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sonnie10:
My question is , there is an offer for free nuclear energy for Iran , so that they stop uranium enrichment but they have refused it.
Can someone tell me what their plans are?

The Iranians have a right to develop their technology for nuclear energy not depend on another nation that could use it as a leverage on Iran 🇮🇷 in future.

ErebeOcoco:
I don't understand why anyone would think that Iran has a chance against Israel or the United state.

Yes they would lash back but what is the impact?

If the new leader refuse to swallow his pride and sue for peace, he may go the same way his father left.

Israelis mossad and the America CIA are all inside Iran doing the main job.

Iran is stronger and more dangerous than Israel in my opinion. It is only the USA🇺🇸 that has been aiding Israel🇮🇱 otherwise the Israeli can't stand Iran.

uche87:
https://www.facebook.com/thevillagetowncrier/posts/pfbid02nkSeSrc1YQNWRmB8Zyik8Ehs1xhAPtC6useqxhKbgJcrkF1A5jeZacoFtwj9xCKpl

What was the purpose of the Interview that Bwala honoured at that media outfit?

It is not a Nigerian outfit and it's followership is largely foreign. How many electorates in Nigeria follow "Head To Head"? It was an invite that he should have declined.

The image makers or promoters of the presidential candidates of next election should be attending interviews and discussions of National Television that can reach the electorates in Nigeria easily and directly. Head to Head is riding on the views and downloads of this particular interview and they have benefited more from it than Bwala or Tinubu or Nigeria.

J

aswani:
Why do people lie so much and where is any statistic to support the assertion above from either the Indian government or the UK home office?

Till kingdom come, Nigerians would still emigrate to foreign countries because even if the country is stable, people don't believe that stability would last long enough.

This writer then segued into emigration as a major determinant as to how badly a country is run instead of focusing on Bwala's interview.

How can anyone take such people or their write up seriously?

Mass emigration started before this current government and it will continue during this government and even after this government.

BluntCrazeMan:
You guys said that the Electoral Act 2022 is very okay, that it doesn't need to be amended.

Yet it got amended.
That's a very good one.

But it had not been done properly.

You can continue to rant about me saying it.

But that is just what it is.

Unfortunately, we don't care how you feel about it.

The electioneering is our focus now.

BluntCrazeMan:
Ok..

At least, you clearly understood that the Electoral Act 2026 is already faulty - and needs a slight maintenance.

Hmmm.

Didn't our people, our representatives in the National Assembly and Executive Government of Nigeria just revised and pass the bill in 2026?

Must they always revise it at your call and very ridiculous frequency?

Is there a perfect bill, constitution or decree in the world that isn't subject to reviews and future amendments?

You guys have a very serious problem and you are the only ones that can fix it. However, we are focused on the elections that would be holding next year in accordance to the Amended Electoral Act 2026. You don't have to present a candidate if you are not satisfied with the Electoral Act, as it is today.

BluntCrazeMan:
Here are some of the salient points and comments and questions about the ambiguities and contradictions which are noticed inside the newly enacted “Electoral Act 2026”


Please, download the Electoral Act 2026 using the link below:
https://placng.org/i/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ElectoralAct2026.pdf

This is going to be a long thread, but I promise you that it is going to be very interesting, very enlightening, and VERY EYE-OPENING.!!

SO,, LET'S GO.!!


Section: 25(2)(g)
Question:
In this sub-section, the Electoral Act says: “The returning officer shall announce the result and declare the winner of the election at - the State Collation Center in the case of a Presidential election...”
So, is this sub-section implying that the “State Collation Officer” in a “Presidential Election” can actually announce and declare the WINNER of the Presidential Election at the State Collation Level.??


Section: 29(5)
Comment-1:
This sub-section is not fair to the candidates from other parties -- who cannot even question the authenticity of the documents that are submitted by a candidate of any particular party -- especially when ALL the supposed aspirants in the candidate’s party have chosen not to contest the authenticity of the candidate’s documents due to their supposed Loyalty to their Party, and for the purpose of the success of their Party.

