Rivers Election: 25 electoral officials hospitalised — INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said that more than 25 of its staff members were hospitalised due to Saturday’s supplementary election held in Etche, Rivers.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Aniedi Ikoiwak, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt that the victims were attacked and wounded by Rivers people.

According to him, one of the victims regained consciousness on Sunday.

“This is one area that Nigerians should ask questions: over 25 INEC staff members are in hospital today because the people of Rivers State decided to either kill or wound them.

“They were all beaten up because they went to those villages to conduct an election.

“Let the people of Rivers State tell us the offence of any of them.

“What did they do? They were bringing materials for the election; they decided to descend on them, beat them up, collect their personal belongings and run away,” he said.

Mr. Ikoiwak noted that the victims were on official duties and needed a peaceful environment to achieve success.

He called on Nigerians to condemn the alleged attack.

“It is very sad. None of them was beaten up in his home but where they went to conduct an election.

“Why shouldn’t Nigerians discuss that? Why should people sent to conduct an election be beaten up and their belongings taken away from them?” he asked.

NAN reports that about 700 staff members of the commission were mobilised for the supplementary legislative election in Etche.

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) had withdrawn from assisting INEC in the election due to security issues.

(NAN)

Source: PREMIUM TIMES

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Andriod Smartphones Nokia 3 And Nokia 5 Launched: See Specifications, Features And Price

Wow! Nokia brand partner HMD Global has launched another Android smartphones called Nokia 3 and Nokia 5 at MWC 2017 in Barcelona, after the launch of Nokia 3310 (2017).  These smartphones has quality specifications and features.

Nokia 3 and Nokia 5 runs on latest Android 7.0 Nougat, their screen are protected with Corning gorilla glass. They has clean and good camera, powerful processors for game lovers, huge memory storage and many others. Let's look into their specifications.

Specifications And Price Of Nokia 3

• NETWORKS - 2G, 3G and 4G enabled
• 4G LTE BANDS - 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300)
• 4G LTE SPEED - HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
• USB TYPE - microUSB v2.0, USB On-The-Go
• BUILD - Polycarbonate body, machined aluminium frame
• SENSORS - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity and compass
• ANDROID OS - Android 7.0 Nougat
• COLORS - Silver White, Matte Black, Tempered Blue and Copper White

• SIM CARD - Single sim or Dual sim
• DIMENSION - 143.4 x 71.4 x 8.5 mm
• DISPLAY - 5.0 inches Full HD screen with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. It supports multitouch and protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 
• PROCESSOR - Mediatek MT6737 CHIPSET, Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 and Mali-T720MP2 GPU
• CAMERA - It has 8MP rear or back camera with LED flash and 8MP front facing camera
• MEMORY- It has 2GB RAM with 16GB internal memory storage that can be expanded up to 256GB using a microSD

• BATTERY - Non-removable Li-Ion 2650 mAh battery
• PRICE - It costs 42,300naira which is £139 and $146.86 USD

Specifications And Price Of Nokia 5

• NETWORKS - 2G, 3G and 4G enabled
• 4G LTE BANDS - 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300)
• 4G LTE SPEED - HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
• USB TYPE - microUSB v2.0, USB On-The-Go
• BUILD - Metal unibody
• SENSORS - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity and compass
• ANDROID OS - Android 7.1.1 Nougat
• COLORS - Tempered Blue, Silver, Matte Black and Copper
• SIM CARD - Single sim (Nano-sim) or Dual sim (Nano-sim)
• DIMENSION - 149.7 x 72.5 x 8 mm
• DISPLAY - 5.2 inches Full HD screen with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. It supports multitouch and protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 

• PROCESSOR - Qualcomm MSM8937 Snapdragon 430 CHIPSET, Octa-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU and Adreno 505 GPU
• CAMERA - It has 13MP rear or back camera with LED flash and 8MP front facing camera with LED flash

• MEMORY- It has 2GB RAM with 16GB internal memory storage that can be expanded up to 256GB using a microSD
• BATTERY - Non-removable Li-Ion 3000mAh battery
• PRICE - It costs 62,900naira which is £189 and $199.76 USD

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Revealed!! Chelsea Reportedly Rejected £90M From Chinese Club For Striker Diego Costa (Read Full Details)

Chelsea reportedly turned down a world-record offer for Diego Costa.

