Sgt4succsess SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM EU Laments Pervasive Violence During Nigeria’s Gubernatorial, State Houses of Assembly Elections European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Nigeria has lamented the pervasive violence during Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections, noting that 21 persons were reported to have died across the country due to various violent attacks relating to the election. ADVERTISEMENT The EU EOM said something must be done urgently to correct the situation in future so as not to allow for a relapse in Nigeria’s democracy, insisting that there was voter’s apathy to the last election as a result of infractions during the President and National Assembly elections. ADVERTISEMENT Addressing a press conference in Abuja where a preliminary report was released to make public the observation during last Saturday’s election, EU EOM Ch

Sgt4succsess SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM The Iraq War, 20 years on Twenty years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the effects of war and occupation still reverberate through the region. ADVERTISEMENT Exactly 20 years ago, on March 20, 2003, the United States launched a ground invasion of Iraq, promising to end the rule of President Saddam Hussein and destroy alleged weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the oil-rich country. ADVERTISEMENT Air operations had begun the night before, as US President George W Bush announced in a televised address: “At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.” ADVERTISEMENT However, US forces, mainly backed by troops from the United Kingdom, never found weapons of mass destruction. ADVERTISEMENT And alt

Sgt4succsess SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM Atiku: Amaechi's Disclosure Proves INEC Is in Candidates' Pockets The presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the revelation by the immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. ADVERTISEMENT That the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, was allegedly recommended for his reappointment by an associate of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu in 2020. ADVERTISEMENT Speaking in Rivers State on Saturday, Amaechi had alleged that not only did the re-appointment of the INEC chairman come from Tinubu’s camp, the INEC boss also worked under Governor Nyesom Wike when the Rivers State governor was Minister of State for Education and interim Minister of Education in the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. ADVERTISEMEN