Twenty-four Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for “failing to give them and other seven million Nigerians adequate time and opportunity to complete their voter registration after they have carried out their registration online.”
The Plaintiffs, who are suing for themselves and on behalf of seven million other Nigerians, are seeking to “complete the registration process, so that they can obtain their permanent voter cards (PVCs), and exercise their right to vote.”
INEC had recently revealed that out of 10,487,972 Nigerians who carried out their pre-registration online, only 3,444,378 completed the process at a physical centre.
This represents just 32.8 percent of completed online registration.
But in the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1662/2022 filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja, last Friday, the Plaintiffs are seeking “an order of mandamus to direct and compel INEC to re-activate its continuous voters registration exercise to allow the Plaintiffs to complete their registration and collect their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs).”
They are also arguing that, “The inability to complete our registration is entirely due to factors outside of our control.”
Others include: Emmanuel Promise Tochukwu; Emmanuel Ternajev, Adedotun Adegoke Babatunde, Nkemdilim Agbor Bassey, Joy Oluwadamilola Ige; Lawerence Ignatius; Agbede Kunle and Eze Daniel Ndubisi.
Others are: Omoike Iredia Oseine; Ndubuisi Anthony Ahanihu; Akande Akintunde O; Adamma Rhodes, Joshua Patrick Ogenekaro; Wisdom Emeka; Ukpe Victor Destiny and Abayomi Opeoluwa.
The suit was filed on behalf of the Plaintiffs by lawyers to Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, Kolawole Oluwadare and Adelanke Aremo, partly read: “Closing the gates on eligible Nigerians cannot preserve trust in the electoral process.”
chaddy16: you're one of those mistakenly created humans that doesn't know how to talk. You lack manners. What's your business with his life? Oloriburuku somebody.
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike threw bants on Friday when he said he wasn’t like his Kogi counterpart, Yahaya Bello.
He spoke at the launch of a book, “Selected Leading Judgments of the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court,” authored by retired Justice Abdu Aboki, NA reports.
Wike said his visit to the nation’s capital reminded him of his defeat during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary in May.
The governor noted that it was his first time in Abuja after losing the PDP ticket to former vice president Atiku Abubakar.
“When I landed and passed through the venue.l, I said I think My Lord intentionally wanted me to remember 28 and 29 of May of what happened.”
Wike said unlike Bello who had visited Abuja severally since losing the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket, he remained in his state.
“I am not like Yahaya Bello who lost he comes to Abuja) everyday”, he joked.
The Rivers helmsman hailed Justice Aboki’s commitment to the protection of justice and rule of law.
Wike described Aboki as a consummate jurist who has left his name “indelibly in the sands of time and judicial history”.
The Queen's coffin is now lying in state in Westminster Hall having been escorted from Buckingham Palace by King Charles, Princes William and Harry, and other senior royals. On top of the coffin sits the Imperial State Crown, perhaps the most familiar item in the Crown Jewels - a priceless collection of tens of thousands of gemstones collected over the centuries by British kings and queens.
The crown sparkles with nearly 3,000 stones - including 2,868 diamonds, 273 pearls, 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds, and five rubies.
"It can be quite hard to look at sometimes because of the sheer light that comes off them. It's literally dazzling… visually overpowering," says historian and author of The Crown Jewels, Anna Keay.
She says historically, right back to the Middle Ages, crowns were viewed as expressions of wealth and status.
"It signifies majesty, it signifies sovereignty."
Made in 1937 for the coronation of the Queen's father, King George VI, the Imperial State Crown was designed to be lighter, and to fit better, than the crown it replaced - which dated back to Queen Victoria. But nevertheless, the Imperial Crown still weighs in at a hefty 2.3lbs (1.06kg).
During her reign, Queen Elizabeth II would wear it annually for the State Opening of Parliament - as she sat on a golden throne reading out the government's key legislative plans for the year ahead.
In 2018, the Queen joked about how heavy the crown felt to wear.
