all I care the Nightclub is possibly her own.

2011 will be verry interesting after GoodLuck wins!

Well somehow its funny cos I learnt graphics with Coreldraw but I love PSD,

unfortunately, printers wouldn't accept my work unless its in CDR.

Thanks Ugo for the advice

Hi all,

I love photoshop for my graphic works just that anytime I want to do a print of a poster/flier,
there's this issue of you have to put it in CDR format.

So my question is this: Is it better to print with coreldraw

or is it a case most Naija designers dont know how to use Photoshop?

Thanks!

Just saw this on CNN, Horribly terrible

Hazards of the job, makes it look like 24.

hi all,

please I need help ASAP on my Nokia E61i.

I have been trying to install Opera mini 4.2 but all

efforts seems to be abortive as it keeps saying:

("certificate errors please contact, "

please guys help me out with this issue.

Thank you

Hi all,

With the buzz of social networks everywhere, everyone seems to follow one

celebrity or the other which is not a bad thing; but then we know that what

counts is whether the person we are following affects us positively or not.

Having said all these above, I want to invite you to follow Pastor Chris on Twitter.

Here's the link: www.twitter.com/pastorchrislive

What do you stand to gain?

1. You get to interact directly with him

2. You get to pray at the same time with him

3. You tag along with the anointed words of faith which comes out of his mouth

and so much more benefits that cannot be quantified with words.

What does it take to follow him?

1. Just click on: www.twitter.com/pastorchrislive

2. Click on Follow and and that's all. If u are not signed on twitter, you will be asked to do so or register

(if u are not registered)

So what are you waiting for? It wont take anything away from you.

Finally! Do come back to this page to tell us if you are following him since we are taking statistics of people from this site.

Thank you and God bless you Richly!

Hahahaha!

Thank God for her life, they should include the scenes amongst Nollywood Bloopers

Blackberry as a Network tool is good but as a Device, zero

Nice one Kawkab!

Na wah o,

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I just got a call from a client that the site I designed for them cannot be viewed online in the UK, is this possible?

Please if you are in the UK can you please check out this site to see if its true: www.aduviemontessoriinternationalschool.com

Pls I need your urgent response, my client is on my neck.

Thanks

i no blame am, make him try am for hollywood make dem sue am properly

Please i need info on Blank Dvd Burners

Iti!

U got to be kidding me, is that car in naija? Kudos

Hi Uchenageme,

I dont know the exact address now (somewhere in Independence Layout)

but you can call Ovie on: 07060868017.

Thanks Dual core.

I just tire for this guyz

Hi all,

I just want to know the best Nigerian Web host in terms of services, Price etc

I was using Nairadomains earlier but then I just found out that they are very sloppy and I dont even know the right word to use.

First of all, they sent me a mail that the domain name I registered with will soon expire so I paid the amount they specified only for them to send me another mail that I needed to pay another N1,575 for the domain itself which I did after verifying why.

Guess what! They just called me on phone this morning to remind me that I have not paid them

and that my domain name will expire in one week's time.

Whatever the case may be, I want to leave them alone for good and anyone who wants to do well with his/her web clients under nairadomains.com should better leave now or else u'll enter serious gbeggay becos of their sloppy services.

So please can anyone prescribe a good Nigerian web host that's free of hassles.
I wanted to use hearthinternet.co.uk but unfortunately, Nigeria has been blacklisted by them.

Thanks for your advice.

what's pamdi? and what's the difference?

Pamdi pronounced poundy, is pounded Yam that looks like fufu but with the taste of yam in it