NYSC DG issues strong warning to corps members overnight travels, gives reasons
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NYSC DG issues strong warning to corps members overnight travels, gives reasons

Politics tamfitronics Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have been warned against embarking on night travels.The warning was issued to corps members by the Director General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Yusha’u Ahmed, on Friday, August 30.According to Ahmed, no corps member is authorised to make night travels and anyone found embarking on such act will be sanctioned in line with the NYSC bye-laws.Speaking while addressing corps members of the 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream Two and Camp Officials at the NYSC FCT Orientation Camp in Kubwa, Abuja, Ahmed said the corps is engaging with stakeholders to sensitize members on the dangers of night travels.He said the majority of the kidnap cases of corps members are recorded from night travels. His words, “The majority of Corps members’ kidnapping cases are due to night travel....
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PDP Raises Alarm as APC Uploads Emojis, Foreigner Photos as Agents for Edo Election
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PDP Raises Alarm as APC Uploads Emojis, Foreigner Photos as Agents for Edo Election

Politics tamfitronics The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised concerns over the upload of strange pictures, including emojis, foreigner photos, and non-human images, by the All Progressives Congress (APC) as its polling and collation agents for the September governorship election in Edo State.This follows the failure of the APC to meet the deadline for uploading the names and data of its agents.The PDP has warned INEC against allowing the APC to make alterations, citing potential manipulation. The PDP spokesman, Debo Ologunagba, stated that the APC’s actions aim to cause confusion, smuggle in thugs, and disrupt the poll.The PDP claims the APC is not prepared for a democratic contest and relies on manipulation and lies.Ologunagba said INEC should “firmly resist the plot by the APC to smuggle in unaccredited Polling and Collation Agents after the APC...
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BREAKING: Kano state electoral commission reschedules LGA polls to October 26
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BREAKING: Kano state electoral commission reschedules LGA polls to October 26

Politics tamfitronics The Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) has announced a change in the date for the Local Government elections, now rescheduled to October 26, 2024, from the previously set November 30, 2024.At a press conference on Friday, Sani Malumfashi, Chairman of KANSIEC, explained that the rescheduling aligns with a recent Supreme Court ruling that granted autonomy to local governments and conforms to the mutual agreement between the State and Federal Governments.He said the decision is also influenced by the October deadline for Local Government Financial Autonomy.Malumfashi emphasized the necessity of this adjustment, stating, “In recognition and conformity with the recent Supreme Court decision, the mutual agreement between State and Federal Government, and upon the expiration of the October deadline on Local Government Financial Autonomy, the Commission is compelled to reschedule the Local Government...
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The Dangerous Dance of Media and Politics: Why Naspers’ R2 Million Donation to the ANC is a Threat to Democracy

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