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Anambra gov election outcome reflects people’s will -US

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Gov. Elect of  Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo The United States Government has hailed the outcome of the just-concluded 2021 Anambra State Governorship Election. This was contained in a statement from the US Mission in Nigeria, titled, ‘Statement on the concluded Anambra State gubernatorial election’ on Wednesday. The US government said the outcome of the election reflected the will of the people. The PUNCH had reported that a former Governor of Central Bank and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, won the November 6 governorship election in Anambra. The statement read, “The United States government congratulates the citizens of Anambra State for the peaceful conduct of the gubernatorial election on November 6, the outcome of which reflects the will of the people. “We note the tremendous challenges faced by INEC and security force personnel on the ground and commend the efforts that led to a secure election with a credible outcome. ...
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NCC Reassures Nigerians on Safety of 5G Spectrum

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•Commission targets N632.39bn revenue in 2022 As Nigerians await the full operation of the new generation network, 5G, the Executive Vice Chairman of the National Communication Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has assured Nigerians of the safety of their health. This is just as the Commission proposed to generate N632.39 billion in 2022, from the sale of 5G spectrum to players in the telecom sector, among other revenue sources. Danbatta who gave the assurance yesterday, when he appeared before the National Assembly joint committee on Communications to defend his commission’s 2022 budget proposal, said the commission’s response was sequel to the fear being expressed by Nigerians over the deployment of the new technology.
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Anambra: Election In Ihiala LGA Holds Today From 10am To 4pm —INEC

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THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has announced that the supplementary election for Ihiala Local Government will commence today at 10am and end at 4 p.m. According to a statement signed on Monday by Barrister Festus Okoye, National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, the decision was taken following a careful review of the prevailing situation in Anambra state and is in consonance with the stakeholders including security agencies
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BREAKING: 19 members impeach Imo Speaker

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. …Elect Kennedy Ibeh as new Speaker The Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Paul Emeziem, has been impeached. The Speaker was impeached on Monday by 19 of 27 members of the State House of Assembly. Meanwhile, the member representing Obowo State Constituency, Kennedy Ibeh, has been elected as the new Speaker of the State House of Assembly. Details coming… Source:  Vanguard NG  By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri
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Which federal agencies deserve to be scrapped?

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By Tonnie Iredia The current high level of insecurity in Nigeria notwithstanding, her citizens still manage to relax and engage in humorous debates in parts of the country. No wonder some researchers once said Nigerians were the happiest people on earth! Two days ago, I witnessed a free for all debate, with no chairman and no moderator. It was so exciting and engaging that a report on it as the topic of today’s piece, easily displaced what I had thought was trending in Nigeria and which I had worked on all week. When i arrived the venue of a seminar where I was to serve as guest speaker, I met an intriguing debate on how poorly some federal agencies were and are still performing.
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INEC Suspends Collation Of Results For Anambra Governorship Election

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The Returning Officer for the Anambra State governorship election, Professor Florence Obi, and others in Awka on November 7, 2021. Source: ChannelsTV  by Akinola Ajibola       The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of results for the Anambra State governorship election. INEC’s Chief Returning Officer for the election, Professor Florence Obi, announced this on Monday at the commission’s head office in Awka. Party agents, reporters, and observers among others had waited until about 12:15am for the declaration of a winner before events took a different turn as a result of Professor Obi’s announcement. “We have collated results from 20 out of 21 local government areas,” said the chief returning officer who doubles as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar in Cross River State.
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Anambra Poll: INEC To Commence Collation Today, Says BVAS Issues Resolved

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Obiano, Uba, Ozigbo trade tackles over alleged rigging | Monitors report vote buying, late arrival of materials | Soludo, Uba, Ozigbo all win respective polling units The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it has largely resolved the earlier challenges on the malfunctioning of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) across many Polling Units (PUs) for Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State. Addressing newsmen yesterday night at the INEC State Headquarters Awka, the state capital the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Anambra State, Dr. Nkwachukwu Orji, said that collation of results of the election would commence on Sunday morning at the collation centre, INEC State Headquarters Awka, the state capital. LEADERSHIP reports that the commission had extended the accreditation and voting periods of the election from 2.30 pm to 4.00 pm local time over the BVAS challenge.
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