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 Crime › Re: Wadume: AGF Malami Takes Over Prosecution Of Taraba Kidnap Kingpin by engineerboat(op): 8:27am On Jun 04, 2020 |
The case is about going through usual route with the AGF takeover 29 Likes 2 Shares |
| Crime › Wadume: AGF Malami Takes Over Prosecution Of Taraba Kidnap Kingpin by engineerboat(op): 8:26am On Jun 04, 2020 |
AGF takes over prosecution of alleged Taraba kidnap kingpin, Wadumehttps://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/06/agf-takes-over-prosecution-of-alleged-taraba-kidnap-kingpin-wadume/amp/ 1 Like
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| Politics › Edo, Ondo Election: INEC Demands Membership Register From Parties Adopting Dire by engineerboat(op): 8:32pm On Jun 01, 2020 |
Edo, Ondo gov election: INEC demands membership register from parties adopting direct primaries - INEC has asked APC, PDP and other parties participating in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo and Ondo states for their membership register ahead of their primaries "The commission makes available to each political party the complete register of voters before every major election. We expect political parties to reciprocate for their primaries”. The INEC chief also called on the political parties to ensure rancour-free primaries, noting that party primaries form the foundation for the secondary election conducted by the commission. Governor laughs off attempt to unseat him through APC direct primaries Legit.ng earlier reported that the APC had announced the timetable for its primaries ahead of the governorship poll in Ondo and Edo states. The ruling party fixed Monday, June 22 and Monday, July 20 for its governorship primary elections in Edo and Ondo states respectively. The announcement trailed the decision by the electoral umpire to stick with its initial plan amid coronavirus crisis. Also, the PDP has announced the timetable for its primary election ahead of Edo and Ondo election. In a statement by the main opposition party on its Twitter page on Wednesday, May 20, PDP fixed Tuesday, June 23, for Edo primary election. The party also fixed Wednesday, July 22 and Thursday, July 23, for Ondo gubernatorial https://www.legit.ng/amp/1334683-edo-ondo-gov-poll-inec-demands-membership-register-parties-adopting-direct-primaries.html |
| Politics › INEC Chairman Unveils Schedule For Edo, Ondo Guber Elections, Others by engineerboat(op): 8:37pm On May 30, 2020 |
INEC Chairman Unveils Schedule for Edo, Ondo Guber Elections, Others Ladies and Gentlemen, 1. It is my pleasure to welcome you to this historic meeting. This is the first time the Commission is holding a formal meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners without anyone of you leaving your States of deployment. I am glad that all the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) are connected to this meeting. I must quickly add that with today’s virtual meeting with you, the deployment of communication technology will increasingly become the dominant means of information dissemination within the Commission in particular and the management of the electoral processes in general, including future engagement with stakeholders. 2. Today’s meeting is holding against the background of the global health challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in which no country around the world is unaffected. Our country’s national effort to combat the pandemic is coordinated by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on whose request the Commission has made available a number of vehicles from our fleet to support the emergency response. The majority of these assets were deployed to Lagos, Kano and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) which have so far recorded the highest number of reported cases in the country. 3. Like every national institution in Nigeria, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our activities. For instance, further engagement with the National Assembly and stakeholders on electoral reform as well as the conduct of some off-season elections had to be suspended because of the global health emergency. Happily, the PTF has issued Guidelines on protective measures for the gradual restoration of normalcy nationwide. On that basis, the Commission recently released its own policy on conducting elections in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Commission is convinced that electoral activities can resume but in full compliance with the advisory issued by health authorities. Consequently, the end of tenure Governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States scheduled for 19th September 2020 and 10th October 2020 respectively will proceed as planned. Already, some of the registered political parties have notified the Commission of the dates for their party primaries leading to the nomination of their candidates for the two elections. While the Commission takes the COVID-19 pandemic seriously, our democracy and electoral process cannot be truncated for this reason, particularly because health authorities have advised on measures to protect the public from the virus, including all those involved in elections. 