(The Nigerian Law-Makers should explain why they left that sub-section so narrow and so tight.)


Section: 29(5) -- (continued)
Comment-2:
This sub-section is actually a constitutional matter (see also the Section: 85 of the Electoral Act).

Thus, any of the other contesting parties can use the supremacy of the constitution over that particular Section: 29(5) of the Electoral Act -- adding the fact that the co-contesting parties are also interested parties in the matter. The other contesting parties can establish their "locus-standi" in the case, and then drag the candidate of the particular party to court on constitutional grounds, even though they are not members of the party, and that they did not contest in the primaries with the candidate.

This particular court process should be done clearly before the conduct of the election -- That-is, after the INEC had just finished publishing the documents of the candidates of the various parties.
This is because, the matter is supposed to be a pre-election matter -- and it also means that it should not be brought up in the Election Petition Tribunal.


Section: 29(5) -- (continued)
Comment-3:
“Forgery” is totally different from “Perjury” -- (that is, “telling lies on oath”) -- which is a criminal case.

For criminal cases, the police would first investigate the matter, and then drag the matter to court before trial can commence against the person.
In such a case, persons that are protected by immunity clauses cannot be dragged to court, because the case is a criminal case.

But in the case of “forgery and false documents” which is a constitutional matter in this case it does not require the police to be the ones to take the matter to court.
An interested party can take the matter to court.

And again, persons who are protected by immunity clauses are not shielded from being sued to court when the case is a clear constitutional matter.


Section: 29(5) -- (continued).
Question:
The question here now is -- “According to the Act, does it mean that it is ONLY an aspirant who co-participated in the primaries of the political party with the candidate who won the primaries can question the authenticity of the DOCUMENTS which were submitted by the candidate who won??”

“Does that also mean that not even the INEC can question the authenticity of such documents -- even when the forgery is very bare and obvious?”

What then is the need for the “Public Disclosure” of the documents of the candidate in Section:29(3), when it is of no use to the public?


Section: 29(7)
Question:
This sub-section somehow already assumed that the candidate and the party that was disqualified in sub-section: (6) actually “WON” the election which had already been held before the courts passed their final judgement.
So, what if a situation occurred where the candidate and party that was disqualified in sub-section: (6) DID NOT WIN the election, & judgement was later passed; would the order for INEC to conduct a fresh election still hold.?
Or would it be presumed that the judgement had been overtaken by events?


Section: 47(2)
Question:
Why is it that the “Number of Accredited Voters” that were automatically captured and stored inside the “Bimodal Voter Accreditation System or any other technological device” were not also mandated to be electronically transmitted to the IREV Portal??

(This question became necessary since the sub-Section: 60(3) of the Electoral Act mandated that the “results” were to be electronically transmitted to the IREV Portal).

So, why were the “Number of Accredited Voters” Not also mandated to be electronically transmitted too?


Section: 50(2)
Question:
If Section:60(3) has already specified the method of transmitting the results, why would this section still come back again to mention that “..transmission of results under this Act shall be in accordance with the procedure determined by the Commission.”?


Section: 60(3)
Comment-1:
It is very necessary for us to note that the term “Form EC8A” was not explained or described in the Electoral Act to mean the “Polling Unit Result Sheet” in any way.

Even though the Electoral Act mentioned that the “Form EC8A” contains some form of results which can be used for collation, the Act didn't describe the “Form EC8A” to be the “Result Sheet at the Polling Units”.
The term “Form EC8A” in the Act could mean anything, since it is not sufficiently described. It could mean a “Poster-Form” on which the Results could be written upon, and be pasted on the wall at the venue of voting - and can also be used as the primary source of data for collation and declaration of results.

