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Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press.   1.​  As you are aware, yesterday, Friday 25th February 2022, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria signed the Electoral Bill 2022 into law. This is historic being the fourth time since the restoration of democracy in Nigeria in May 1999 that the Electoral Act was repealed and re-enacted. The 1998 - 1999 elections were administered by transitional decrees until the 2001 Electoral Act was passed into law. Then, the Act was repealed and re-enacted as the Electoral Act 2002 which was in turn repealed and re-enacted in 2006, 2010 and now we have the 2022 Electoral Act.   2.​  You may recall that in 2017, the Commission decided to establish fixed dates for General Elections in Nigeria. This decision was based on our determination to create certainty in the electoral calendar and to enable all stakeholders in the electoral process (the electoral commission, political parties and candidates, security agencies, obser...

By Yemi Olajutemu Ado Ekiti The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) National body has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately evacuate Nigerian students in Ukraine. This is coming days after Russian-Ukraine war broke claiming lives and properties of people in the area with international students not exempting Nigerians being affected. It was reliably gathered that the Nigerian embassy in Ukraine had earlier called for calm on one hand, and on the other hand asked Nigerian nationals in Ukraine to be conscious of their personal security. The NANS  National President Comrade  Sunday Asefon in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari released by the Director of Student Matters Diaspora Comrade Abiodun Olofe noted that the cities occupied by Nigerians were under siege. “We condemn in totality the statement credited to the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy that anybody within the age of 18 and 60 should not be seen outside and the adequate prote...

ASIDE KNOWING YOUR GENOTYPE BEFORE MARRIAGE, THERE'S NEED FOR A WOMAN TO KNOW HER RHESUS FACTOR Rhesus Factor incompatibility is a leading cause of miscarriage. Not always your village people!  Rhesus Factor is an antigen that exists on the surface of red blood cells in most people (about 85% of humans). It is also referred to as Rh Factor. People who have the Rh have “positive” (+) blood types, such as A+, O+ or B+ are said to be rhesus Factor positive, while those who have the Rh “negative” (-) blood types, such as A–, O– or AB– are said to be rhesus factor negative. The “+” and “-” after the blood group is the Rhesus factor. Generally, we have A+, A–, B+, B–, AB+, AB–, O+ and O–. Rhesus factor is genetic in nature. It is inherited from the parents, emphatically the father. How does Rhesus Factor cause miscarriage? If  a Rh– woman is impregnated by a man with Rh–, there wouldn’t be any problem. However, if a Rh– woman is impregnated by a man with Rh+, there would...

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE SIGNING OF ELECTORAL BILL 2022 INTO LAW STATE HOUSE, ABUJA. Friday 25th February, 2022 The Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2022, passed by the National Assembly forwarded for Presidential Assent, via a letter dated 31st January, 2022. In line with established tradition, I received inputs from relevant ministries, departments and agencies of government after careful and thorough reviews of the Bill and its implications to democratic processes in our country. 2. It is gratifying to note that the current Bill comes with a great deal of improvement from the previous Electoral Bill 2021. There are salient and praiseworthy provisions that could positively revolutionize elections in Nigeria through the introduction of new technological innovations. These innovations would guarantee the constitutional rights of citizens to vote and to do so effectively. 3. The Bill would also improve ...

COURT DISMISSED PDP MOTION, AFFIRIMED EARLIER JUDGEMENT NULLIFYING ENTIRE PDP LGA CONGRESSES ACROSS PLATEAU STATE Plateau State High Court presided by His Lordship Justice Arum Ashom has dismissed the motion filed by Bar Binchen Jantur and others seeking the reversal of a judgment with suit NO: PLD/J276cv/2020 delivered and dated 24th of June 2021 by same court presided by Justice Arum Ashom nullifying entire PDP LGA congresses conducted 21st of March 2020 in Jos East LGA and across Plateau State. The judge expressly dismissed the  motion for lack of merit. You will recalled that the National headquarters of PDP compiled with the judgment by barricading the twelve (12) LGAs affected by the Justice Arum Ashom judgment from voting during the last ill-fated state Congresses as well as the National convention which took place at the eagle square Abuja to avoid contaminating the electoral process and the legitimacy of the National officers of the PDP. The motion ...

Plateau By-Election: PDP Absent As Political Parties Sign Peace Pact The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State yesterday boycotted an event meant for the signing a peace pact ahead of this Saturday’s by-election for Jos North/Bassa federal constituency and Pankshin South state constituency of the state. The peace pact was signed among political parties, security agencies, religious and traditional leaders among other stakeholders. The event took place at the Dialogue, Reconciliation and Peace (DREP) Centre in Kwang Jos, the state capital. PDP, which is the leading opposition party in the state, did not participate in the exercise and no reason for the party’s absence was given. It, however, held a rally yesterday at the Polo field to canvass support for its candidates in the by-elections, where all the party’s bigwigs in the state including its national chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, attended. SOURCE:  Dailytrust

Sen. Dr. Ibrahim Yahya Oloriegbe yesterday, on the floor of the Senate I presented for consideration, two separate reports of the Senate Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary) under my chairmanship, on the bills which sought to amend the *Orthopaedic Hospitals Management Board Act Can 010 LFN 2004 (Amendment) Bill, 2022,* to provide for the establishment of two Federal Orthopaedic Hospitals in Kwara and Osun States, and another bill, *University Teaching Hospitals (Reconstitution of Boards, etc) Act, 2004 (Amendment) Bill, 2022* seeking for the establishment of two Federal University Teaching Hospitals in Akure and Gusau, respectively. During my presentation, I explained that the bill designed to amend the Orthopaedic Hospitals Management Board Act was to provide for the establishment of the Orthopaedic Hospital Patigi; and Orthopaedic Hospital Obokun, Osun State. While highlighting the advantages of the bill, I enunciated that the Federal Orthopaedic Hospital, when e...