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INEC decentralises voter registration in Anambra

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He said  eight of the 14 activities have already been successfully implemented, including the conduct of party primaries, nomination of candidates and commencement of campaign by political parties.

However, to ensure that fresh voters and those who wish to transfer their registration to Anambra State or from one part of the state to another are given the opportunity to do so and to complete the process ahead of the election, the Commission has approved the devolution of the CVR to the 326 Wards in the state.

Okoye said: “The exercise will begin on Monday 30th August 2021 and end on Sunday 5th September 2021. This is in addition to the existing 21 Local Government Area offices and the State Head office where physical registration is currently taking place. This brings the total number of registration centres in the State to 348.”

He added: “In compliance with the provision of Section 9(5) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), voter registration shall stop not later than 60 days before an election. This means that the exercise in Anambra State will be suspended by 6th September 2021. This will enable the Commission to clean up the data, compile the register, make copies available to political parties, print the Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) for collection by registered voters and prepare two copies of the register for each of the 5,720 polling units ahead of the election.”

Consequently, in addition to our Local Government and State offices, those who wish to register in-person or physically can now do so at the Registration Area (Ward) level throughout the State from 30th August to 5th September 2021. Those who have done the online pre-registration must also complete the physical registration within those dates if they wish to vote in the forthcoming Governorship election. The Commission will suspend the physical registration of voters in Anambra State from 6th September 2021 until after the Governorship election.

From the online registration of voters, the Commission has identified 580 pre-registrants who booked for appointment to complete their registration after 5th September 2021. We have contacted each one of them by e-mail and rescheduled them within the dates earmarked for the devolved exercise. We have also given them the option to choose another date within that period if the date we proposed is not convenient for them. However, they are at liberty to reschedule for a later date if they do not wish to vote in the November 6th Governorship election.

In the Commission’s determination to continue to give Nigerians a pleasant experience during the CVR exercise, we are deploying 652 trained staff based on two personnel for each of the 326 wards. In addition, there will be enough voter registration machines and adequate technical support for the duration of the exercise which will hold between 9am and 3pm daily, including the weekend. Our State office in Anambra has commenced stakeholder engagements and massive publicity for the exercise.

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Under-pressure AIG Okolo says state police comment personal opinion, not IGP’s

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Under-pressure AIG Okolo says state police comment personal opinion, not IGP’s

Inspector-General of Police in charge of Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) at the Force Headquarters, Benjamin Okolo, may have been under pressure for saying Nigeria is not ripe for state police.

Since he represented the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, at a forum on Monday with former Nigeria’s presidents and leaders of thoughts, the statement was simply attributed to the IGP.

It was at a national dialogue on state police organised by the House of Representatives in Abuja.

Okolo however on Tuesday retracted the comment, saying he was not directed by IGP Egbetokun to disagree with the position of former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, and the former President, Goodluck Jonathan, on the issue of state police at the forum.

Okolo had also proposed that the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) be merged to become a department under the police.

Newstrends had quoted Okolo as saying at the Monday forum, “It is the submission of the leadership of the Nigeria police force that Nigeria is yet to mature and ready for the establishment of state-controlled police.

“In view of this, the police leadership rather is recommending the following instead of creating state police.

“First, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Road Safety to form a department under the Nigeria police.”

But in a U-turn, Okolo, at a press briefing at the Force Headquarters, Abuja on Tuesday, said he only made the comment in his personal capacity to stimulate the discourse, and not the official position of the IGP and the police force.

He said, “My expressions on state police at the session held at Abuja Continental Hotel on 22nd April, 2024 are my personal opinion to stimulate the discourse.

“They are not the views of the Inspector-General of Police or the Nigeria Police Force.”

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Shun politicking, FG tells new 17 Chargé D’affaires, Consuls General

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Shun politicking, FG tells new 17 Chargé D’affaires, Consuls General

The Federal Government has advised newly  appointed five new Chargé D’affaires and 12 Consuls General to the nation’s mission in other countries to shun politicking and focus strictly on their job.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, gave the charge while unveiling the new appointees on Tuesday.

He also charged them to be good ambassadors of Nigeria.

A statement by Alkasim Abdulkadir, the minister’s Special Assistant on Media and Communications Strategy, gave these details.
While asserting that they were pivotal to the economic drive of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Tuggar further stressed that as seasoned career diplomats, they should recommit themselves to their calling of diplomacy for the collective interest and development of Nigeria.
Reacting on behalf of the new appointees, the just appointed Consul General for the Consulate in New York, Ambassador Abubakar Jidda, reiterated the commitment of his colleagues to uphold the ethos of the profession and pledged to bring the much-needed investments to the country.

He thanked President Bola Tinubu and the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the confidence reposed in them.
The new appointees are to resume immediately, the statement added.

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Chargé D’affaires

Amb. Saidu Mohammed DODO, Damascus, Syria

Amb. Patrick Imoudu, IMOLOGHOME Pyongyang, Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea

Amb. Francisca Kemi OMAYULI

Singapore, Singapore

Amb. Babagana AHMADU

Bangui, Central African Republic

Amb. Mohammed MOHAMMED

Tripoli, Libya.

 

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Amb. Auwalu Jega NAMADINA

Atlanta, USA

 

Amb. Nnamdi Okechukwu NZE

Bata, Equatorial Guinea

 

Amb. Francis Ntui ENYA

Douala, Cameroon

 

Amb. Gbadebo AFOLABI

Shanghai, China

 

Amb. Oludare Ezekiel FOLOWOSELE

Hong Kong, China

 

Amb. Abubakar JIDDA

New York, USA

 

Amb. Yakubu Audu DADU

Frankfurt, Germany

 

Amb. Taofik Obasanjo Coker

Buea, Cameroon

 

Amb. George Collins ONWUEKWE

Guangzhou, China

 

Amb. Umar Ibrahim BASHIR

Johannesburg, South Africa

 

Amb. Zayyan IBRAHIM

Dubai, UAE

 

Amb. Muazam Ibrahim Jibrin NAYAYA

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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Produce copy of invitation to me, Bello challenges EFCC

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Former Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello and EFCC chairman Ola Olukoyede

Produce copy of invitation to me, Bello challenges EFCC

The former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, refuted allegations that he disregarded an invitation from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

According to the EFCC, Bello was summoned for interrogation on January 27 this year but failed to appear, leading to a declaration of him as a fugitive after an unsuccessful attempt to apprehend him at his Abuja residence.

In response to this claim, Bello’s media office issued a statement on Tuesday, challenging the accusations and urging the anti-graft agency to produce a copy of the invitation letter.

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The statement read, “Our attention has been drawn to a publication/press statement with the above title, issued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, 22nd April, 2024, and signed by Wilson Uwujaren, its Acting Director of Public Affairs.

“In the said statement, which the Commission carefully circulated widely as usual, Mr. Uwujaren, who we have to believe is not a lawyer, continues the EFCC’s ongoing unconscionable lies against the former Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency, Yahaya Bello, CON, by labelling him as a fugitive from justice in order to disingenuously justify their established and willful pattern of defying lawful court orders.

“Contrary to Mr. Uwujaren’s claims, official records and court documents relating to their hounding of Alhaji Yahaya Bello establish a clear timeline of events. These documents are endorsed with dates and times of filing and payments, which are endorsed on court processes – all of which testify to the true sequence of events.”

The statement, signed by Ohiare Michael from Bello’s media office, dismissed the EFCC’s assertions and accused the agency of resorting to intimidation and harassment. It emphasized that while Bello respects the rule of law, he is not afraid of the EFCC.

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