Today's Headlines: Elections already won, commentators not truthful about BVAS – Lagos Dep gov, Trump To Seek New Judge In Election Conspiracy Trial
Elections already won, commentators not truthful about BVAS – Lagos Dep gov
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The deputy governor of Lagos State, Olufemi Hamzat, has said that “public commentators are only talking about an already won election” adding that they were “not saying the truth” about the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System.
Hamzat said this on Monday at the Lateef Jakande Annual Memorial Lecture organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors, where he represented Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Hamzat spoke concerning the aftermaths of the 2023 elections and the use of BVAS by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The deputy governor noted that voting was not done on the BVAS machine but on ballot papers adding that the controversy around the use of BVAS to transmit election results was not needed.
Trump To Seek New Judge In Election Conspiracy Trial
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Former US president Donald Trump said Sunday he will petition to have a different judge oversee his historic criminal trial and for the case to be moved out of Washington.
The twice-impeached Republican has unleashed a stream of invective against those prosecuting him or running the case in which he faces charges over attempts to overturn the 2020 election results and defraud the United States.
His latest target: US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan, the appointee of Democratic former president Barack Obama who was randomly assigned to the case in Washington.
“There is no way I can get a fair trial with the judge ‘assigned’ to the ridiculous freedom of speech/fair elections case. Everybody knows this, and so does she,” Trump, using all capital letters, posted on his Truth Social platform.
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Senate begins confirmation of Tinubu’s ministerial nominees
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The senate is currently confirming the nomination of the ministerial nominees recommended by President Bola Tinubu.
The senate concluded the screening of the 48 nominees on Monday afternoon.
Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo (Ondo) and Nyesom Wike (Rivers) are among those whose nomination has been approved.
On July 27, Tinubu sent the list of nominees made up of 28 persons to the senate for screening and confirmation.
Six days later, the president forwarded additional 19 names to make the total number of ministerial nominees 47.
WAEC releases 2023 WASSCE results.
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The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has announced the release of the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates.
Patrick Areghan, the head of WAEC Nigeria’s office, broke the news at a press briefing on Monday.
Areghan said out of a total of 1,613,733 candidates that sat for the examination, the results of 262,803 candidates are being withheld “due to reports of cases of examination malpractice”.
He said there was an improvement in the pass rate as a total of 1,361,608 candidates, representing 84.38 per cent, obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects with or without English Language or Mathematics.
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