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Police deny sealing RSIEC office to stop LGA polls

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October 4, 2024

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PORT HARCOURT: The Rivers State Police Command has dismissed reports that its operatives have sealed off the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, to stop them from conducting the local government council elections scheduled for Saturday.

The police noted that the report was false, adding that its operatives were there to maintain law and order.

Tuesday, while the police dispersed youths who were gathering themselves to commence the scheduled protest in the state, some heavily armed officers had cordoned off the RSIEC office in Port Harcourt.

It would be recalled that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Peter Lifu’s had restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from releasing the Voter’s Register used in the 2023 elections to RSIEC.

Tuesday, there were reports that the police mobilisation at RSIEC office was to stop the election from holding on Saturday.

But, in a quick response, police dismissed the report stating that their men were there to avoid breakdown of law and order.

The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, Superintendent of Police, who was reacting to publication by some online platforms that the office of RSIEC was sealed by the Police, clarified that the Police officers seen at the RSIEC office were posted to the place on the directive of Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu.

Iringe-Koko said the policemen were there to protect the facility against any attack during the ongoing nationwide protest in Port Harcourt, advising people to always verify their facts before going to press.

She further emphasized that there is no iota of truth in the allegation peddled on some social media platforms that the Police assaulted and beat up some protesters.

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Kenyan Deputy President Impeached While Receiving Treatment in Hospital

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October 19, 2024

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Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been impeached by the Kenyan Senate in a historic decision.

The upper house vote and impeached the 59-year-old on five charges out of eleven. The hearings lasted for two days.

All it took was one charge for the Senate to get rid of him.

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Trump crosses red line: “Capitol attack was a day of love”

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11 hours ago

October 19, 2024

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Trump crosses red line: “Capitol attack was a day of love” © Picture by Michel Vadon via Wikicommons licensed under cc_by_2_0

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It’s the final stretch. With less than 3 weeks to go before the American presidential election, the candidates are doubling their efforts to convince voters.

While Kamala Harris gave an interview to Fox News (the Republican camp’s favorite channel), Donald Trump, for his part, answered questions from Latino voters gathered in Miami.

On October 16, while the Republican candidate was facing a crowd of voters, he said that the attack on the Capitol, led by supporters of the former President of the United States and which cost the lives of 5 people, was a “day of love”.

Did he go too far?

(MH with Manon Pierre – Source: France Info – Picture: Picture by Michel Vadon via Wikicommons under licence cc_by_2_0)

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Gunmen assasinate Mozambique presidential candidate

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October 19, 2024

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The lawyer for Mozambique’s leading opposition candidate Venancio Mondlane, who ran for president in October 9 elections, was gunned down in Maputo on Saturday.

The lawyer, Elvino Dias, was killed with another candidate, Paulo Guambe, from the Podemos party backing Mondlane. Two gunmen shot up their car while it was immobile on a road in the centre of the capital, witnesses said.

Podemos head Albino Forquilha confirmed the killings to AFP, while the national lawyers’ association expressed “deep shock” at Dias’s death.

A civil society observer group, Mais Integridade, called the “repugnant” murders an “act of intimidation” undermining democracy.

Police said an investigation had been started but did not immediately confirm the identities of the two slain men.

Mozambique is awaiting official nationwide results from the elections. They are due to be published on October 24.

Mondlane, who mounted a challenge to the Frelimo party that has ruled Mozambique since its independence 49 years ago, claimed victory almost immediately after polling day.

He has alleged electoral fraud as Frelimo claims to be leading in the ballot counts, and has called for demonstrations on Monday.