"You can't look down to read the speech, you have to take the speech up, because if you did your neck would break," explained Her Majesty.
"There are some disadvantages to crowns, but otherwise they're quite important things."
In 2019, when the monarch was well into her 90s, a lighter crown was used - and in 2021, the final time she took part in the ceremony, she didn't wear one at all.
The Imperial State Crown includes the 317 carat Cullinan II diamond - sometimes called the Second Star of Africa. Cut from the largest diamond ever found, it was given to Edward VII on his 66th birthday by the government of the Transvaal - a former British crown colony - in present day South Africa.
It also includes the oldest gem in the royal collection - a sapphire said to have once been worn in a ring by the 11th Century king of England, St Edward the Confessor. The stone is now set at the centre of the cross that tops the crown.
The Queen was particularly keen on a large red gemstone in the crown - known as the Black Prince's Ruby. It is thought to have been worn in 1415 during the Hundred Years' War by Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt - when English forces beat the French to the south of Calais.
Legend has it that the king placed a feather in a hole drilled into the ruby. "It's fun to see," the Queen told the BBC in 2018, "the idea that his plume was put into the stone on his helmet - bit rash, but that was the sort of thing they did, I suppose, in those days."
BBC presenter Clive Myrie - who was given unprecedented, close-up access to the crown earlier this year for a BBC documentary - described seeing it as "almost unreal".
"The clarity of the diamonds is absolutely unbelievable.
The Crown Jewels; With unprecedented access to the latest technology, Clive Myrie reveals the magnificent, astonishing, complicated history buried within the Crown Jewels But putting a price on how much the Imperial State Crown - and all the Crown Jewels - is worth is nigh on impossible. Royal expert Alastair Bruce told the BBC documentary the collection was beyond monetary value.
"Calling it priceless is sensible, but you can just add as many zeros as there are diamonds in the collection." When not in use, the Imperial State Crown is on public display in the Jewel House at the Tower of London - which has been home to the Crown Jewels for more than 600 years.
Following tradition, King Charles III will wear the St Edward's Crown for his coronation, but will put on the Imperial State Crown to leave Westminster Abbey at the end of the ceremony. Then, like his mother before him, he will wear the Imperial State Crown at the opening of Parliament, as well as on other official occasions.
The Portuguese forward scored his first goal under Erik ten Hag as the Red Devils bounced back to winning ways in Europe at Zimbru Stadium
Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has faced a backlash from a section of fans across Africa after he scored his first goal of the season in the 2-0 Europa League victory against Sheriff Tiraspol on Thursday.
The 37-year-old Portuguese international, who had gone for seven matches without a goal this term, converted from the penalty spot to add to Jadon Sancho’s opener as the Red Devils got their campaign in Europe back on track at Zimbru Stadium.
However, what caught the attention of many is how Ronaldo celebrated scoring the penalty against the Moldovan champions.
As usual, Ronaldo did his famours ‘siu’ celebration, as he ran towards the flag post, jumped and turned with his arms outstretched.
According to the fans, the goal did not warrant such a celebration as he was playing against a “little known” outfit and also representing Man United in a “farmers competition” that even his long-time rival and Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi has not feature in.
“Penaldo is back,” Vincent Brian wrote on Facebook, adding: [b]“He just scored against a little known team and shouldn’t have celebrated like that. He has downgraded himself by playing in Europa League; even Messi cannot play in such a competition.”[/b]Brian's sentiments were echoed by Chukwu Gekwu, who said: “Messi can never play in Europa League,” while Gregory Osunde opined: “No, my GOAT doesn’t leave university and restart primary school,” in reference to Messi, who scored for PSG in the 3-1 Champions League win Maccabi Haifa on Wednesday.
“My GOAT is never for Europa League, go and check his stats on Champions League this season." explained Jiyah Abel Clever while Joel Anaba said: “My GOAT will never play in Europa League.” Brian's sentiments were echoed by Chukwu Gekwu, who said: “Messi can never play in Europa League,” while Gregory Osunde opined: “No, my GOAT doesn’t leave university and restart primary school,” in reference to Messi, who scored for PSG in the 3-1 Champions League win Maccabi Haifa on Wednesday.
