blacknp:
The purported corrected headline, is even worse than their statement of 1 Nigeria.

na you dey quote,na same you dey like & share your own post. funny 🤣🤣🤣

Richtaiwo:
What do ipob really want? Ipob begging Tinubu to stop implosion of one Nigeria? Funniest report I have read so far this year.

Twisting the headline news to suit their narrative.
This is the correct headline:

Police recruitment: Otti expresses concern as 700 Abia candidates shun interview

Abia State Governor Alex Otti has expressed concern over the poor response of youths from the state to the ongoing police recruitment exercise.

A statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Culture, Okey Kanu, noted that it had come to the notice of the government that the quota allocated to the state in the recruitment exercise has been grossly underutilized.

According to the statement, 700 candidates from the state, who were invited for interview, towards recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force, failed to show up.

“Regrettably, about 700 candidates invited for interview in the ongoing recruitment exercise are yet to show up.

“To this end, the Governor of Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, has directed all local government Mayors, Chairmen of traditional rulers Councils and their members in all the LGAs, Presidents-general of town unions, and community leaders to immediately mobilize their youths for this very important exercise to ensure that the state’s quota is filled.

“The Governor further directed all those who have been invited for the interview as a matter of urgency, to appear for the exercise.

“Abia cannot be left out in the scheme of any aspect of Nigeria’s socio-political and economic life,” the statement said.

The statement further urged all invited candidates who are yet to show up for the recruitment exercise, for one reason or the other, to approach the Office of the Commissioner for Information and Culture for further clarifications.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/01/police-recruitment-apathy-abia-govt-orders-mayors-monarchs-pgs-to-mobilise-youths-2/

Curse777:




*and I so much dislike him because he's fair and I can't stand fair guys.

*they started having issues because she was the one bearing most of the financial burden in the house.

Summary of this long epistle

1: He first asked you out and you rejected, as a man he moved on to your sister and you resented him deeply

2: He is currently financially handicap and he irritates you, you hate poor men and poor men neither deserve marriage, or children

3: To you financial burden of a family is exclusive responsibility of a man


PS:

Dear Men, stay completely away from marriage if you are not financially bouyant as you are only rated for your financial strength by Women



.

That is it.,
The best advice to any young man planning to go into marriage.

1. Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD)
The Kuwaiti dinar is the strongest currency in the world, with 1 dinar buying 3.26 dollars (or, put another way, $1 equals 0.31 Kuwaiti dinar).

2. Bahraini Dinar (BHD)
The Bahraini dinar is the second-strongest currency in the world, with 1 dinar buying 2.65 dollars (or $1 equals 0.38 Bahraini dinar).

3. Omani Rial (OMR)
The Omani rial is the third-strongest currency in the world, with 1 rial buying 2.60 dollars (or $1 equals 0.38 Omani rial).

4. Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
The Jordanian dinar is the fourth-strongest currency in the world, with 1 dinar buying 1.41 dollars (or $1 equals 0.71 Jordanian dinar).

5. British Pound (GBP)
The British pound is the fifth-strongest currency in the world, with 1 pound buying 1.22 dollars (or $1 equals 0.82 British pound).

6. (tie) Cayman Islands Dollar (KYD)
The Cayman Islands dollar is in a tie for sixth among the strongest currencies in the world, with 1 Cayman dollar buying 1.20 dollars (or $1 equals 0.83 Cayman Islands dollar).

7. (tie) Gibraltar Pound (GIP)
The Gibraltar pound shares the No. 6 spot among the world’s strongest currencies, with 1 pound buying 1.22 dollars (or $1 equals 0.82 Gibraltar pound).

8. (tie) Swiss Franc (CHF)
The Swiss franc is tied for eighth among the strongest currencies in the world, with 1 franc buying 1.08 dollars (or $1 equals 0.92 Swiss franc).

9. (tie) Euro (EUR)
The euro shares the No. 8 spot among the world’s strongest currencies, with 1 euro buying 1.08 dollars (or $1 equals 0.93 euro).

10. U.S. Dollar (USD)
The U.S. dollar is the 10th-strongest currency in the world, with 1 dollar buying 1 dollar. (Obviously.) All other units of currency across the globe are worth less than a buck.

