INEC REJECTS PETITION TO RECALL SENATOR NATASHA, DECLARES IT INADEQUATE. (PHOTO).

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  INEC rejects petition to recall Senator Natasha, declares it inadequate The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the petition to recall the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has not met the requirements. In a short statement on Thursday, the electoral commission said the petition to recall Senator Natasha did not meet constitutional requirements. “The petition for the recall of the Senator representing the Kogi Central Senatorial District has not met the requirement of Section 69(a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended),” INEC wrote on its X handle. In an updated statement, INEC cited Section 69(a) of the Constitution, which stipulates that a petition to recall a senator needs the signatures of more than one-half of the registered voters in the lawmaker’s constituency. “The total number of registered voters in the Kogi Central Senatorial District is 474,554. More than one-half of this figure (i....

BLUE CARDS SET TO BE INTRODUCED IN FOOTBALL. (PHOTO).


 Blue cards set to be introduced in football


Blue cards are set to be introduced in professional football as part of sin-bin trials. 


This will mark the first new colour of card widely used in 50 years.


There are currently only yellow and red cards used in football.


But the report claims that on Friday, the International Football Association Board, IFAB, will announce the revolutionary move.


It is part of new measures that will see players removed from play for 10 minutes, if they commit a cynical foul or show dissent towards a match official.


Players would now be sent off if they receive two blue cards in a match or a combination of a blue and a yellow.


Elite trials could begin this summer, although top-tier competitions will be excluded from initial testing.

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