How crashed INEC server frustrated presidential results upload

More facts have emerged about the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission to upload the results of the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections on its portal.

It was gathered that a code error from the server application frustrated the upload process.

However, desperate efforts to address the glitch by INEC’s team of Information Technology experts failed.

The development sparked nationwide anger and allegations of rigging and electoral manipulation against the electoral body by political parties and many Nigerians.

Checks b on Saturday revealed that results from 168,711 out of the 176,846 polling units had so far been uploaded on the INEC portal, representing 95 per cent of the results.

Recall that a day after the election, INEC uploaded 41,649 polling results or less than 30 per cent of the results to its viewing portal.

This triggered a protest from some party agents, who staged a walkout from the National Collation Centre in Abuja on February 27, while accusing INEC of rigging the polls in favour of a party.

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Lifestyle Nigeria gathered that Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, has alleged that some agencies of the government are now calling him names and organizing town hall meetings over his matter.

Obi, however, said the development does not bother him, adding that many people would be shocked if they knew what he goes through everyday.

The former Anambra State governor made the statement on Friday in Canada while responding to questions about the last general election in nigeria.

“If I tell people, and I say it every day what I go through, you will ask me why am I in this thing. You will ask me why am I still doing this; who do you still have to bother? But I’m in it. Every now and then you see various agencies of government, tools of government, even when I am not running any election, calling me names every day. They now organize town hall meetings just for me. No problem. It doesn’t bother me. Let’s keep doing what we were doing. We did well. And we should be proud of it and continue in that trajectory”.

The LP’s presidential candidate was in Canada for a “thank you” tour to appreciate Nigerians living in the country for the support offered him during the 2023 campaign/ general elections.

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Gov Fubara Threatens To Embarass Contractor Over Abandoned Project – Lifestyle Nigeria

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has frowned at the nonchalance with which the contractor handling the Bori Internal Roads project had approached the work after more than 80 per cent of the agreed contractual terms had been paid.

The Governor, who said the contractor’s approach was unacceptable, ordered him to return to site and complete the project, or face severe consequences.

Governor Fubara gave the order when he visited the project site in Bori Town, headquarters of Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State on Saturday.

The Governor explained: “This project was awarded before my assumption of office. But I have made two payments for this project. The total value of this project is over N6billion.

“In the month of June, 2023, I paid the first N2billion, and in December, 2023, I also released another N2billion, making about 80 percent of the project value.

“So, I am surprised that somebody will say that we are not interested in completing this project that is in my Senatorial District,” the Governor said.

Governor Fubara said it is even more worrisome that after those payments were made, the contractor refused to move men and equipment to site.

The Governor pointed to a very disturbing incident where the contractor sacked his front desk officer for receiving a letter sent by the Ministry of Works to demand for an update on the Bori internal roads project.

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Court Voids Regulation Which Allowed Dismissal Of Pregnant Unmarried Police Officers

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has declared Regulations 126 and 127 of the Nigerian Police as illegal. These regulations previously allowed for the dismissal of unmarried policewomen who became pregnant while in service.

Lifestyle Nigeria reports that the three-man panel of the court has also asked the Nigerian Police Force, the Police Service Commission, and the Attorney General of the Federation to review the entire Police Regulations to ensure that they align with the demands of a modern society governed by the rule of law.

The decision was delivered in the suit filed by the incorporated trustees of the Nigeria Bar Association against the three respondents.

The legal battle began when the Nigerian Bar Association filed an originating summons challenging the discriminatory practices within the Nigerian Police Force on February 15, 2021. However, the Federal High Court, Abuja, dismissed the action for lacking merit on February 21, 2022.

The appellants asked the court to determine among other things: Whether the provisions of Regulation 127 of the Nigeria Police Regulations made pursuant to the Police Act, Cap 19 Laws of the Federal of Nigeria, 2004, to the extent that it provides that “an unmarried woman police officer who becomes pregnant shall be discharged from the force, and shall not be re-enlisted except with the approval of the Inspector General of Police” does not violently contravene the provisions of Sections 37 & 42 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and therefore unconstitutional, null and void.

The NBA also asked the court to make “AN ORDER striking down Regulations 126 and 127 of the Nigeria Police Regulations made pursuant to the Police Act, Cap 19 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, as same is in violent conflict with the provisions of Section 37 & 42 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).

Dissatisfied with the judgment, the Appellant approached the Court via a Notice of Appeal filed on March 15, 2022, containing six grounds.

Justice Olubunmi Oyewole read the lead judgment, which was unanimously adopted by the other members of the panel, Justice Bukola Banjoko and Justice Okon Abang. The Court of Appeal unanimously allowed the appeal, overturning the Federal High Court’s decision in favour of the NBA.