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/au/investing/currencies/top-10-strongest-currencies-in-the-world/

Ritchiee:
You mean Igbos are crying.
Only a demented Northerner will cry a senseless cry like this but Igbos will.They are wired to cry.

Yes, I mean Ipob.
Check out another Ipob wetting the twitter space with his tears.😆😆😆

arewafederation:
Just one tweet from one person out of over 100 million people?

Try again.

Arewa Twitter account is not one person oo.
They report the voices & mood of Arewa. & with over 126K followers.

Your tears is song to my ears.
You lost your voice when Buhari was busy given all juicy appointments to his brethren.

If I am Tinubu,all the sensitive & important appointments will go to Yorubaland.
If Buhari can do it, Tinubu can & i don't want to hear pim 🤐 from anybody or groups.
For others tribes, wait for your turn, that is if your turn will ever come

Chukwudi87:
;Where are the children of h8 and perdition?? 👀
Jagaban dey go US oo 😂

Everybody goes to the same market. A better Nigeria devoid of hate & animosity is what Nigeria needs at this time.

Pray Tinubu succeeds, so Nigeria will be better for everyone.

LesbianBoy:
These guys don't want an igbo man to be president that is why they are always attacking peter obi. They rarely talk about atiku sef

His tribal men ( the Ebiras) hate anyone from the SE or part of SS with no reason, the hatred are more pronounce among the Muslims in Kogi central.
They worship the Fulani/ Hausa tribe.
Their men has lost their culture of dressing. You can hardly differentiate them from an average hausa man, except for their language

With that kind of money & fame. Any woman that want to go should hurry & leave. Rubbish!
Only few women are loyal till the end no matter the circumstances

Why Muslims hate themselves like this.......
Imagine killing your fellow Muslim brothers & sisters in this manner in a 21th century

Saudi border guards fired “like rain” on Ethiopian migrants trying to cross through Yemen into the Gulf kingdom, killing hundreds since last year, Human Rights Watch said in a report Monday.

The allegations, described as “unfounded” by a Saudi government source, point to a significant escalation of abuses along the perilous “Eastern Route” from the Horn of Africa to Saudi Arabia, where hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians live and work.

“Saudi officials are killing hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers in this remote border area out of view of the rest of the world,” HRW researcher Nadia Hardman said in a statement.

“Spending billions buying up professional golf, football clubs, and major entertainment events to improve the Saudi image should not deflect attention from these horrendous crimes.”

A Saudi government source told AFP: “The allegations included in the Human Rights Watch report about Saudi border guards shooting Ethiopians while they were crossing the Saudi-Yemeni border are unfounded and not based on reliable sources.”

The New York-based group has documented abuses against Ethiopian migrants in Saudi Arabia and Yemen for nearly a decade, but the latest killings appear to be “widespread and systematic” and may amount to crimes against humanity, it said.

Last year, UN experts reported “concerning allegations” that “cross-border artillery shelling and small-arms fire by Saudi Arabia security forces killed approximately 430 migrants” in southern Saudi Arabia and northern Yemen during the first four months of 2022.

The HRW report said there was no response to letters it sent to the Saudi interior and defence ministries, the human rights commission and Huthi rebels who control northern Yemen.

In 2015, Saudi officials mobilised a military coalition in an effort to stop the advance of the Iran-backed Huthis, who had seized the Yemeni capital Sanaa from the internationally recognised government the previous year.

Yemen’s war has created what the United Nations describes as one of the world’s worst humanitarian situations.

But many of the abuses described by HRW would have occurred during a truce that took effect in April 2022 and has largely held despite officially expiring last October.

The HRW report draws from interviews with 38 Ethiopian migrants who tried to cross into Saudi Arabia from Yemen, as well as from satellite imagery and videos and photos posted to social media “or gathered from other sources”.

Interviewees described 28 “explosive weapons incidents” including attacks by mortar projectiles, the report said.

Some survivors described attacks at close range, with Saudi border guards asking Ethiopians “in which limb of their body they would prefer to be shot”, the report said.

