By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna: The EU Election Observation Mission to Nigeria has advised INEC to pay special attention to processes that would impact on the outcome of elections. The EU Chief Observer, Mr. AlojzPeterle, gave the advice while fielding questions at a forum with journalists in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. Mr. Peterle commended INEC for a peaceful conduct of the National Assembly elections,but suggested improvements in some technical areas. In his words “We are pleased to be able to observe that the polling booths were functional with several exceptions; the accreditation process was done generally well. “We saw only... Continue Reading
By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna – The results for today’s presidential election are to be publicly displayed and tallied on stalled electronic screens as they arrive from the states, at the Presidential Collation Center in Abuja, the nation’s seat of government. Voting figures from all the thirty-six states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, collated at the various polling units, will be summed up electronically at the centre located in the central business district. This marks a shift from the previous approach from the 2003 and 2007 elections, when results were manually computed. This method adopted by the current... Continue Reading
By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna – The Nigeria Governors Forum has assured that governors across the federation were committed to ensuring free, fair, credible and transparent polls. Director-General of the secretariat,Mr. Asishana Okauru, who made the declaration, said:“If you are the beneficiary of a process with lot of integrity, then it means you have a good authority to do a number of things. It means your mandate is grounded.’’ He said governors had been very consistent with their push for free fair and credible elections for all elections. Mr. Okauru noted that ensuring that the polls are free, fair, transparent and credible... Continue Reading
By Katongole Kiwanuka – Two more strikes took centre stage today in Uganda’s capital Kampala as students of Makerere University took to the streets to protest a 100 per cent hike in the tuition fees while workers of a beauty products company – Movit Industries rioted in protest of underpayment and reported sexual harassment. The strikes at Makerere University – a major public university started with a peaceful demonstration at the Freedom Square within the University until Police intervened to yield to running battles around the university. The university authorities are reported to have raised fees from an average of... Continue Reading
By Gambian Correspondent – The newly-appointed Minister of Trade, Regional Integration and Employment, Abdul Salam Secka, has tender his resignation letter to the President, according to news monitored over GRTS TV. “The President acting under the powers vested in him by the Constitution of The Gambia has accepted the resignation of Abdoul Salam Secka from his position as minister of Trade, Regional Integration and Employment with effect from 14th April 2011,” the dispatch from the presidency added. The letter written by Abdoul Salam Secka reads: “Your Excellency, I refer to your letter in which you acknowledged my acceptance letter appointing... Continue Reading
