PRES. TRUMP AWARDED INAUGURAL FIFA PEACE PRIZE AT WORLD CUP DRAW IN WASHINGTON . (PHOTOS).

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 President Trump awarded inaugural FIFA Peace Prize at World Cup draw in Washington  Gianni Infantino, the FIFA President presented the honour onstage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, saying Trump had been selected “in recognition of his exceptional and extraordinary actions to promote peace and unity around the world”. “This is your prize, this is your peace prize,” Infantino said, after Trump took the stage to accept the trophy, a medal and certificate. “There is also a beautiful medal for you that you can wear everywhere you want to go.”   FIFA says the prize is for “individuals who help unite people in peace through unwavering commitment and special actions”.  Accepting the award, Trump called it “one of the great honours of my life”, before claiming to have “saved millions and millions of lives – the Congo is an example, over 10 million people killed and it was heading for another 10 million very quickly. India and Pakistan, so many diffe...

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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