“All interviewees described scenes of horror: women, men, and children strewn across the mountainous landscape severely injured, dismembered, or already dead,” it said.

One 20-year-old woman from Ethiopia’s Oromia region said Saudi border guards fired on a group of migrants they had just released from custody.

“They fired on us like rain. When I remember, I cry,” she said.

“I saw a guy calling for help, he lost both his legs. He was screaming; he was saying, ‘Are you leaving me here? Please don’t leave me’. We couldn’t help him because we were running for our lives.”

HRW called on Riyadh to “immediately and urgently revoke” any policy of using lethal force on migrants and asylum seekers and urged the UN to investigate the alleged killings.

https://www.channelstv.com/2023/08/21/saudi-border-guards-kill-hundreds-of-ethiopian-migrants-hrw/

Opanka44:


I'm telling you. I hate christians. The discrimination amongst them is too much. If you're not a member of their church, u can't be favored, u can't be seen as holy either

There's more discrimination in Islam than any other religion. These sect in Islam don't see eye to eye: Sunni, Shia, Whabbi, Salafi, Berelvi, Sufi and Deobandi. In fact some pray 5 times a day while the other pray 3 times a day They're always at each others neck

Sonnetoshodi:
Hello everyone.

I've been celibate for 10 months. Till I had sex couple days ago.

Before that time, I saw my self as God's favorite.

But now I just feel like God and I had a quarrel.
It hurts so bad, cause it's now like I don't know how to go to him.

A week now I've not said my night or morning prayers.

Has God left me? Can we still be close?
Have I don't something unpardonable.

When we sin, which we all do, we run to God not run from Him.
that doesn't mean we should continue in our sin.

Billion Naira Dry Ports Lay Waste In Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, Katsina

*Promised jobs fail to materialise Uncompleted rail, customs template hamper operations
* Kano-Maradi rail line contractor evacuates $200m construction equipment from Lagos port

Years after the approval and commencement of the Dry Inland Ports across the country, most of them are yet to operate optimally.

The ports, LEADERSHIP Weekend findings reveal, lay waste in states and communities where billions of naira has been expended to provide facilities that are meant to aid exports.

Investigations show that in many of these communities, the youth who were promised thousands of jobs still have their hopes high that these jobs will materialise.

State governments in Kano, Katsina, Kaduna, Borno, Plateau and Oyo made thousands of hectres of land available to the federal government but poor planning and a lack of coordination between the ministry of transport, successive state governments and relevant agencies have made the ports inoperable.

The federal executive council had granted approval for the establishment of the Inland Dry Ports in March 2006 at six locations across the country namely Isiala- Ngwa- Abia State; Erunmu Ibadan – Oyo State; Heipang Jos – Plateau State; Funtua- Katsina State; Maiduguri – Borno State and Dala, Kano State.

However, Kaduna Inland Dry Port Limited, which was not originally part of the six approved in 2006, was commissioned by the federal government in 2018 as the first port of origin for export and port of destination for import for hinterland and landlocked neighbouring countries with no sea ports like Niger Republic, Chad, among others.

The Kaduna Dry Inland Port has been offering skeletal operations as non-completion of rail lines project to link the port is affecting the mass movement of containers from the seaports to the dry land, investigations revealed.

Our correspondent who visited Kaduna Inland Dry Port located in Kakuri near Railway Station reports that only a few long trucks load goods from seaports and off load to the dry port per day.

An official of the Kaduna Inland Dry Port who did not want his name mentioned explained: “In a day, only ten or fifteen trucks load from seaports in Lagos and bring goods in this port for onward movement to far northern states. We are not operating fully as it is supposed to be.”

In a telephone interview with LEADERSHIP Weekend, the general manager of Kaduna Inland Dry Port, Rotimi Raimi-Hassan, lamented the lack of rail lines linking the dry port, saying it is the major challenge facing the dry inland port operations.

The general manager identified other major challenges confronting the Kaduna dry inland port. He said, “Since we launched the Kaduna Dry Inland Port, we have been working perfectly well. Having said that, we have challenges like customs, railway among others we are facing.

