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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday in Abuja signed into law the Federal Polytechnics Amendment bill and the National Institute for Security Studies bill. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives),  Alhaji Umar El-Yakub disclosed this when he addressed State House Correspondents on Tuesday. According to him, the new Act on Federal Polytechnics now pegs the tenure of Rectors of Federal Polytechnics at single five-year tenure.  He said: “The Federal Polytechnics Amendment Bill sought to amend the Federal Polytechnics Act of 2004, whereby there were amendments to several sections of that Act.  “This includes the tenure of the Rectors, which has now been harmonised to five-year single tenure and whereby a Rector is currently serving the old four-year tenure, he/she will have an additional year to make it five.  “The amended Act now stipulates that the Polytechnics will now have Governing Cou...

  Jeorge stinney Jr of African descendant, he was the youngest to sentence to in the 20th century in America.  He was only 14 years old when he was executed in an electric Chair.  During his trial he always carried a Bible in his hands claiming his innocence.  He was accused of killing two white girls, 11 year old Betty and Mary of 7,  The bodies were found near the house of the boy in which he lived with his parents. At that time, all members of the jury were whites. The trial lasted for 2 hours only and the sentence was dictated 10 minutes later.  The boy's parents were threatened and prevented from being present in the court room, and subsequently expelled from that city. Before the execution George spent 81 days in prison without being able to see his parents, he was held in solitary 80 miles from his city, he was heard alone without anybody to talk to.   He was electrocuted with 5380 VOLTS IN HIS HE...

INEC continues announcement of results today As of the time of filing this report, INEC had announced the result in 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The states are Ondo, Ekiti, Gombe, Kwara, Kogi, Yobe, Abia, Osun, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Enugu and the Federal Capital Territory. The results were announced by the returning officers of the states at the National Collation Centre in Abuja. The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, President Muhammadu Buhari, won in Ekiti, Nasarawa, Yobe, Kwara, Kogi and Gombe, while his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, won in Ondo, Abia, Ebonyi and the FCT. However, some results declared by collation officers in states which have not been taken to the national collation centre in Abuja reveal that Buhari is in strong lead. The states where Buhari is leading in this category include Bauchi, Lagos, Ogun and Sokoto, Jigawa, Kaduna while Atiku has won in Adamawa and Plateau states. Buha...

It regretted that the reports reaching it indicated inadequacy in the deployment of materials for the polls. Executive Director, Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre and Convener, Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, Clement Nwankwo, He said, “Against the background of assurances given by INEC on its preparedness, this current situation comes to us as a disappointment. “Situation Room calls on INEC to be upfront, “The Situation Room wishes to state categorically that any assessment or decision by INEC regarding the polls or challenges with materials must be made with respect to the whole country and not in any way focused on some parts of the country. “Any suggestion that the election be held in a staggered manner will be totally unacceptable and would be a recipe for a disastrous election. “The credibility of election depends not just on the efficiency of INEC to manage its processes but also in its ability to...

The Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Igbo  on Monday,  Daily Sun reported on Friday. Kanu, who is the Director of London-based Radio Biafra, disclosed that he told his wife that he would not mind sacrificing her to achieve Biafra. He added that IPOB would lock down Igbo land on Saturday, February 16, during the presidential election, for a referendum on the future of Biafra. “We’ll lock Biafra down on the February 16, to convey the message that Biafra is all we want, not Nigeria, which expired long time ago. This is just as Kanu described the two leading presidential candidates – President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – as “aliens” who have no business leading Nigeria. “A Sudanese man is running for the presidency of Nigeria. Atiku Abubakar is from Cameroon, I’m sure yo...

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission has decided to shift Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections till next week 23 February. It was one of the decisions reached early today in a crunch talk between INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu and 12 national commissioners in Abuja, according to sources close to the meeting. The meeting, which began Friday evening, was still in progress up till 1.30 a.m.