LAGOS — EMINENT Nigerians, yesterday, expressed outrage over the revelation that millions of eligible voters are yet to collect their Permanent Voters’ Card, PVC, in the southern part of Nigeria, describing the development as an indication that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, lacks the capacity to conduct a credible election.

TWENTY-THREE states — Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Ondo, Osun, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara — voted against local government financial autonomy. Their votes meant the required two-third majority required to change the law was not met.

The shares of 7up Bottling Company Plc, Seplat Petroleum Development Co. Plc and Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc have been included in the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE 30 Index.

It all started just over a week ago when the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the course of its statutory obligations published the details of the presidential candidates and in the place of the educational qualification of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari listed an affidavit.
Buhari, the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate had in the affidavit deposed thus:

Despite the various security strategies adopted by the Lagos State Government, residents have continued to lament the rising number of robbery cases in the state. In 2007, when Governor Babatunde Fashola came on board, he had initiated the Lagos State Security Trust Fund, LSSTF, to fund the police and other security officials in the state to enhance policing across the state.