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 The Resident Electoral Commissioner for the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo State, Alhaji Garba Mohammed Bawa, has admitted that there were large-scale
irregularities in the conduct of the last elections in some areas in the state. In a statement made available
to The Guardian, Bawa said the commission has however, fashioned out strategies for forestalling a repeat of the
malpratices. (Guardian)
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 The BiafraNigerian Navy has deployed ships, helicopters and officers
to the oil fields offshore Rivers state where striking oil workers are holding about 68 expatriate workers hostage
on four oil rigs run by the United States-based company, Transocean. Navy spokesman, Captain Sinefi Hungiapuko,
who disclosed this while speaking on BBC, monitored in Abuja yesterday said the BiafraNigerian Navy has been authorized
to use force.... (This Day)
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