4. In addition to the two Governorship elections, the Commission is also making preparations to conduct nine legislative bye-elections. Already, vacancies have been declared by the Senate President in respect of four Senatorial Districts (Bayelsa Central, Bayelsa East, Imo North and Plateau South). Similarly, the Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly has declared the seat for Nasarawa Central State Constituency vacant. Information reaching the Commission also indicates the existence of vacancies for the Cross River North Senatorial District, Nganzai and Bayo State constituencies of Borno State and Bakori State constituency of Katsina State. 5. The Edo and Ondo Governorship elections as well as the five Senatorial and four State Assembly bye-elections are spread across nine States of the Federation involving a cumulative number of 62 Local Government Areas (LGAs); 687 Registration Areas (RAs); 9,149 Polling Units (PUs) and 6,454,950 registered voters. Put in the context of our sub-region, the number of registered voters for these off-season elections is equivalent to holding General Elections in Liberia, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone and Cape Verde put together. Full delimitation details for the elections have been uploaded on our website and social media platforms. 6. The Commission is determined to hold some of the bye-elections ahead of the two major Governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States to enable us test run and fine-tune our modified processes in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Already, the Commission has directed the RECs for the nine States where the bye-elections will hold to begin preparations in earnest. At the same time, we are also studying reports of recent elections conducted under the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in places such as Mali and South Korea, for any lessons that will strengthen our processes and protect all those involved. 7. At this meeting, we will receive the input of our RECs to the new policy with particular reference to its implementation in the areas of recruitment and training of ad hoc staff, logistics for the deployment of personnel and materials, the conduct of party primaries and nomination of candidates, the submission of the names of polling agents by political parties, the accreditation of observers and the media, the security of the electoral process, polling unit management and the collation and declaration of results. 8. On this note, I once again welcome you all to our first virtual meeting involving all the RECs. The meeting will now go into the working session. I thank you for your attention. *Remarks by Honourable Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, at the First Virtual Meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners, Saturday 30th May May 2020
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| Politics › Re: INEC Rules Out Electronic Voting Until Constitution Is Amended by engineerboat(op): 5:24pm On May 29, 2020 |
Afamed:You have nothing to say than saying thrash all about. You will dey alright Las las |
| Politics › Re: INEC Rules Out Electronic Voting Until Constitution Is Amended by engineerboat(op): 4:43pm On May 29, 2020 |
Afamed:Do you read at all or just want to write comment 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: INEC Rules Out Electronic Voting Until Constitution Is Amended by engineerboat(op): 4:41pm On May 29, 2020 |
Afamed:Pack one side and let those who have something reasonable to talk. 4 Likes 1 Share |
| Politics › Re: INEC Rules Out Electronic Voting Until Constitution Is Amended by engineerboat(op): 4:15pm On May 29, 2020 |
2019 election is over, What then is hindering Ahmed Lawal from going on with the electoral law amendment and present same to Buhari 3 Likes 2 Shares |
| Politics › Re: INEC Rules Out Electronic Voting Until Constitution Is Amended by engineerboat(op): 4:14pm On May 29, 2020 |
Changing gear again |
| Politics › INEC Rules Out Electronic Voting Until Constitution Is Amended by engineerboat(op): 4:13pm On May 29, 2020 |
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday clarified that there cannot be any electronic voting in Nigeria until the 1999 Constitution as amended is further amended to authorise it.https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/05/27/inec-rules-out-electronic-voting-until-constitution-is-amended/ 3 Likes
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| Christianity Etc › Re: Jehovah's Witnesses: 17 Facts People Should Know About Them by engineerboat(m): 5:30pm On May 28, 2020 |
MVLOX:So where does the soul of the man Go to. What then happen to the man hereafter |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Jehovah's Witnesses: 17 Facts People Should Know About Them by engineerboat(m): 5:25pm On May 28, 2020 |
Nicolars:Remember the devil also quote the bible verse |
| Christianity Etc › Re: Jehovah's Witnesses: 17 Facts People Should Know About Them by engineerboat(m): 5:20pm On May 28, 2020 |
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| Christianity Etc › Re: Jehovah's Witnesses: 17 Facts People Should Know About Them by engineerboat(m): 12:17pm On May 28, 2020 |