“On the issue of customs there is no customs template for ICDs to operate and government should look into it. On the railway issue, inland dry ports cannot work effectively without rail lines connecting to them.”

Raimi-Hasaan said, “A dry port must have rail access from the seaport to dry port so that the transportation of moving goods from seaports to dry ports will be cheaper. There should be political will to back up dry port operations in the country.

“We have about 600 direct and indirect staff and workers working in our port. We have from 300 to 350 containers of goods from seaports every month to our port here. We welcome the new administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and we appeal to him to look into inland dry ports challenges to reposition it.”

The immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai had in 2017 during the final inspection of the Kaduna Inland Dry Port before the commissioning said the facility will boost the country’s export capacity by over $50billion annually.

The port has the capacity to handle 29,000 tonnes of cargoes yearly and is estimated to generate about 5000 employment opportunities

The general manager of the Dry Port had earlier said the port stands out as most suitable for international trade facilitation in the North.

He said aside from being the first dry port in Nigeria, Kaduna Port stands out as the best in West Africa, with staff strength of persons having over three decades of maritime experience, matching knowledge with latest technology.

According to him, the port is a solution provider that has blazed the trail for other dry ports in the country.

In Plateau State, 17 years after the inauguration of the Jos Inland Container Depot (JICD), Heipang, in Barki Ladi local government area by former head of state, Gen Yakubu Gowon (rtd), the project is yet to commence operation in the state.

Duncan Container Dry Port Limited, the concessionaire, was given a presidential approval for the construction of Jos Inland Dry Port in 2006.

The JICD covers over 33.9 hectare of land provided for the JICD from 100 hectares acquired by the state government. When completed, it will create over 5000 jobs.

The Jos Inland container depot, JICD, suffered a great setback in 2014 when the site was demolished by former Governor Jonah Jang’s administration in August 2014 before Duncan Maritime International commenced work again.

In 2021, Plateau State government, under the leadership of immediate past governor, Simon Lalong, took over ownership of the Jos Inland Container Depot (ICD) from Duncan Maritime Ventures Nig. Ltd.

The memorandum of agreement signifying the change in ownership was signed between the Plateau State government and Chief Godfrey Bawa, managing director of Duncan Ventures, at a cost of N2.2 billion based on its economic benefits.

Speaking to our correspondent, Heipang youth leader, Chuwang Davou, said the presence of the depot will bring food to their tables, as a lot of youths will be engaged in the value chain.

According to him, their landlords too will benefit, as most of the houses will be rented out for people coming to do business in Heipang and its surrounding communities.

He pointed out that the value of their lands will appreciate and it will open up their villages to international communities and Heipang will be a hub where stakeholders in dry port business will converge.

Davou appealed to the state governor, Caleb Mutfwang, to engage a qualified concessionaire with a view to completing the project because of the economic benefits to the people of North Central zone.

Similarly, the federal government in February 2023 declared Funtua Inland Dry Port in Kastina State as a port of origin and final destination for import and export of cargoes.

The port has not been in operation since its declaration as a port of origin and final destination for the import and export of cargoes in February this year by the then minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo.

But a fact check by this paper on the facility revealed that it is lying dormant and is only used by some people to store their goods for some time, as efforts to reach director of the Port failed.

The Funtua Dry Port was first established in March 2006 by the Federal Executive Council as container freight station and was later converted to an inland dry port and that this critical transport infrastructure is based on the strategic framework of build, owning, operating and transferring (BOOT).

The state permanent secretary in the ministry of Commerce, Musa Sule, had recently said the state, as part of its contribution to the project, facilitated 16.2 hectares of land and also paid compensation to the land owners.

He explained that the step was taken based on the conviction that when fully operational, the port will create employment for the immediate community and its environs, support the revenue base of the state and facilitate trade within and outside the country.

Also, in August 2022, the federal government declared Dala Inland Dry Port, Kano, as port of origin for export of goods and final destination for goods brought into the country via the nation’s seaports.

The then minister of Transportation, Engr. Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, while making the declaration in Kano on behalf of the federal government, disclosed that the project was part of federal government’s reform programme to promote efficient transportation, decongest the seaports and bring shipping and ports services closer to importers and exporters.

