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  • 2023 Elections: 87 million PVCs collected so far – INEC

    2023 Elections: 87 million PVCs collected so far – INEC

    Just two days to the presidential election in the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission has said that a total of 87,209,007 Permanent Voter Cards have been collected across the country.

    INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, announced the development on Thursday during a media briefing at the national collation centre in Abuja.

    Although the number increased after the Commission extended the deadline from January 29 to February 5.

    The population of Nigeria is estimated to be around 200,000 million but over 87 million have secured their PVC and ready for the election which will hold on February 25th and March 11 across all polling booths in the country.

  • Nollywood actress, Angela Okorie reacts to video of thousands of PVCs found in dustbin

    Nollywood actress, Angela Okorie reacts to video of thousands of PVCs found in dustbin

    Nollywood actress, Angela Okorie, has lamented over a video shared online of how the Permanent Voters Card (PVC) of some citizens was trashed in a bin.

    The 2023 elections are just around the corner but sadly, a lot of people are yet to receive their PVCs. A video has popped up online revealing why a lot of people are yet to receive their PVCs.

    In the video, it could be seen that thousands of PVCs of people were dumped in the refuse by an unknown person. According to the man in the video, there were reports that some persons planned to discard the PVCs of people from the South Eastern part of Nigeria.
    Nollywood actress, Angela Okorie reacts to video of thousands of PVCs found in a bin

    Sharing the video on her page, Angela captioned it:

    “You see this our country Nigeria ?? Eee I don tire ??
    How can this be happening to us, who is doing this
    How can some1 be this wicked ??? just few days to
    Election some people can’t get hold of their Pvc
    This is pure wickedness ??????
    Nigerians Open your eyes O
    For those of you having yours with you don’t forget
    We are in this together, we have suffered too much as a country, we have come too far to fail now!!!!!
    Let’s make Nigeria Great again please am begging ?
    Do this for me and you ,for the future of our children
    Don’t sell your Vote , Do not collect bribe ooo
    Nothing is working in this country and is so so sad
    If we Vote same people causing us pain
    We are doomed ????”.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that in 2015, Angela won the best City People Entertainment Awards for Best Supporting Actress. She is also noted to have acted in more than 100 films between 2009 and 2014.

  • 2023: Purchasing of PVCs to rig elections is a futile exercise – INEC

    2023: Purchasing of PVCs to rig elections is a futile exercise – INEC

    Ahead of the 2023 general elections in the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has said that politicians or anyone purchasing  Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) to manipulate the elections are engaging in a wasteful exercise.

    This was made known yesterday by the INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, while featuring on a political programme  Sunday Politics on Channels TV yesterday.

    Recall that the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, had alleged that politicians are buying PVCs from poor voters to manipulate the forthcoming general elections in the country.

    Okoye said the Bimodal Voter Registration System (BVAS) will reject biometric data of persons who are not original owners of the traded PVCs.

    He described the plan by some desperate politicians who are already harvesting PVCs to rig the next election as an impossibility.

    “Anybody who is purchasing a permanent voter card is just engaging in an exercise in futility. The only thing any person can do is to make sure the voter does not vote on election day but for you to come to the polling unit on election day with voter’s card belonging to someone else, and you attempt to vote with it, that is an impossibility, the BVAS will not capture your fingerprint,” Okoye said.

    Recently, a video went viral of a man who kept many PVCs in a hole in a community in Ogun State.

  • Thugs invade Catholic church, steal PVC reg machines in Lagos

    Thugs invade Catholic church, steal PVC reg machines in Lagos

    Less than 48 hours to the INEC registration deadline, hooligans on Friday disrupted the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, exercise at St. Bridget Catholic Church in Ijesha, Surulere area of Lagos State.

    The thugs stole the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and Continuous Voter Registration machines and took to their heels.

    The incident happened in the presence of some persons trying to register to beat the July 31st deadline set by INEC.

