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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RFK Jr. Is Honoring His Family Legacy by Endorsing Trump | Opinion
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RFK Jr. Is Honoring His Family Legacy by Endorsing Trump | Opinion

Politics tamfitronics There is always a price to be paid for crossing party lines. But when the person doing it is a Kennedy, the cost is far higher. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s defection from the Democrats and his endorsement of former President Donald Trump last week is being treated by his family in joint statements as a betrayal of the legacy of his namesake father, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and his uncle, President John F. Kennedy. Family members like his sister Kerry and brother Max have denounced him in vituperative terms. Longtime pals like actor Billy Baldwin have said they were ending their friendship. Media coverage was equally hysterical. A New York Times columnist skewed him by pretending to speak as a brain worm inside his head, a reference to a dead parasite that had...
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