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INEC Insists on e-Transmission of Polls Results

Wants National Assembly to revisit Electoral Act Says commission not subordinate to NCC Saraki asks legislature to act in national interest Chuks Okocha in Abuja and Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)

has asked the National Assembly to revisit the Electoral Act amendment bill, assuring that it has the capacity and technical knowhow

to undertake electronic transmission of election results throughout the country. INEC declared that it was not subordinate to the National

Communication Commission (NCC) or answerable to any government agency. In a similar development, former Senate President,

Dr. Bukola Saraki, advised members of the Joint Conference Committee of the National Assembly to move fast in considering the different

versions of the Electoral Act (amendment) Bill passed by both chambers and let their Continued on page 11

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Northern Governors: Power Shift Not in Constitution

Condemn statement by the southern govs that power must move to south Oppose states’ collection of VAT, say it will lead to multiple taxation

John Shiklam in Kaduna The fault lines of a divided nation came to the fore yesterday, with the Northern States Governors Forum, (NSGF), umbrella body of 19 elected governors of the, north signaling its determination to press its advantage and retain power in 2023, against the mood of the southern part of the country which has insisted that power must shift to the

south. The NSGF rose from a meeting in Kaduna yesterday to state its position affirming its right to stake claim to the presidency in 2023. It condemned the position of the Southern Governors Forum (SGF), stating that it contradicts "the provision of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999) Continued on page 11

Bandits Slaughter 34, Burn Down 20 Houses in Kaduna

Another eight killed in reprisal attack State government confirms casualties How ISWAP invaded Sokoto military base, murdered 15 officers John Shiklam in Kaduna and Onuminya Innocent in Sokoto In a brazen new onslaught, bandits on Sunday slaughtered 34 people, including a family of 13, following attacks on Madamai and Abun communities in Kaura Local

Government Area of Kaduna State. Eight persons sustained various degrees of injury, while the terrorists burnt down about 20 houses. The attacks came roughly 24 hours after another set Continued on page 11

ACTION AGAINST SEXUAL AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE... President, Eagles Wings Development Center, Mrs. Bunmi Oloyede (left) and Lagos State First Lady, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, during the second phase of stakeholders’ consultative forum organized by the First Lady for Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Civil Society Groups tackling Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, held at Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja... recently

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