Wike claims that Amaechi and Cole conspired against Tinubu’s presidential ambitions.
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There will be no ‘Oro celebration’ in Lagos today; elections will take place as planned – police
The Nigeria Police Force has told voters in Lagos State that there will be no Oro celebrations in the state on Saturday (today), claiming that the gubernatorial and state assembly elections scheduled for that day are not jeopardized. According to social media reports, the Oro festival will be held in various regions of the state on Saturday, the same day as the elections. The development elicited emotions from Nigerians, the majority of whom bemoaned the situation. Muyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Affairs Officer, stated that only one part of the state participated in Oro, which he confirmed ended on Friday (yesterday). "When the rumor went around that there will be Attacks between Wednesday and Thursday, the biggest city that is concerned is Ikate land where we have Kabiyesi Oba Elegushi and I personally put a call to Kayesi to find out what is the situation. "I am a Yoruba man, and I know what they mean when they say Oro cult or Oro festival. I know that many people, notably women, will be barred from moving, and he reiterated that the Oro celebration will end yesterday (Friday). So, because the election is today (Saturday), it is not a threat to the democratic process in any manner, Adejobi said on Channels Television on Friday. "I suppose if the Oro is over today, that's the end of it. Well, according to what I've heard from Lagos State, the Campaign ends today, Friday, and the election is tomorrow. Consequently, I don't see it as a threat to the electoral process," Adejobi added. He stated that he is unaware of any other municipalities in the state planning to have the Oro festival on election day, and hence there is no cause for concern. He did, however, say that if certain people insist on carrying out such activities on election day, the police will deal with the situation as well. Festival is an event celebrated by Yoruba towns and localities. It is an annual patriarchal ceremony that is only commemorated by male descendants who are paternal natives of the exact regions where the event is taking place. Females and non-natives are not permitted to attend the celebration because oral tradition holds that Or must not be seen by women or non-participants.
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INEC asks the appeals court to overturn the decision regarding temporary voter cards.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has petitioned the Court of Appeal in Abuja to overturn the Federal High Court’s decision to allow voters with Temporary Voter Cards (TVC) to vote in the Governorship and National Assembly elections scheduled for Saturday, March 18. In the suit, the electoral board sought an injunction against the execution of the March 9 judgment, directing them to “enable the Respondents to use their Temporary Voter Cards in lieu of the Permanent Voter Cards for the 2023 general elections” pending the outcome of its appeal. INEC argued in three grounds of appeal that the Federal High Court in Abuja erred in dismissing its position that the use of the TVC would amount to usurpation of the National Assembly’s authority under Item II of the concurrent legislative list. It criticised the trial court for ruling that PVC was not stated in the Constitution or the Electoral Act as a need for voting or as the only way a voter may be vetted, accredited, and vote. “A person is entitled to vote at an election conducted by the Commission if he or she shows a valid PVC at the polling unit in which he or she is registered as a voter,” INEC stated. It further stated that by virtue of section 18(3) of the Electoral Act 2022, “the intendment of the lawmakers is obvious for the effect that a PVC is the only legitimate instrument for voter accreditation at polling unit with the usage of BVAS machine in elections”. The electoral body added that the trial court’s decision, which embarked on judicial legislation and jettisoned the relevance and import of the said Manual & Guidelines, which prescribed in detail, accreditation and voting procedure with the exclusive use of PVCs, defeated the entire essence of the Manual & Guidelines. In his decision, Judge Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court directed INEC to allow two disgruntled registered voters, Misters Kofoworola Olusegun and Wilson Allwell, to participate in the elections with their TVCs. The plaintiffs had complained that despite their efforts and many visits to the INEC office, they were unable to receive their PVCs before the February 6 deadline set by the electoral body. The trial court determined that the evidence presented proved that the plaintiffs were properly registered, with their information recorded in INEC’s database. As a result, it issued an order requiring INEC to allow them to vote in the next elections using the TVC provided by the electoral body, which had been duly recorded in the National Registry of Voters’ database.
On March 18, 2023, elections will be held in 28 states.
