More than 90 minutes after the accreditation process of the 2015 general election was supposed to commence, many polling units have just commenced the accreditation of registered voters in Somolu Local Government Area. Residents of the area, most of whom expressed satisfaction with the accreditation process, are seen being attended to by the officials of…
Somolu: Accreditation Commences At Few Polling Units
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has commenced the accreditation process of registered voters in some polling units in Somolu Local Government Area at about 8.40am. However, with more than one hour after the stipulated time for accreditation, only a few polling units have begun the process. For instance, only one polling unit has commenced…
INEC Officials, Materials Yet To Arrive Most Polling Units In Somolu
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, and voting materials are yet to arrive most polling units in Somolu Local Government Area. Though accreditation of registered voters was supposed to commence by 8am according to INEC, most polling units in Bariga, Akoka and Fola Agoro, have not seen INEC officials, or received voting materials as…
Germanwings: Co-pilot May Have Deliberately Crashed Plane
The co-pilot of the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps, named as Andreas Lubitz, appeared to have deliberately crashed the plane, officials said. Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin, citing information from the “black box” voice recorder, said the co-pilot was alone in the cockpit. He intentionally started a descent while the pilot was locked…
NHRC Releases Findings On Assessments Of Pre-Electoral Report
As a Follow-up on its report and advisory on election-related violence in the forthcoming general elections, the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, said it has taken several verifying, fact checking and advocacy visits to some states, to mitigate the “worrisome trend of violence” ahead of the polls at a briefing in Abuja on Thursday. The…
India Navy Plane Crashes
Two crew members have been declared missing after an Indian navy plane crashed into the sea off the western state of Goa. The navy said the plane, a Dornier surveillance aircraft, was on a routine flight when it went down late on Tuesday. The cause is not yet known. One crew member was rescued and…
BBC Sacks Top Gear Presenter
The British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC announced on Wednesday that it has dropped Jeremy Clarkson after the Top Gear presenter carried out an “unprovoked physical and verbal attack” that left a colleague bleeding and seeking hospital treatment. The BBC director general, Tony Hall, who said the presenter had “crossed a line”, added that he took the…
China Executes Three Over Kunming Knife Attack
Three men convicted of involvement in the Kunming knife attack have been executed, a China court says. The men, Iskandar Ehet, Turgun Tohtunyaz and Hasayn Muhammad were found guilty in September 2014 of murder and terrorism acts. The Kunming knife station attack in March 2014, left 31 people dead and more than 140 injured. Authorities…
Indian Court Strikes Out Online Arrest Law
An Indian Supreme Court has struck out a controversial law which allowed police to arrest people for comments considered offensive on social networks and other internet sites. The court ruled that section 66A of the Information Technology Act was unconstitutional. Several people have been arrested in the past for their comments n Facebook or Twitter.…
South Africa Convicts Former Tennis Star for Rape
Former Australian tennis Grand Slam champion, Bob Hewitt, has been found convicted by a South African court of raping underage girls. Hewitt, 75, had denied two charges of rape and a third charge of sexual assault. The alleged rape took place in the 1980s and 1990s, when the former tennis star was coaching the women,…
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