This also means that, if the INEC changes the name or the code which they currently used to represent the Polling-Unit Result Sheets -- from “Form EC8A” to a new name or code -- in all future elections; then, that would render the term “Form EC8A” totally useless inside the Electoral Act, since it would become a totally non-existent entity -- both inside the Electoral Act 2026 and in everywhere else -- owing to the fact that it was not fully described in the Act -- only the technical name “Form EC8A” and its partial functions were given in the Act.


Section: 60(3) -- (continued)
Comment-2:
The term “IREV Portal”, even though it was not directly defined, was given a fully implied meaning when the Act stipulated that “the Electronically Transmitted Results would be transmitted to the IREV Portal”.

From the implied meaning, the “IREV Portal” is definitely supposed to mean an electronic “web portal” where the results from the polling units are electronically transmitted to.


Section: 60(3) -- (continued)
Question-1:
The law clearly stipulates that “Communication Failure” is the ONLY Reason why a transmitted result cannot be seen immediately on the IREV Portal.

Thus, the question here is: “what then happens if INEC brings up some other man-made or third-party excuses for the delay in seeing the results appearing on the IREV Portal??
For instance, some excuses such as “two-factor authentication by a Ward-Officer”, “GLITCHES”, Unforeseen and unplanned delays of the transmitted results to appear on the IREV Portal.
What is supposed to happen when such situations arise?”


Section: 60(3) -- (continued)
Question-2:
If the “electronic transmission of the result” fails as a result of some other unforseen or deliberate mistakes or errors that were made by the staff of INEC (and were not caused by “Communication Failure” -- which could be clearly regarded as a situation beyond the control of INEC) what should be done?


Section: 60(3) -- (continued)
Question-3:
At what point would it be deemed fit for it to be accepted that the “electronic transmission of the result has failed as a result of communication failure, and that it has become impossible to transmit the result”?

(This question above simply means that the Presiding Officer must have tried the transmission at-least ONCE, and it did not show on the IREV Portal. The presiding officer cannot just announce that there is no network and then refuse to do the transmission -- if he does that, then he is clearly going against the Electoral Act 2026).


Section: 60(5)
Comment:
The word “transmit” (as defined or explained in Section:155) could either be done MANUALLY or ELECTRONICALLY.

Therefore, wherever and whenever the term “Electronic Transmission” is intended, the full phrase of “Electronic Transmission” must be clearly written.
Otherwise, the lone word “transmission” would easily be assumed to mean “MANUAL TRANSMISSION”.


Section: 60(5) -- (continued)
Comment-2:
The Act did not specify that the presiding officer AT THE POLLING UNIT would give copies of the Result-Sheets to the Police Officer & the Polling Agents that are present.


Section: 62(1)
Question:
If according to Section:60(5) of the Electoral Act, that the results had already been “Transmitted to the next level of collation”, (which could already be regarded as “Manual Transmission”), why then is the Electoral Act repeating the exact same procedures again in Section:62(1) using another rephrased language.??

(Unless (perhaps) the Section:60(5) was intended to mean “Electronic Transmission”, and not just “Transmission” (or “Manual Transmission”), then it means that Section:62(1) is actually different from Section:60(5).)

But as of now,, Section:62(1) is just a rephrasing of Section:60(5).


Section: 62(3)
Comment:
Even though the Electoral Act stated that the electronic database should be updated “on a continuous basis”, there is need for the Act to state how soon -- after any concluded election -- that the results of the election would be updated in the database -- such that anybody who is interested in getting a copy of the results can wait until such timelines have elapsed, and then, the person would apply to get the electronic copy of such results that were related to the concluded election -- which were uploaded and stored on the electronic database -- and get the electronic copy.


Section: 62(3) -- (continued)
Question:
Are there no penalties for INEC if there are concluded elections whose results are not stored on the electronic database -- even after one month had passed after that election was concluded, but the database was not updated on the electronic database yet?