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| Politics › Nigeria’s Proposed Infectious Disease Act Is Plagiarised From Singapore Law by engineerboat(op): 12:04pm On May 21, 2020 |
Nigeria’s proposed Infectious Disease Act is over 90 per cent plagiarised from Singapore’s law A DRAFT legislation titled Infectious Disease Act, sponsored by Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila and submitted on the floor of the House of Representatives on April 28 for consideration has been found to be over 90 percent plagiarised from Singapore’s Infectious Disease Act of 1977. The proposed legislation which aims at helping the Nigerian government coordinate responses to infectious disease outbreaks such as Lassa Fever and Coronavirus infection is a 43-page draft document copied in its entirety from Singapore – a country with a legacy of authoritarian rule. At the time the Infectious Disease Act was enacted, Singapore was a one-party state. Though Nigeria operates a democratic system of government, copying a law of an authoritarian state such as Singapore is a contradiction of its republican status. Abdul Mahmud, barrister and managing counsel of Ephesis Lex Law Firm deplores the idea of copying the law of another sovereignty verbatim. It is offensive to steal laws properly passed by other parliaments of the world and lawmakers who subscribe to such act can be accused of plagiarism, he told The ICIR in an interview. “There’s a fundamental problem of poverty of thinking and creativity which allows our legislators to go borrowing and stealing laws from other countries,” he said. Plagiarism Asides from the title of the draft legislation: Infectious Disease Act which was copied verbatim, parts one to five of the Nigerian Act containing 63 sections were all lifted from the Singaporean law word-for-word. The exception was the use of ‘Director’ which is replaced with ‘Director-General’ and mentioned over 100 times throughout the document. For instance, in part one, under the subtitle: Administration, the proposed Nigerian draft bill reads: “Except as otherwise provided by this Act, the Director-General of Nigerian Centre for Disease Control shall, subject to any general or special directions of the Minister, be responsible for the administration of this Act.” In the Singaporean version, it reads: “Except as otherwise provided by this Act, the Director shall, subject to any general or special directions of the Minister, be responsible for the administration of Parts III, IV and VI.” In part two of the Nigerian bill which stands as part three in the Singaporean legislation, Section four (1) reads: “Every medical practitioner who has reason to believe or suspect that any person attended or treated by him is suffering from a prescribed infectious disease or is a carrier of that disease shall notify the Director-General within the prescribed time and in such form or manner as the Director-General may require.” In the original document section, section six reads: “Every medical practitioner who has reason to believe or suspect that any person attended or treated by him is suffering from an infectious disease or is a carrier of that disease shall notify the Director within the prescribed time and in such form or manner as the Director may require.” This reproduction is noticed in the entire document. Closer look at Nigeria’s versus Singapore’s Infectious Disease Act At first glance, the similar wordings of both documents raises the questions of how infectious diseases and outbreaks affect Nigeria, its citizens and economy compared to the current realities in Singapore. Nigeria, with an estimated population of 200 million, a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita of $2,028 as of 2018 and plagued with political instability and corruption has halved its population living in extreme poverty, according to World Bank. In an Infectious disease pandemic period, Nigeria’s most common challenges are ill-equipped and underfunded health care system, a weak economy, and struggling citizens. On the other hand, Singapore, a sovereign city-state with a population of over 5.6 million and a GDP per capita of $64,581 as of 2018, is ranked 9th in the United Nations Human Development Index out of 187 countries – Nigeria ranks 158 out of 189 countries. Singapore ranked ‘world’s healthiest country’ by Bloomberg and 6th in the World Health Organization(WHO)’s ranking of the world’s health systems in the year 2000, the Southeast Asian country’s major challenge in a disease pandemic is the ability to manage spread and flatten curve – the same challenge faced by other western nations with top-notch health care systems. Nigeria is still struggling to increase the testing capacity of COVID-19 and provide adequate health care for patients. Infectious Disease Act Versus the Nigerian Constitution A close read of the document shows how the new bill conflicts with rights and privileges granted in the 1999 Nigerian Constitution as amended. For instance, part of Section 15 of the Act states that: “A person who leaves or attempts to leave or is suspected of having left an isolation area in contravention of an order under subsection (3) may be arrested without warrant by any police officer, or by any Health Officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Director-General.” The law invariably empowers the Nigerian law enforcement agents who are notorious for disregarding human rights, to arrest people based on suspected intent (as covered in ‘attempts to leave’) or suspicion (suspected of having left an isolation area) and to do so without a warrant from any higher-level authority. Recall that as at when Nigeria recorded 407 cases of COVID-19, while the virus had killed 12 people, security officers had killed 18 people as they enforce the lockdown order by President Muhammadu Buhari. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has also reported that it has received more than 100 complaints of human rights violations perpetrated by security officials across 24 of Nigeria’s 36 states – including Lagos, Ogun and Abuja. Enforcement and consequences In granting powers of arrest, Section 58 of the bill proposes that: “Any police officer or any health officer authorised in writing in that behalf by the Director-General, may arrest without warrant any person committing or who he has reason to believe has committed any offence under section 11(1), 20(2), 22(4), or 55(  .”By implication, the law aims to empower security officials and health officers to rely on their judgment to detain citizens on the basis of their belief of someone having committed an offense. David Hundeyin, a Nigerian journalist, said this provision rests the burden of proof on Nigerians, and is a direct contravention of the 1999 Constitution. In what appears to be a recipe for abuse of power, the bill in Section 71, proposes that: “No liability shall lie personally against the Director-General, any Health Officer, any Port Health Officer, any police officer or any authorised person who, acting in good faith and with reasonable care, does or omits to do anything in the execution or purported execution of this Act,” thereby granting power without checks or accountability. A worrying precedent Though the Infectious Disease bill leaves cause for worry if passed into law, the document in its present form is a mere duplication of the original taken from another jurisdiction, an act which has become characteristic of the 9th Assembly. On November 5, 2019, a bill titled ‘Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations Bill 2019′ aka social media bill, aimed at criminalising the use of social media in peddling false or malicious information was introduced on the floor of the senate. Just like the Infectious Disease bill, the social media bill, sponsored by Mohammed Sani Musa, a senator representing Niger East, was plagiarised from a Singaporean law. https://www.icirnigeria.org/nigerias-proposed-infectious-disease-act-is-over-90-per-cent-plagiarised-from-singapore-law/amp/
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| Politics › Re: PDP 16 Years Legacy Vs APC 5 Years by engineerboat(m): 6:10pm On May 09, 2020 |
PDP gots Nigeria debts relief Fastfoward A PC in 5 years selling Nigeria |
| Politics › SCAM ALERT: Relief Disbursement Collation Form by engineerboat(op): 12:49pm On Apr 20, 2020 |
An online Google form is trending online. Please Nigerians don't click that link or submit any of your information to them. It's fake https:///Etzuhd9zRTvnaK2s8 1 Like
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| Politics › Re: Nigerian Soldiers Hail Chadian Army On Their Way To Attack Boko Haram (Video) by engineerboat(m): 12:20pm On Apr 05, 2020 |
mtinfx:Major General Buhari and his goons in the hiding right now 33 Likes |
| Foreign Affairs › Chadian Soldiers Led By President Idris Debby Burst Boko Haram Warehouse by engineerboat(op): 1:31am On Apr 05, 2020 |
PHOTO NEWS: Chadian Trrops Led By President Idris Debby Burst Boko Haram Warehousehttps://mobile.twitter.com/SaharaReporters/status/1246566510518308864
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| Politics › Re: Supreme Court Rejects Zamfara APC’s Request For Judgment’s Review by engineerboat(m): 10:30am On Mar 27, 2020 |
fergie001:Coro ti take over. All effort should be put together to fight this virus to a stand still. Nigeria we can, Nigeria we shall |
| Politics › Re: Supreme Court Rejects Zamfara APC’s Request For Judgment’s Review by engineerboat(m): 10:27am On Mar 27, 2020 |
kahal29:I was hoping to see this your analysis of the said judge on imo Case 6 Likes 1 Share |
| Health › COVID-19: Between Nigeria Port And NCDC by engineerboat(op): 4:02am On Mar 27, 2020 |
COVID-19: Between Nigeria Port and NCDC. This is total unprofessional of Nigeria Port. Very uncalled for. Well The Government gove room for this show of shame
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| Health › Re: COVID-19: Jack Ma's Donation Moved From Lagos To Abuja By The Air Force by engineerboat(m): 11:59am On Mar 26, 2020 |
Agboriotejoye:All this upon not distributing it in Lagos. Under what condition will they do that. Let us learn to do things appropriately. Lagos NCDC centre is busy at the moment. All packages comes together. Tou want them to start separating one by one. Who does that. Every package goes together to wherever it will be distributed to. Taking it to Abuja is not wrong because doing certification in Lagos at this time is a no no. Let Lagos continue with what they are doing. By the way I'm sure you know that at the moment Lagos contain the large percentage of the available Test REAGENTS |
