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Month: May 2021

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Electronic Voting Will Ensure Rancour-free Elections In Nigeria, Says Gov Diri *INC Warns Secessionists

Electronic Voting Will Ensure Rancour-free Elections In Nigeria, Says Gov Diri *INC Warns Secessionists

News Feature, Press Release
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said the hitch-free conduct of the recent Ijaw National Congress (INC) election indicated that Nigeria can hold rancour-free national elections. Governor Diri stated this on Friday during the inauguration of the new INC leadership at the Ijaw House in Yenagoa. He urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adopt electronic voting to avoid conflicts during elections. A statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, noted that the failure of the country's electoral body to adopt e-voting has led to politicisation of revered state institutions and disrespect to such institutions. The governor also said that the adoption of e-voting would provide an opportunity for Nigerians in the Diaspora to ...
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Nigeria Receives Last Batch of Assets Under Deep Blue Project

Nigeria Receives Last Batch of Assets Under Deep Blue Project

Maritime, Port News
A Special Mission Aircraft was received in Lagos on Wednesday, in the final phase of the delivery and installation of assets under the Deep Blue Project designed to secure Nigerian waters up to the Gulf of Guinea. Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, received the aircraft, in company with Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, and NIMASA’s Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Mr. Chudi Offodile. Jamoh had earlier inspected three Special Mission Helicopters at the Naval Base, Apapa, under the project billed for launch on May 21. Addressing journalists at the Nigerian Air Force Base, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, during a brief ceremony to mark the arrival of the aircr...
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