Chinese Super League club, Tianjin Quanjin, were keen on the Spain international and were ready to pay as much as €107million (£90.3million) to sign him.

SFR Sport reports that Costa was offered a salary of over £85million return for a three-year contract.

Costa’s head was turned by the deal and he clashed with manager Antonio Conte, which resulted to him being dropped for the trip to Leicester City.

Tianjin owner Shu Yuhui had confirmed last month, that he held talks with Costa’s agent, Jorges Mendes.

“I made an appointment with Mendes and he came to my hometown to visit me. At that time, we were interested in signing Costa,” he said.

“PSG told us Cavani would only be allowed to leave in June, even though the player himself was willing to join us.

“The same can be said for Costa because Chelsea would only let him leave in June. However, the new season of CSL will almost reach the halfway stage in June, we can’t wait so long.”

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How I Changed Barcelona Tactics To Confuse Atletico Madrid - Luis Enrique Reveals

Barcelona manager, Luis Enrique, has revealed that he had to switch their formation, in their 2-1 win over Atletico Madrid on Sunday.

Lionel Messi netted the winner in the 86th minute, after Diego Godin cancelled out Rafinha’s winner.
One of the major talking points from the Vicente Calderon, was Enrique’s decision to begin the game with what appeared to be a back three of Gerard Pique, Samuel Umtiti and Jeremy Mathieu.

“It’s a way of mixing things up so the rival doesn’t know what you’re going to do,” Enrique explained after the game.

“We wanted a 3-4-3 diamond with the ball so that we could have possession and dominate the play, but it was 4-4-2 without the ball. So defending it wasn’t a back three, but a back four – when we were attacking it was a three.”

Speaking about the game, Enrique admitted they struggled to impose themselves in the game.
“The first half was complicated because of Atletico’s high pressure and the condition of the pitch – although the condition of the pitch did help with our two goals.

“In the second half they couldn’t maintain that level of pressure. We were better in the second half, too, having a lot of the ball. We lost the ball a lot before then,” he said.

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[Music] Sean Odisi x Wizkid x Mugeez – Under Cover Lover

Sean Odisi​ ​Under The Management Of Legend Empire Music Dishes Out Another Fresh hit Track Which Is a Cover of LegendaryBeatz’s Under Cover Lover Featuring Wizkid And Mugeez.

Under Cover Lover Cover is Something That Will Really Make you feel Legend Empire Music hit maker, Sean Odisi Himself With Wizkid Singing Alongside.

The Track Was Produced by LegenduryBeatz, Mixed And Mastered By DrumPhase Productions. Enjoy!!

Listen & Download “Sean Odisi x Wizkid x Mugeez – Under Cover Lover” below:-

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Fans Will Do Anything To Make Ibrahimovic Stay One More Season – Mourinho

Jose Mourinho believes the fans at Manchester United will do anything, including camp outside of Ibrahimovic’s house to keep at the club for one more year.

The Swede has not signed a contract extension, with his one year contract due to expire at the end of the season.

But Mourinho, believes the Old Trafford faithfuls will do anything to ensure he stays for an extra year after his double helped them claim the EFL Cup.

“If needed, United fans can go to the door of his house and stay there all night,” Mourinho told reporters after Ibrahimovic’s 87th-minute winner.

“I never beg – but if needed I think they will go for sure. We all want him to stay with us for one more season and we all believe he is going to.”

Mourinho praised Ibrahimovic’s bold decision to come to England so late in his distinguished career and hailed the impact he has made at United.

“I was his manager – I know the potential,” said the manager.

“Only a silly player comes to England at 35 years old, with the successful career that Zlatan has, only a silly player comes here if he doesn’t feel he can do it.

