INEC CHAIR URGES AFRICAN YOUTHS TO CHAMPION PEACEFUL ELECTIONS. (PHOTO).

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 INEC Chair Urges African Youths to Champion Peaceful Elections Chairman of Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has called on African youths to promote peaceful and credible elections across the continent. Speaking during a lecture at The Gambia’s Civil Service University on Tuesday, Yakubu stressed the critical role of young people in electoral processes, urging them to act with integrity and patriotism. “Young people form the backbone of election duty staff,” he noted, warning against malpractice, misinformation, and fake news. Yakubu was later honoured with a Certificate of Appreciation by the university for his contributions to democracy in West Africa.

5 TRAFFICKERS,ARRESTED TODAY BY THE ITALIAN POLICEMEN IN RELATION TO WEDNESDAY MIGRANTS DROWNING.

                                                           According to sources,Italy arrested five North African men today friday on suspicion of multiple homicide and human trafficking in the presumed drowning of more than 200 people,saying they used clubs and knives against migrants.Most of the dead were locked in the hold of a boat that sank off the coast of Libya on wednesday.Police said many children were believed to be among those who perished.Two Libyans,two Algerians and a Tunisian ranging in age from 21-24,were placed under formal arrest in Palermo after being questioned yesterday thursday.Police had earlier mistakenly identified the Tunisian as a Libyan.The police said the accused men charged the migrants between $1,200 and $1,800 for the voyage,depending on where they would be placed on the deck of the boat.Those on the hold paid about half as much as those above.The boat was carrying 650 people.Italian and Irish ships rescued more than 400 migrants and recovered 26 bodies,including three children.Police arrested the men after speaking to survivors during the nighr after they arrived in Palermo.A police reconstruction based on witnesses account said three of the men,part of a Libyan based human trafficking ring,alternated steering the boat while the other two kept watch over the migrants.In a police statement that reads ''The arrested are suspected of causing the confirmed deaths of 26 migrants and the presumed deaths of about 200 people who,according to witnesses,were locked in the hold of the boat that capsized''.More photos below.                                                    

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