Sambo said, “In today’s new global economy, speed to the markets with finished goods and lower shipping costs are the main drivers more than ever before. The Dala IDP will facilitate this and more.”

On why the project was located in Kano, he said, “The importance of Kano State as the commercial capital of northern Nigeria with huge agricultural trade and export volume is well documented.

“The State has a sizeable number of textile and agro-allied industries, assembly plants amongst others and several manufacturing industries. It is not only suited but most qualified”.

He equally called on shipping companies, maritime practitioners, land-locked countries like Chad, Niger and other port users to take full advantage of the Dala IDP for import and export of their cargoes.

But part of challenges hampering the full use of the dry ports is the lack of connection to rail systems.

On linking the railway to the Port, the managing director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Engr Fidet Okhiria, said, “The Board of NRC has approved track access to anybody or company wishing to provide the infrastructure, that is the rolling stock to operate on the track which i hope Dala Inland Dry Port will tap in so that they can maximise the essence of having rail track into their premises”.

Also, the general manager of the Kaduna Dry Inland Port harped on the need for incentives to be given to shippers to bring cargo to Kaduna instead of taking it to Lagos and other seaports in the south.

He said, “Since 2018, we have not been able to commence full dry ports. Kaduna is the first full dry port, and others are still coming. There should be a process by which dry inland ports should operate. We need at least five locomotives and 100 wagons for us to operate.

“The shipping companies should encourage shipping activities to thrive by sending their services to commence documentation processes for cargo destined for Kaduna Inland dry port by issuing true bill of lading.

The essence of the dry port is to decongest the ports and bring shipping services to the internal shippers, this has not been done.

“Most of our customers in the north, particularly in Kaduna and Kano, do ask the shipping lines that their cargos should be destined to Kaduna, but the shipping companies said the recognised ports are Apapa Port and Port Harcourt and they don’t recognise the dry inland port.”

Meanwhile, Mota-Engil has evacuated equipment worth $200million for the construction of $2billion Kano-Maradi Rail line from the Port and Cargo Terminals in Lagos.

The construction equipment which berthed in Lagos during the week is being added to Mota-Engil’s already impressive inventory.

Some of the equipment are Wheel loaders; backhoe loaders; crawler excavators; medium lift and heavy lift.

Others are truck mounted concrete pumps; concrete mixer trucks; telehandlers; motor graders; vibratory soil compactors; pneumatic rollers; mobile cranes; tipper trucks, among others.

Speaking with journalists while taking delivery of the equipment in Lagos, the company’s logistics manager, Nuno Colaço, said this latest acquisition is a strategic investment for the present and for the future.

He said further that the project was not only a landmark for the development of the railway infrastructure in Nigeria but also for the whole of West Africa.

The Customs controller of Tin Can Island Command, Adekunle Oloyede, said lately there has been a decrease of cargo throughput at the ports and expressed his delight at the sheer size of the Mota-Engil import, noting that it is evidence that the Nigerian economy is on the rebound.

Last month, MOTA-ENGIL had also taken delivery of some equipment which has been dispatched to their various project sites.

Among its many projects in Nigeria,is the construction of the $1.959 billion Kano-Maradi Standard Gauge Railway lines, the Sagamu-Benin expressway, the Lagos-Badagry expressway and is the reserved bidder for the 4th Mainland bridge in Lagos.

In 2018, Shoreline Group, the Nigerian energy and industrial conglomerate founded by Kola Karim, partnered Mota-Engil, a publicly listed Portuguese Construction Company to establish Mota-Engil Nigeria.

https://leadership.ng/billion-naira-dry-ports-lay-waste-in-kano-kaduna-plateau-katsina/

OloYeOfEgbE:


LIES

Its over 3 million

Team hardwork (Puss..) pays.
na dem

Mino1000:
Hi everyone, so I met this beautiful babe June this year and we started dating three months later. We genuinely loved each other and we had a relationship that people envied.