The conflict has moved to the states now that the Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the results of the presidential and national assembly elections, notwithstanding the legal disputes that followed. On March 18, 2023, Nigerians will vote once more to choose governors and state assembly members. At the governorship elections, which were scheduled to take place in 28 of the Federation’s 36 states, a total of 18 political parties fielded candidates. This is because eight states’ governorship elections—Anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Imo, Kogi, Osun, and Ondo—are held off-year because of legal disputes and judicial rulings. Nonetheless, there will be elections for state legislators in each of the 36 member states of the Federation. For the 993 seats in the State Houses of Assembly, there are thousands of contenders. These figures come from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In alphabetical order, the 28 states where governorship elections will hold on March 18, 2023 are: Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara. modern technology The electoral umpire used the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System and its Outcome Viewing Portal for this year’s elections (IReV). The electoral board has implemented two new technologies, the IReV and the BVAS, for the accreditation and electronic transmission of votes in this year’s elections. INEC has once more stated that the technologies would be used for the elections on March 18 and that any bugs that were discovered during the presidential and National Assembly elections a few weeks ago have been fixed. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP), two opposition political groups, are dubious of the procedure. The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate and former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, was elected president in the presidential election, which was also denounced by the opposition parties. The PDP and the LP claimed that INEC violated Section 60 of the Electoral Act 2022.ct 2022 by failing to electronically submit results from the more than 170,000 polling places to the IReV platform.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino Re-Elected Until 2027
Gianni Infantino was re-elected as FIFA president until 2027 after running unopposed at the governing body of world football’s summit on Thursday. The 52-year-old Swiss lawyer, who succeeded the disgraced Sepp Blatter in 2016, was re-elected for a third term by delegates from the 211 member federations, just as he was four years ago. “To all those who adore me, and I know there are many, and to those who despise me, and I know there are a few: I love you all,” Infantino told delegates in Rwanda’s capital, where the voting mechanism failed to count the number of dissenting voices. While FIFA laws now limit a president to three four-year terms, Infantino has already laid the groundwork for a stay until 2031, saying in December that his first three years in office did not count as a full term. Infantino, who vehemently supported Qatar’s World Cup hosting last year as the Gulf state’s treatment of migrant workers, women, and the LGBTQ community came under scrutiny, has presided over the expansion of the men’s and women’s World Cups as well as massive increases in FIFA revenue. Lise Klaveness, president of the Norwegian Football Federation, has stated that she will not support Infantino and has proposed that the congress debate “FIFA’s responsibility to remedy human rights breaches” in respect to the Qatar World Cup and future tournaments. But, Infantino’s opponents, who were mostly based in Europe, were unable to field a candidate to challenge the guy who was previously Michel Platini’s number two at UEFA. World Cup will be expanded. “There is a lot to be looking forward to,” Infantino said as he shifted thoughts to the next four years and vowed the 2026 World Cup, the first edition to be increased to 48 teams, will be “the most inclusive World Cup ever”. FIFA stated on Tuesday that the tournament in North America will feature 104 matches, a significant increase over the previous World Cup’s 64, and will begin with 12 groups of four countries. The forthcoming women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand later this year will feature 32 teams for the first time, up from 24 teams in the last edition in 2019. Infantino also intends to launch a new, expanded Club World Cup, which will be held every four years beginning in 2025 and will feature 32 teams. “We need more competitions, not less,” he told delegates at the 73rd FIFA Congress. Infantino has also stated that he expects to earn $11 billion in the four years leading up to 2026, up from $7.5 billion in the previous four-year cycle ending in 2022. However, he stated that this figure does not include cash earned by the Club World Cup, implying that the total amount of money generated will be significantly higher. These increased financial performance enable FIFA to continue raising the amount of money it provides in federation subsidies, ensuring that many of them will continue to support Infantino. FIFA distributes money fairly in order to make football “truly global,” as Infantino puts it, at a time when big European teams can stockpile talent and cash. As a result, countries such as Trinidad & Tobago and Papua New Guinea receive the same amount as Brazil and each has one vote in Congress. The FIFA president does not need to worry about upsetting the big European nations as long as he retains the 35 Central American states, including numerous Caribbean islands, or the 54 African federations on his side. That is why Infantino was not deterred by failed ideas for a biannual World Cup or the decision to prohibit rainbow-themed “One Love” armbands promoting LGBTQ rights during the World Cup in Qatar. Nevertheless, football’s fractures show little signs of healing as long as Infantino’s growth aspirations persist. The World Leagues Forum, which represents 44 leagues throughout the world, has complained that FIFA did not engage with them before unveiling plans for the new Club World Cup, which will be crammed into a “already overloaded” calendar.
Ihedioha and Ugochinyere-Imo summoned by police for alleged involvement in murder, kidnapping, and arson.
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Soldiers in Zamfara neutralize several bandits, recover a rocket launcher, and destroy camps.
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The IGP orders movement restrictions on election day, barring Amotekun and others.
In preparation for the upcoming governorship and state assembly elections on March 18, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has issued a directive to
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