Section: 62(4)(b)
Question:
The wrong referencing of “Section:60(4)” inside Section:62(4)(b) is very confusing. It is either that the clause referred to Section:60(3) or to Section:60(5).
So, which one exactly is supposed to be referenced.??
Why did the Act “Section:60(4)” at all - in the first place??


Section: 68
Question:
How soon after the conclusion of the election is the INEC required to publish the final summary of the results of the concluded election on their website?

And what would be the penalty if the INEC failed to publish the final results within such timelines?


Section: 71(1)
Question:
Why is it that the duplicate copies of “..the collated result which were completed at the ward, local government, state and national levels of collation..” were to be given to the police officers and the polling agents; but these same collated results were not mandated by the Electoral Act to be electronically transmitted to the IREV Portal as well -- just as was the case with the polling unit results in section:60(3)?

(The collated results are supposed to be electronically transmitted to the IREV Portal too).


Section: 137(3)(a)&(b).
Question:
This section of the Act says that where a petitioner complains about the conduct of an electoral officer, a presiding officer, returning officer, IT SHALL NOT BE NECESSARY TO JOIN SUCH OFFICERS, NOTWITHSTANDING THE NATURE OF THE COMPLAINT but rather, the commission shall be made a respondent, and be DEEMED TO BE DEFENDING THE PETITION FOR ITSELF AND ON BEHALF OF ITS OFFICERS OR SUCH OTHER PERSONS.
But in the Paragraph--51(1) of the “First Schedule”, the Act says that when the election petition complains about the conduct of an electoral officer, a presiding officer, returning officer, or any other official of the commission, he shall be DEEMED TO BE A RESPONDENT, AND BE JOINED IN THE ELECTION PETITION AS A NECESSARY PARTY.

These two provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 are clearly contradicting themselves.

So the question here is...
“Which one out of these two contradicting provisions of the “Electoral Act 2026” would be taken as the substantial law?”

..


Now that I have finished listing out the issues which I discovered with the Newly Enacted “Electoral Act 2026”....... Only two things are now left to be done.

1. It's either that the National Assembly members go back and amend the “Electoral Act 2026” in such a way to answer all these “Questions” without further ambiguities..

...Or...

2. That some spirited citizens (or knowledgeable politicians) should pick up these “Questions” and head to any “Federal High Court” in the country for Further Interpretations, and for the issuance of necessary “Court Orders” to the INEC.

This Second Option Is Very Risky Though..

But nevertheless,,
..Rather than heading towards the next elections with a very confusing “Electoral Act” - without doing anything about it - then it is better to at-least head to the courts early enough, in order to know exactly where the Electoral Act truly stands in the eyes of the law -- and thus, minimize ambiguities.

So what is your point?

Do we have to urgently review the Electoral Act again?

Can't you and your parties challenge the Electoral Act in court, like Peter Obi, so we can focus on the upcoming electioneering.

Ayatollah Ali Reza Arafi is alive and well. Stop spreading unverified information.

Kingsland24:
IGP Since 1999

OBJ’s Presidency : All SouthWest
➡️IGP Musiliu Smith
➡️IGP Mustafa Balogun
➡️IGP Sunday Ehindero.

Yar’Adua’s Presidency : All SouthEast
➡️IGP Mike Okiro
➡️IGP Ogbonna Onovo

GEJ’s Presidency : All NorthWest
➡️IGP Hafiz Ringim
➡️IGP M. D Abubarkar
➡️IGP Suleiman Abba

PMB’s Presidency : 1 SouthSouth, 2 NorthCentral and 1 NorthEast
➡️IGP Solomon E. Arase
➡️IGP Ibrahim Kpotun Idris
➡️IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu
➡️IGP Usman Alkali Baba

PBAT’s Presidency : 2 SW
➡️IGP Kayode Egbetokun
➡️The next IGP is reported to be AIG Tunji Disu and he is from the South West

Your article has the subject: inspector Generals of Police (IGPs) since 1999.