We trusted each other so much that I had access to her google account and all her personal info on my laptop, while she also had mine on her phone to cut the long story short, I have a problem of always getting worried whenever she is not home and I can't reach her for example if she leaves in a bolt and the journey is 30minutes but she is not reachable one hour later I start to worry and call people I feel are at home and even the bolt rider.

On this particular day, she had a meeting with her colleagues which just came into the country, she shared her live location but it was last updated an hour ago, she was not picking her calls and it was 11:45pm mind you she was in Ikeja and lives at lekki so she was still going to Lekki that night in this dangerous December month in Lagos. I called and called but she did not pick then I got so worried and went to her google contacts to get her boss number and called him. He told her I called and that is how trouble started.

She explained that nobody has his number and she is the middle man between him and clients so his number getting into my hands without her permission means his company info is not safe. She said I have destroyed all what she labored to build over the years and blocked me everywhere (phone, whatsapp, snapchat) and left me with only instagram access. I have been begging her since last night when this happened, but she only unblocked me to tell me not to call her again and blocked me back.

I have been trying to explain to her that relationship and marriage is full of challenges so she should not let this one destroy what we had but she has been ignoring me. If I call with a different number she hangs up immediately she hears my voice.

We were already talking about marriage and in fact, I had already started making arrangements for a proposal next year.

I swear I really love this lady with everything that I have and I know for a fact that she loved me too but right now I am confused I am wondering how she was so much in love with me yesterday morning but doesn’t even want to hear my voice today. She went as far as threatening to get me arrested if I come close to her house. I am really confused and need mature advice on what to do to save this relationship because right now I can’t focus on anything. Plus I trust her so I wasn’t calling because I thought she was doing something silly.

Trust me she has something going on with the supposedly boss. Infact, you calling her boss was not the reason she was upset, but the likelihood your calls may ruin her relationship with her boss, because you're her hidden lover her boss shouldn't know is existing.

Now my verdict is to stop calling her & no matter how hard it may be for you.... try at least pretend she doesn't exist. Infact, if by chance she comes back, make sure you scold her for taking you for granted despite your apologies.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Thursday, at the end of Automated Biometric Identification System, identified 2,780,756, as the number of ineligible registrants in Kano State.

The new Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kano, Zango Abdu, during a meeting with members of election stakeholders said at the end of the exercise, 12,298, 944 Nigerians successfully completed the registration as new voters.

He said, “The preliminary register of voters in Kano State currently stands at 5,927,565.

“It is preliminary because Section 19 (1) and (2) of the Electoral Act 2022 requires the Commission to display the hard copies of the register of voters for each registration area (Ward) and Local Government Area (and simultaneously publish the entire register on the Commission’s website) for a period of two weeks for scrutiny, claims and objections, by citizens not later than 90 days to a general election.”

Also, the REC reiterated that the commission, as mandated by law, would continue to monitor the activities of political parties, as well as track the campaign finances of all political parties as provided by Sections 83, 85, 87, 88, 90, 91,92 and 95 of the Electoral Act of 2022.

To this end, he urged politicians to critically study and pay attention to the provisions of the constitution, the Electoral Act, The Police Act and Public Order Act for the proper and peaceful conduct of political party campaigns, rallies and processions, adding that the commission would continue to track the campaign finances and its activities, as mandated by the law.

Similarly, the REC stressed that there would be no going back on deployment of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System for voter accreditation and the transmission of results to the INEC Result Viewing Portal on Election Day.
On a last note, he pointed out that there would be no incident form that allowed ineligible persons to vote using other person’s Permanent Voters Card during elections.

https://punchng.com/inec-identifies-2-7-million-unqualified-registered-voters/

In western world a responsible man is one who care for his family Emotionaly, Spiritually & Financially.

But in Nigeria if all you can do is to provide Financially for your family without any other form of care or considerations, you'll be considered a responsible man.
So guys all you need to do to be called a responsible man in this part of the world is to strive hard to make alot of money & provide for your family. QED

*Majority of Nigerians will reject any fixed election – Onovo … ‘I will clap for INEC if I don’t see underage voting in Kano next year’
*Southern politicians need to learn from northern counterparts on mobilisation

In recent weeks, there has been increased discontent among political stakeholders, particularly in Southern Nigeria on the large number of invalid registered voters released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from the region, ahead of the 2023 general election.