“Who better to know, him or me or you? To take the challenge to come to a country like England, a club like Manchester United.

“When he takes that decision he feels he is ready. It is his credit, not my credit. It is his merit, everything for him.”

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PDP sweeps elections in Taraba, Gombe, Rivers

 

The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, candidates have been declared winners of 13 local government chairmanship seats so far declared by the Taraba State Independent Electoral Commission.

The PDP had also won all the local government chairmanship and councillorship seats in neighbouring Gombe State. The party also won the two parliamentary seats in the rerun election in Rivers State.

Philip Duwe, the Chairman of the Taraba commission, announced the results of the February 25 council polls in Jalingo on Sunday.

Mr. Duwe declared Mohammed Umar as Chairman-elect of Gashaka, Nicholas Waniyafiwani, Lau; Abdul Boboji, Jalingo; and Danladi Suntai as Chairman-elect of Bali Local Government.

Others are Salisu Dogo, Ardo-Kola; Joseph Mika, Yorro; Mr Adi Daniel, Wukari, Christopher Koshombo, Zing; Yahuza Yahaya, Gassol; and Nashuka Musa for Donga.

Mr. Duwe also declared Shiban Tikari as chairman-elect for Takum; Stephen Agya, Kurmi; while Rimansikwe Karma was declared Chairman-elect for Ussa Local Government.

Results from Sardauna and Karim Lamido Local Governments are still being waited, while the exercise was suspended in Ibi Local Government after violence broke out during the exercise.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the All Progressives Congress won three councillorship seats in Jalingo, with the SDP winning one councillorship in Zing, while the rest were cleared by the PDP.

(NAN)

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N-Power: Nigerian govt targets 350,000 unemployed graduates in 2017

       The Presidency said on Sunday that its Social Investment Programmes, SIP, had a plan to hire 350,000 more unemployed graduates under the N-Power Volunteer Corps in 2017.

According to the Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity to the Vice President, Laolu Akande, President Muhammadu Buhari has requested appropriation of N157.75 billion in the budget for the N-Power scheme.

He said that in addition to the 350,000 unemployed graduates to be hired and trained, 50,000 non-graduate youth would be engaged as artisans and in other creative ventures.

He said that from the allocation the administration had earmarked N4.5 billion for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, (STEM) programme to support young Nigerians in building skills in those disciplines.

Mr. Akande, who welcomed the great public enthusiasm the SIP programmes had so far generated, urged Nigerians to expect more this year especially in the area of implementation.

“While we were able to engage 200,000 unemployed graduates last year, we will do 350,000 more this year,” he assured.

Mr. Akande disclosed that about N75 billion was earmarked for the National Homegrown School Feeding Programme to provide one meal a day to five million primary school pupils.

He said that in 2016 the feeding programme covered about one million pupils.

Mr. Akande said the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme aimed at providing interest-free loans to up to 1.2million market men and women, traders, artisans, youths and farmers was allocated N112.2 billion.

He said: “2017 implementation of the SIP is going to be far more impactful than what we were able to do under the 2016 budget, so Nigerians should expect more this year.

“The resolve of the Buhari presidency is firm that more lives must be touched positively under these programmes which Nigerians have come to appreciate.”

He, therefore, urged Nigerians to actively take advantage of the different schemes this year.

(NAN)

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‘Rooney Will Lift EFL CUP Today Even If He Doesn’t Play’- Jose Mourinho Confirms

Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho, has confirmed that Wayne Rooney will be allowed to lift the EFL Cup on Sunday, even if he doesn’t play in the final.

United take on Southampton for the first silverware of the season at Wembley.

Rooney has lost his place in the team and was recently linked with a move away. But he ended speculation this week, with a statement announcing he will stay at Old Trafford .

Mourinho is unsure if he will play any part in the final, but made it clear he was still United captain.

“I think he’s our captain. Playing or being on the bench – he’s always our captain,” he told MUTV.