    As a result of the incident, the parish priest had to lock up the church as people scampered for safety.

    An eyewitness who identified herself as Dr. Ambassador Princess Okojie Igbemudia said the thugs stormed the church and disrupted the exercise because they thought that those registering will vote for the Labour party.

    It was learned that the police had been deployed to the area to ensure peace and order.

    INEC has said that there will be no going back on the July 31st registration deadline.

  • INEC speaks on PVC related issues, July 31st registration deadline

    INEC speaks on PVC related issues, July 31st registration deadline

    Two officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who simply gave their names as Buba and Temi have enlightened the public on the procedures to follow before registering or transferring their Permanent Voters Card.

    The duo who spoke on a political program on Nigeria info FM in Lagos on Wednesday and monitored by TheNewsGuru.com advised the public on the steps to be taken to procure their PVCs before the July 31st deadline, hinting that there will be no extension.

    On the loss of a PVC, Buba stated that anyone who loses his/her PVC should go on the INEC portal to register and state missing or damaged PVC.

    On change of name, Temi directed persons with a name change to go to INEC offices with a Newspaper publication or court affidavit to that effect.

    On the deadline for voter registration, Buba stated that INEC needs time to put itself in order and prepare adequately for next year’s general election.

    For those who still possess a temporary voters card and find it difficult to access it on the portal or trace it, Tomi advised such persons to register again for a new one.

    Asked about the expiration of PVCs by callers on the program, Temi said the card should be kept safe as it doesn’t have an expiry date.

    For those who cannot access the portal from their phone, Temi advised users to use google chrome to access it.

    He advised the public to keep their PVCs safe, saying that a faded one cannot be accessed by Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS)  technology presently used by the electoral body for elections.

    He appealed to Nigerians needing to fix issues relating to PVC to visit the INEC website; CVR.inecnigeria.org

    Buba asked Nigerians living in Lagos to communicate with the body using the various social media handles; Interlagos on Twitter and Instagram and ineclagoshq on Facebook, saying that the feedback mechanism is very instantaneous.

  • “No PVC, no salary”- Anambra firm tells workers

    A law firm in Anambra state has revealed plans to the salaries of their employees without a Permanent Voters Card (PVC).

     

    A lawyer with handle @itzmunachi took to Twitter to share a copy of the internal memo released to this effect.

     

    The firm declared June 9 and 10 as a work-free day for their employees to go register and get their PVCS ahead of the general elections in 2023.

     

    According to the memo, anyone who doesn’t have a PVC will not be paid salary from henceforth.

     

    Read the memo below:
    Obi

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) gathered that the firm’s action was to ensure the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, would be voted for by the workers.

     

    Meanwhile Obi has received a certificate of return as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for next year’s general elections.

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    The former governor Anambra State governor received the certificate of return from the party on Friday.

     

    “Mr. Peter Obi Receives Labour Party Certificate of Returns as its Presidential Candidate for 2023 presidential elections,” the Labour Party tweeted on its official handle alongside a photo of Obi holding the certificate of return.

     

    Before now, a faction of the party had elected a presidential candidate for the elections next year.

     

    But the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) maintained that it only recognises the party’s presidential election which produced Obi as its candidate.

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    “The leadership of the NLC and TUC recognize the leadership of the Labour Party led by Barr. Julius Abure, a former trade union leader and workers are part of the leadership,” the NLC President Ayuba Wabba said in a statement issued on Thursday.

     

    “The NLC and TUC are aware of only one presidential primary which was held in Asaba, Delta State on 30th May 2022 and produced HE Peter Obi as its presidential candidate and standard-bearer.”

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    He said the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and NLC gave their full support to the processes which produced Obi as the party’s presidential candidate.

     

    “This, therefore, serves as a public disclaimer on Mr Calistus Okafor. We warn the general public to steer clear of Calistus Okafor and characters who might want to cash in on the popularity of the Labour Party to hoodwink, extort and swindle unsuspecting members of the public,” he warned.