The Commission had said the invalid registrants were detected after it applied the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) data cleaning exercise.

INEC has come under heavy criticism from stakeholders and political leaders in the South since the final figure of voters were announced for the 2023 general election.

They accused the commission of showing favouritism in the registration of voters ahead of next year’s polls and working to disadvantage the region’s voting strength, particularly the South-South and South-East.

The Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), which was commenced in June 2021, ended in July 2022, despite agitations from some Nigerians and civil society groups for extension.

In several parts of the country, thousands of Nigerians could not register due to alleged sharp practices by some officials of the INEC, who often colluded with corrupt politicians to frustrate attempt of eligible voters from registering to enable them get their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs), in areas, where they or their parties are not popular.

Equally, avoidable lapses such as inadequate capturing machines, late resumption of INEC officials and sheer dereliction of duties hampered the smooth conduct of the exercise in several parts of the country.

In its final assessment of the exercise, INEC said Bayelsa, Ebonyi and Rivers top the list of states with the highest number of invalid registered voters.

The INEC data shows that 59. 8 per cent of the total new registrants were delisted in the South-East state.

Although Nigeria’s voter population increased by 9,518,188, a total of 2,780,756 were consequently delisted from 12,298,944 new voters who completed the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise.

Interestingly, the South-South state of Bayelsa, which is one of the states with the smaller population in the country, leads with the number of invalid registered voters.

The Commission said out of the 444,652 new registrants that completed their CVR exercise in Bayelsa State in the, 307,513 of the number were declared invalid.

This means 69.2 percent of the people that participated in the exercise committed one of the infractions frowned upon by the electoral body.

Ebonyi State took the second spot as only 161,447 registrants satisfactorily scaled INEC’s Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) data cleaning exercise out of the 401,510 registrants who completed the registration.

Also Rivers had 33 percent of its total CVR registered voters after the INEC data cleaning phase.

The valid new voters in Abia were 196,683 while 72,657 have been declared invalid. At least 61,261 of the 243,565 total registered voters in Enugu were also invalid according to INEC data.

In the South West, the total registration is 2,039,982, invalid 399,608, (10 per cent), valid 1,640,374 with a register of 17.5 million.

This is a sharp contrast to the figure in the North, where states like Zamfara, Kwara, Abuja, Plateau and Kaduna recorded the lowest percentage of invalid registration.

For example, of the 238,649 registrants in Zamfara, only 11.2 percent were invalid.

For North Central, the total registration stood at 2,314,368, invalid 345,324, (14.9 per cent), valid, 1,969,044, and register 15.0 million.

Total registration in the North East is 1,531,070, invalid, 272,508, (17.8 percent), valid 1,258,562, registered 12.5 million.

The total number of registration stood at 12,298,944, invalid 2,780,756, (22.6 per cent), valid 9,518,188, while the total register is 93.5 million.

In the last few days, there have been divergent views from observers and political leaders in the South on the implications of the development.

Many people in the region are wondering how the zones with high literacy rates will record more invalid registration than the Northern parts of the country with lower literacy rates.

President, of Middle Belt Forum, Pogu Bitrus said he would not know how INEC arrived at the figures, saying other reasons apart from double registration could have informed what happened.

He, however, urged those whose registrations had been cancelled in the South East and South-south to come out if they know that they were duly registered, and testify that they have been short-changed and that INEC is being partial.

“Certainly, in this country today, we have so many foreigners; the majority of hawkers in Abuja and other parts of Nigeria are from Niger Republic and Chad and this may have increased the Northwest number of registrants,” he said.

Similarly, some are of the view that the average voter in Northern Nigeria has much voter education and awareness and are often curious to take part in the electoral process compared to people in the South.

“The average voter in the North is aware that power is the driver of any country and they take it very much more seriously than those in the South, therefore they cannot be blamed for having higher numbers of valid registration.

“Until the politicians in the South begin to mobilise the people and educate them properly on the importance of registration, and how to register, then numbers of invalid registration will reduce,” Adelaja Adeoye, former national publicity secretary of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), said.