“But I don’t care. We just want to win. If we win, I don’t care who lifts the cup. I just want to win the match.
“He is our captain but I don’t think he cares, I don’t think anyone does. We all just want to win.”

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“Be Careful On Instagram” – Cristiano Ronaldo Warns His Girlfriend, See What Happened

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo warned his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez to be careful after she shared a photo of herself and a male friend.

Ronaldo’s relationship with Rodriguez was made public in November 2016 when the couple was pictured together on a trip to Disneyland Paris.

Rodriguez recently shared a photo on Instagram of herself with a male friend, Alvaro Callado who is also her former colleague at Gucci. Hundreds of fans tagged Ronaldo in the comment section of the post and the Real Madrid star responded with the word ‘Cuidado’ meaning ‘Careful’.

It seems the reigning Ballon d’Or holder was just joking as he accompanied the comment with three laughing emojis. Rodriguez the male friend Callado use to work together at Gucci before the beauty lost her job there due to the attention she was receiving as the girlfriend of the most popular football star in the word.

According to El Espanol, paparazzi cameras were stationed in front of the Gucci boutique in the heart of Madrid where Georgina worked which made her lose her job.

Ronaldo, however, is said to have gotten another job for his girlfriend with Prada, his favourite shopping store in Madrid. Ronaldo is regular at the shop and has used his contact to secure a job for his girlfriend

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I Actually Learnt Reggae To Impress The Girls- Patoranking

Ace reggae singer, Patoranking has revealed why he majorly based on his type of music. In his recent interview with Punch, he made it known that women influenced is type of song.

He said:

One of the reasons I chose reggae even though it might sound funny is because of the girls. I remember back then in secondary school, if you did not know how to mime songs, you could not get the girls and I like standing out.

I thought it would be wise for me to mime the songs that my colleagues won’t know. I listened to more reggae songs

Whenever I did that, the girls were always impressed. I listened to a lot of Bob Marley and Lucky Dube’s songs.”

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Revealed!! Mourinho Personally Calls Barcelona Neymar To Remind Him To Join Man United

Manchester United boss, Jose Mourinho, has reportedly called Barcelona forward Neymar, to convince him to swap Camp Nou for Old Trafford in the summer.

United are in the market for another big-money player and Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann has been their No.1 target.

But there appears to be uncertainty over a potential deal, with Griezmann only eager to move if the Red Devils qualify for the Champions League.

Spanish outlet, Sport, reports that Mourinho has personally been in touch with Neymar, as he seeks to bolster his squad ahead of his second season.

The 25-year-old has scored 50 goals in 75 games for Brazil and Mourinho is keen to land a player he has admired for a long time.

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Jamie Vardy Denies Influencing Ranieri’s Sacking In Leicester City (Read)

Jamie Vardy has slammed claims a breakdown in his relationship with Claudio Ranieri played a key role in the Leicester manager’s shock sacking.

Ranieri was dismissed by Leicester’s Thai owners on Thursday, less than a year after masterminding his team’s fairytale Premier League title triumph.

The Italian’s exit was widely suggested to have been linked to him losing the support of senior Leicester players including Vardy.

Vardy has been a shadow of the player whose goals and work ethic played such a big role in Leicester’s success and it was claimed he may have told the club’s owners that relegation was possible if Ranieri stayed.

But, just hours after Leicester dropped into the relegation zone on Saturday ahead of their clash with Liverpool on Monday, England striker Vardy took to Instagram to defend himself.

“I must have written and deleted my words to this post a stupid amount of times. I owed Claudio to find the right and appropriate words. Claudio has and always will have my complete respect,” he wrote.

“What we achieved together and as a team was the impossible. He believed in me when many didn’t and for that I owe him my eternal gratitude.

“There is speculation I was involved in his dismissal and this completely untrue, unfounded and is extremely hurtful.

“The only thing we are guilty of as a team is underachieving which we all acknowledge both in the dressing room and publicly and will do our best to rectify.

“I wish Claudio the very, very best in whatever the future holds for him. Thank You Claudio for everything.”

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