However, in the body, you started referencing the geopolitical zones of the past and present IGPs.

Is this meant to focus on tribal or geographical zones of iGPs? Is this about tribal sentiments?

Anyway, for your information:
It is the prerogative of the Commander in Chief of Armed Forces - President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to choose Security Chiefs based on intelligence reports, records, competence and personal sentiments.

You can love Mbah or whoever as a DIG of Police so much but it the choice of the President Bola Tinubu that would suffice - he has made his choice and you will have to live by it and expect professionalism, respect for human rights and more secured Nigeria from the Police Force under his leadership.

heysquare:
Security chiefs position is always a zoning one if any of the security chief is removed and needed to replace the replacement will be from the same zone and not to other that's why you see that all IGs are from same zone. Except they reshuffle the cabinet then the zoning might change.

No sir,

Security Chiefs are not influenced on the basis of zone or tied to geographical zones.

It is the prerogative of the Commander in Chief of Armed Forces - President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to choose Security Chiefs based on intelligence reports, records, competence and personal sentiments.

kiddaz:
Not true. I nor know anything there apart from coconut candy and Kuli Kuli, the rest looks like native soaps to me. I was a bit confused cos then again I might have seen them being hawked since relocating to Lagos in my later years but I never bothered to ask what they are cos to me na soap dem be. Still don't know what they're nor am I ever going to be interested in knowing.

I recognize and ate all of the items that the op described.

MiddleDimension:
It is ''coconut sweet'' not ''coconut candy''. We don'tv say ''candy'' in Nigeria, we say ''sweet''.

If you say ''coconut candy'', not too many people especially the women who sell it, know what you are talking about. So, it is ''coconut sweet''.

The author of the post that I responded to called it "Coconut Candy". You can call it whatever you like but I refer to it as Coconut Candy.

I don't need your lecture or opinion on "coconut sweet". What do you mean by the statement that we don't say or know coconut candy in Nigeria?

Candy is defined as: "a sugar-based confection, often combined with chocolate, fruits, or nuts, commonly eaten as a sweet snack".

Maybe you should read before you comment!

NotSidestory:
Hello I'm a male of 27 years not sexually active ,of recent I just started noticing a pain on my pee pee which I have no Idea of what may be the cause. If I want to urinate I feel pain or during orgasm from wet dream.

Some times when I sit on the toilet seat some white fluid comes out. Pls if you experienced it or have any recommendations pls I will be to receive it pls help a brother. Thanks

I think it's Gonorrhea. Get medical help by checking into a hospital, subject yourself to investigation (laboratory tests) and get a clear understanding of the infection.

Mariangeles:
Coconut candy

This one ehn...

Coconut Candy has got me drooling. I still love it today

brain54:
I don't have any problem with a woman being president...


Natasha does very well as a senator. Infact, she is one of the top performing senators in my opinion.


But I don't think she has the right temperament for president. She seems volatile. Like ay keg of gun powder!

Your statement that I made bold is your opinion.

I don't have a problem with a woman being President of Nigeria. However, I don't want Natasha Apoti Uduaghan.

njokuuche77:
Which kind Blogger be this, why not make the video full na.
Me squinting my eyes to watch video.

I like this Natasha woman. She is very bold, smart and confrontational

I don't see her, as smart person!

So being confrontational is something to like for you?

There is a thin line between boldness and arrogance!

Baawaa:
This woman is always in bad news
Tuface,may God be with you

What is the relationship between 2face and Natasha Apoti Uduaghan?

AMINDA:
Go and write it down. Elrufai will scrub the floor with all of you on all charges and come out unscathed.

Really, we shall see. We will be waiting for you.

AMINDA:
What crime? Are you referring to the tapping? Elrufai will simply plead not guilty and the onus will now lie on the NSA to prove with technical evidence and beyond reasonable doubt, that he did tap his phone.

Section 36(11) of Nigeria's 1999 Constitution (as amended) provides that no person shall be compelled to give evidence against themselves in a criminal matter.