Meanwhile, some stakeholders are saying that a thorough analysis of the reasons for the invalidation of PVCs must be undertaken; they say those that can be remedied, must be given a chance as the objective must be to get all eligible voters to register.

Ndubuisi Enechionyia, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for Enugu West senatorial zone told BusinessDay Sunday, that the recent elections conducted by INEC in Osun and Ekiti States showed that the Commission was ready for the task ahead unlike in the past.

According to him, “I am absolutely going to give INEC the benefit of the doubt for this election.

“A lot of what has happened in the off-season elections has shown we have an improvement in the conduct of INEC on elections. We must remain vigilant and supportive to ensure we do not revert to the old ways

“Another important aspect must be voter education and sensitisation to ensure that people come out to vote, and voting is not based on primordial sentiments. This is where there is an important role for INEC, our orientation agencies and political parties.

“Our biggest challenge is a failure of leadership at all levels. It is in all our enlightened self-interest that votes count and elections work. Nigeria needs to work, and it must start by freely electing our leaders and holding them accountable”.

Speaking to BusinessDay Sunday, Martins Onovo, a former presidential candidate, said the current leadership of INEC would not conduct free and fair polls next year.

He cited the recent removal of the Christian head of the INEC ICT unit, stressing that it was done to pave the way for the manipulation of the outcome of the 2023 polls.

“We have long concluded and announced that it is unreasonable to expect free and fair elections from the current INEC Chairman going by the 2019 elections. Currently, INEC has continued to show bias against Christians.

“It looks obvious that the removal of the Christian head of the INEC ICT unit was calculated to create the opportunity for prior manipulation of the elections”, Onovo said.

Onvo added that the manipulations were aimed to suppress votes in the South.

“They are using the same old method of suppressing votes in the Christian South and unlawfully boosting votes in the Muslim areas of the North were used to fix the elections in 2015 and 2019.

“This time, INEC must take note that the overwhelming majority of Nigerians will reject any fixed election,” he added.

An observer, who spoke to BusinessDay Sunday on condition of anonymity, said he smelt a rat that something untoward may be going on.

“With the assurances by the INEC that the election would be transparent as the results would be electronically uploaded from the polling unit, rigging is bound not to happen in that front; the new battlefront is the rigging before the exercise by reducing the voting strength of the people. What we are seeing now may not be far from that. It may be a grand plan. Are they telling me that those illiterate folks in the north are more enlightened than all of us here in the north? For me, it is ‘the more you look, the less you see’. That’s how I see it.”

The observer further said: “I heard that part of those INEC said it deregistered were underage registrants. I will only clap for INEC if I do not see children queue up to vote in Kano and other places in the North where they use underage children to rig elections. Is INEC saying that it has sanitised the system that such things would no longer feature? That would be the miracle of the century. We are watching.”

While there are protests and condemnation that INEC allegedly remove 30 percent (or so) number of voters from South West and South East from the present 93.5 million registers of voters, the Commission adduced reasons for the expulsion across the country.

INEC had said it invalidated 2.7 million ineligible registrants from the record of the 12.2 million newly registered voters.

https://businessday.ng/politics/article/high-inec-deregistered-voters-in-s-s-s-e-raises-concerns/

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Kanye West had a mouthful for the paparazzis who recently caught him hopping into his Maybach, telling the camera that he can’t be controlled because he hasn’t committed any crimes and can “say whatever he wants.”

He also name-dropped some big-name celebs, including Jay Z and Beyonce, Diddy, Shaq and Meek Mill and more.

In this Shade Room exclusive clip, Ye can be heard saying that he will not be controlled by the entities that have power over some of his fellow celebs, and even said that he can say whatever he wants and “not go to jail.”

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He goes on to mention Michael Jordan’s father, insinuating that the basketball legend’s dad was similarly sacrificed, the son of Bill Cosby, one of the most beloved Black comedians of all time who’s reputation was destroyed after he was accused of drugging women to rape them, and Dr. Dre’s son.

Ye touched on some of the brands that recently ceased doing business with him after accusations of Anti-semitism levied against the rapper, and reiterated “God got me” in spite of it all.

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