“NO ELECTRICITY, NO VOTE,” SOUTH AFRICANS THREATEN TO SHUN RULING PARTY ANC. (PHOTO)

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 “No electricity, no vote,” South Africans threaten to shun ruling party ANC Residents in Katlehong, a township outside Johannesburg, have resolved to boycott South Africa's upcoming local elections on November 4 due to long-standing failures by authorities to provide basic services like electricity. For over 20 years, around 180 households in the community have relied on illegal electrical connections pulled from neighboring areas to power their homes. Angry over the lack of formal grid infrastructure, residents are directing their frustration at the ruling African National Congress (ANC). "We have made a collective decision: no electricity, no vote," said community leader Lesiba Rankapole, 59. "We know it is illegal, but we had no choice because we cannot live without electricity. Our children cannot progress without electricity." "I was born ANC, but today I do not want anyone to tell me about the ANC because I am suffering," added 57-year-old resid...

UPDATE: ALLEGED CERTIFICATE FORGERY: MINISTER’S SUIT AGAINST UNN, OHERS STALLED. (PHOTO).


 Alleged Certificate Forgery: Minister’s Suit Against UNN, Ohers Stalled


The federal high court Abuja division has adjourned hearing in a suit  filed by the minister of innovation, science and technology, Uche Nnaji, against the university of Nigeria, Nsukka and others.


 Justice Hauwa Yilwa gave the order due to the inability of the counsel to the UNN and its officers to file their responses.


Uche Nnaji the applicant sued the minister of education, the national universities commission UNN and its vice-chancellor, prof. Simon Ortuanya and three others as respondents.


Nnaji, in an ex-parte motion, had sought an order granting him writs prohibiting the university and its officials from “tampering with” or continuing to “tamper with” his academic records.


The minister also sought leave of the court to issue an order of mandamus compelling the university and its officials to release his academic transcript to him, and asked the minister of education and the nuc to exercise their supervisory powers to compel unn to do so.

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