Translation: Even if I say I bedded your wife, you can't charge me to court and win unless you are able to prove it. I will simply decline to testify against myself. I'll send an invoice later for the legal consultation. It's not free.

Just take some time to listen to yourself and see how ridiculous you sound.

ogascomax:
This is your own conclusion which he did not say. Information can be leaked to any body.

Please, go and listen to the video again. The anchor of the program put Elrufai into the perspective of what he has done and what he implied.

El-Rifai agreed and claimed it, Elrufai even went ahead to claim that the government also eave drop on citizen's calls or tap citizen's calls hence he tried to justify what he and his associates have done.

He probably didn't look and think about the implications of what he was saying before he mentioned it.

Alfred200825:
So what's your point?

ChatGPT is designed and invented to help us with those exercises, like writing speech, articles and correspondences.

So if someone used it and moderated the AI generated write-up to suit his needs and desired correspondence, so be it and it doesn't mean the person is lady at mind.

anonimi:
Was the electoral law changed 23 years ago when INEC shifted the election date to avoid clashing with Easter

You can challenge INEC in court if they don't change it to satisfy you.

Alfred200825:
No its not bad, it's a sign of mental laziness

Your matter be like person wey them give scientific calculator to work during exams but you would rather calculate with your senses, mind and hands.

You are very funny however, it is your choice.

anonimi:
Noting stakeholders concerns.


Does it mean that they will change the date

I think they are just trying to be diplomatic. They have made a salient point that the decision to choose those dates or period was informed by the electoral law.

The only way to change it is to change the electoral laws.

Alfred200825:
At least them nor use ChatGPT write this one

Is it bad, Improper or evil to use ChatGPT to compose write ups?

ogascomax:
Can't you guys just listen and say something as the person said it. Did he say he tapped it?

"Tapped the communication" of the NSA is the simple literal explanation of what he did, according to him.

He did it with a team of conspirators who planned and executed it.

Quite aptly stated and professionally scripted response from INEC.

dominique:
No competent court to will grand full or joint custody to a type of parent like Davido and the tragedy of losing his son has little to do with it. He's hardly available and he surrounds himself with all sorts of shady characters no sane parent will be comfortable leaving a child with.



Sophia did not sue him, he was the one that sued her. She never stopped him from seeing Imade, she only requested that the visits must be supervised and the child cannot travel with him. Considering the type of lifestyle Davido is living, that's the best kind of access he can get with the child, let's leave sentiment out of this. It was through this lawsuit that we got to know that Davido did not pay child support on Imade for years, Sophia never made this public till she got sued and Davido never refuted this till date. Whoever advised Davido to embark on this custody battle did not do well at all

Why would a sane mother request or contemplate "supervised visits" for father and his daughter.

Do you know why he refused to pay child support?

Davido did the right thing by pushing for joint custody of his child. It is better to lose the custody case in court than to never push it. History will be kind to him.

ogascomax:
He did not say he did. Someone did and he got the information from the person.

El- Rufai made a major blunder on this revelation especially on National or International TV.

How can you reveal that you tapped the phone conversations of the National Security Advisor? If he is now claiming that it wasn't him directly, then he is in the scheme or group and he now has to explain and name the co- conspirators.

This can be interpreted as a criminal offence.

El-Rufai go explain tire.

Marriage and enduring relationship is between two consenting and matured adults who are expected to be responsible for the relationship or marriage, products of the marriage, success or failure of the marriage.

The moment one party starts deflecting and blaming the other for failure or challenges in the marriage. That is someone being irresponsible and perhaps guilty of unconscious or conscious destruction of the relationship or marriage.

Freshandfitpod:
I always stand for truth whether it favours me or not

What is the truth about Donald Trump White House and his leadership?

Please, what is the difference between electronic transmission and electronic transfer of results from the plloing centers?

Isn't this simply semantics?