| Health › Re: COVID-19: Jack Ma's Donation Moved From Lagos To Abuja By The Air Force by engineerboat(m): 9:55am On Mar 26, 2020 |
Agboriotejoye:Alagba read between the line. NCDC are not even using those kits as they need to certify when they are manufactured. Any kit manufactured before COVID-19 cannot give 100% Positive or negative. NCDC are currently using analytical testing using lab REAGENTS. Those kits certification are necessary, Lagos NCDC centre is overwhelmed already for those trials testing on the kits. That can be done adequately in Abuja. Hope you understand |
| Health › Re: COVID-19: Jack Ma's Donation Moved From Lagos To Abuja By The Air Force by engineerboat(m): 9:51am On Mar 26, 2020 |
BreconHills:The report was not a complete report as it does not give the NCDC side of the story, which I find enough reason. Lagos is overwhelmed already for trials testing of those materials. Certification is necessary on those materials before usage. We cannot take anything for granted at his trying time. Lagos NCDC centre is busy on Analytical testing. They are not even using the test kits as they as not sure of its 100% accuracy hence the usage of analytical testing using REAGENTS |
| Politics › Re: Festus Keyamo Cautions Pastors As Coronavirus Cases In Nigeria Increases by engineerboat(m): 9:14am On Mar 26, 2020 |
israelmao:I was looking for his speech against kyari irresponsibility I could not find na Pastors him dey look for about. 2 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Festus Keyamo Cautions Pastors As Coronavirus Cases In Nigeria Increases by engineerboat(m): 9:13am On Mar 26, 2020 |
Abolaji2709:Fraudstus Mumuyamo Looking for lame excuse. What did he have to say about the irresponsible Kyari. Gbenu he soun jare 1 Like |
| Health › Re: COVID-19: Jack Ma's Donation Moved From Lagos To Abuja By The Air Force by engineerboat(m): 9:08am On Mar 26, 2020 |
DAVE5:Since we know how our government behave. However we cannot leave everything to chance. Let us give NCDC a benefit of doubt of doing a proper check on those materials. In one of their interviews yesterday, one of the official was saying most of the test kits available had been manufactured before covid-19 which may not be 100% result accurate as it may give false positive, false negative hence the need for ncdc to use analytical testing insteading of of using the test-kits available 1 Like |
| Health › Re: COVID-19: Jack Ma's Donation Moved From Lagos To Abuja By The Air Force by engineerboat(m): 7:26am On Mar 26, 2020 |
BreconHills:The whole content was moved to Abuja with a note of distributing it to the 5 NCDC centres |
| Christianity Etc › Re: COVID-19: Pastor Kumuyi Of Deeper Life Holds Crusade Despite Govt Ban- A Rejoind by engineerboat(op): 10:02am On Mar 22, 2020 |
seunlayi:People tend to spread falsehood faster than real issue. This is the bane of the current COVID-19, falsehood everywhere, that people dont know what to believe again |
| Christianity Etc › COVID-19: Pastor Kumuyi Of Deeper Life Holds Crusade Despite Govt Ban- A Rejoind by engineerboat(op): 7:48pm On Mar 21, 2020 |
COVID-19: Pastor Kumuyi of Deeper Life holds crusade despite govt ban - A Rejoinder Our attention has been drawn to an article by a cross section of the online media on Thursday. 19th March, 2020. alleging that the General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church. Pastor W. F. Kumuyi held a crusade despite the ban against large gatherings by the government. The publication was a complete misrepresentation of our special monthly church service tagged: 'Power Night, which was sheaved online to all Deeper Life Bible Church Locations worldwide. Generally, it is not our practice to join issues with media outlets. but as a responsible and law-abiding church, we believe that vve need to set the record straight as the content of the articles which went viral online, was misleading, mischievous and totally untrue. In line vvith the directives of the Lagos State Government on Wednesday. 3.8th March 2o2o. Limiting social and religious gatherings to a maximum of 50 persons. our church had. in compliance. held our monthly Povver Night Service at local districts where an old message of our General Superintendent was transmitted by satellite broadcast It bears restating that it was not a new service. but the message from an old programme that was broadcast vvorldwide. The grossly misleading report mis-representecl the actual situation. hence the need to set the records straight. Even in these trying times for our nation and the whole woad, vve encourage all true believers to keep faith and hope alive. for our redemption draweth nigh. Thanks and God bless you Tours in the Vineyard, (Signed) S.M. Afuwape Church Secretary. 1 Like
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| Politics › Re: 2023 Presidency: Abba Kyari’s Campaign Materials Surface Online(photo) by engineerboat(m): 7:23am On Mar 21, 2020 |
Okoroawusa:Try and buy sense for once naa 299 Likes 19 Shares |
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