“My GOAT is never for Europa League, go and check his stats on Champions League this season." explained Jiyah Abel Clever while Joel Anaba said: “My GOAT will never play in Europa League.”
Olufemi Segun David stressed his point: “A real GOAT doesn’t play in Europa League and real GOAT doesn’t play penalties, he gives it out to upcoming generation and he doesn’t struggle with kids.”
Chinedu Anyawa posed a question: “So Ronaldo celebrated a goal against a Ghanaian team “BLACK SHERIFF?” adding: "I'm ashamed on his behalf," while Morakinyo Paulmorax wrote: “Lol! Champions play Tuesday and Wednesday football and not Thursday.”
Meanwhile, Oloyede Olamiposi defended Ronaldo by saying: “Ronaldo is still the overall Champions League goals scorer, and now his making history again in Europe League, he is my GOAT.”
Jc James wrapped up the debate by praising Ronaldo: “That’s another record, for him, when you are the best, you prove it anywhere you are, because when you retire people will always remember, including the haters that got nothing to show.”
A fierce battle broke out between Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and has led to the death of eight fighters, including a middle rank Commander simply identified as “Kundu”.
It was gathered that the incident, which took place on Thursday September 15, between Dikwa and Bama Local Government Areas, also left many fighters from both the Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihad and ISWAP injured.
An Intelligence officer told Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency expert and security analyst in Lake Chad that Kundu and his team were on a robbery mission when the ISWAP intercepted them on six motorcycles each conveying three fighters. “A Heavy fight ensued between the terrorists resulting in 8 casualties on the side of the Boko Haram terrorists, while few ISWAP terrorists were wounded.
“The surviving Boko Haram terrorists took to their heels, leaving their motorcycles to the ISWAP terrorists,” Zagazola tweeted.
The flight taking the Queen's coffin to London was the most tracked in history, website Flightradar24 has said.
Nearly six million people tried to follow the plane's route from Edinburgh to RAF Northolt within its first minute in the air, the website said.
The huge traffic caused disruptions to the site, where users can track the path of planes in the air.
More than 4.79 million people watched on its site and app and 296,000 were watching on a YouTube stream, it said.
The previous record was when a flight carrying US politician Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan last month was followed by 2.2 million people on Flightradar24.
The Queen's coffin was flown on an RAF Globemaster C-17, after lying in state at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh.
The flight used the callsign "Kittyhawk", used for any military flight with the Queen on board.
Princess Anne and her husband Sir Timothy Laurence accompanied the coffin, with the princess saying she had felt fortunate to be able to share the final hours of the life of her "dearest mother".
"It has been an honour and a privilege to accompany her on her final journeys," she added.
Prime Minister Liz Truss and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace were among those waiting at RAF Northolt for the flight, which landed just before 19:00 BST.
Flightradar24 said it had taken steps to make its platform as stable as possible before the plane took off.
The flight to Taiwan taken by Ms Pelosi, the US House of Representatives Speaker, in August attracted interest as she was the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit Taiwan, which China sees as a breakaway province.
Explaining how Tuesday's figures had dwarfed that traffic, Flightradar24 said: "Based on our experience last month, we expected a large influx of users, but this immediate, massive spike was beyond what we had anticipated."
It said about 600,000 users were able to "successfully follow the flight before performance degraded".
"Even though our platform suffered under such heavy load, Queen Elizabeth II's final flight from Edinburgh to RAF Northolt is by far the all-time most tracked flight on Flightradar24 and will likely remain at the top for a long while," it said.
I'm highly disappointed in Xavi; Ferran in for Raphinha in this type of situation ? I'm expecting Ansu fati to come in then Dembele moves to the RW but here we are
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by ghettokid1(m): 10:21pm On Sep 18, 2022
