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 Russia launches massive drone and missile barrage on Ukraine, killing at least 18 civilians and striking Kyiv and multiple cities  Russia carried out a large-scale overnight assault on Ukraine, launching hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles that killed at least 18 civilians and wounded more than 100 others across multiple cities, officials said Tuesday. The strikes hit Kyiv, Dnipro and other regions, with emergency crews working through destroyed residential buildings where some victims were trapped under rubble. In Dnipro, rescuers recovered the bodies of a 3-year-old child and a mother and her 8-year-old son, while officials reported 12 deaths in the city and six in Kyiv. The bombardment stretched from night into daylight, with explosions reported across wide areas of the country. Kyiv residents had been on alert for days after warnings of a major aerial attack, including advisories for foreign diplomats to leave the capital. Despite those warnings, most remained in pl...

INEC REPORTS 98.8% PVC COLLECTION AHEAD OF ANAMBRA GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION. (PHOTO).


 INEC reports 98.8% PVC collection ahead of Anambra governorship election


INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, announced in Abuja on Thursday that 2,769,137 out of 2,802,790 registered voters—representing an impressive 98.8 per cent—have picked up their cards.


Describing the turnout as “a significant achievement for any election in Nigeria,” Amupitan credited the success to INEC’s decision to extend the PVC collection window across all 326 Registration Areas.


Initially, only 63.9 per cent of voters had collected their PVCs. But by extending the deadline to November 2, we’ve achieved a collection rate of 98.8 per cent,” he said. “All uncollected cards will now be safely stored at the Central Bank of Nigeria until after the election.


The INEC boss urged voters to turn out en masse, lamenting Anambra’s history of low voter participation—25.5 per cent in 2013, 20.1 per cent in 2017, and just 10.27 per cent in 2021.


Amupitan added that four National Commissioners and ten Resident Electoral Commissioners have been deployed to ensure smooth operations, while voters in security-challenged areas of Ihiala LGA will safely cast their ballots at the council secretariat under heavy security.


INEC, he noted, has already read the riot act to its ad hoc staff and will sanction any officer found guilty of misconduct while rewarding those who perform diligently.

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