INEC ANNOUNCES POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTION IN SOME POLLING UNITS.

The ongoing voting process have been progressing in some units whereas some others are experiencing challenges: slow process, failure of the card readers etc.Hence, inec receiving their monitoring reports in their alerts made the announcement some moments ago that the election continues tomorrow sunday 29th march 2015.See details below;

      The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reacted to the critical     situation with the inability of many people to vote during today.

Read the latest statement published via the official handle @INECAlert moments ago:

The INEC has been monitoring field reports on the accreditation process since commencement this morning.

Whereas the process has gone well in several places, in some others it has encountered some challenges, especially because of the card readers.

Consequently, the accreditation has been slow in many places and has not commenced at all in some others.

Even though the guidelines for the 2015 general elections provide that where card readers fail to work and cannot be replaced, elections in such polling units will be postponed to the next day.

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The scale of the challenge we have observed has necessitated a reconsideration of the provision of the guidelines.


The commission has therefore decided that in the polling units where card readers fail to work, the Presiding Officer shall manually accredit voters.

The Presiding Officer shall mark the voters register upon being satisfied that the person presenting a PVC is the owner.

Notwithstanding, in PUs where accreditation was suspended to the next day in accordance with the guidelines arrangements will be made for voters to vote tomorrow, subject to the provisions of the Electoral Act 2010.

The commission reassures the public that it will thoroughly investigate what happened while it stays committed to credible elections.

                                                                           (extracted from m.naij.com).

FIGHTS AT THE POLLING UNIT.

A fight broke out in one of the polling unit 21, ward6, marine base, P.H Town, This occurred as  voters became impatient in waitin in the queue for hours,even the elderly is made to stand without much progress.Then, suddenly a fight ensued between three men who wanted to take their turns at the same time. This is as a result of the slow and unorganized process.

FAKE P.D.P AGENT ARRESTED

In Opobo Nkoro, a fake PDP agent in possession of fake voting materials,has been caught and arrested by th police. The arrested was made at the polling unit 3, ward3,Opobo Nkoro.

INEC OFFICIALS ABDUCTED

In Enugu state, it is reported that some political thugs have abducted eight Independent National Electoral Commission Officials with the electoral materials this mornin in the eastern part of Enugu LGA. Since then, their whereabouts is still not known.

INEC HACKED WEBSITE RESTORED

INEC website which was hacked some hours ago by some group known as Team ''Nigerian Cyber Army''has been restored Though the motive of committin this act is not known.Read details below:


                                                               
                The official website of the Independent National Electoral commission was hacked by a group of individuals who identifed themselves as “TeaM Nigerian Cyber Army”  but after almost two hours down the website was restored.

When it was hacked, on opening the official INEC website which leads to the homepage, it will be noticed that the site has been taken over by cyberterrorists who mocked the security protecting the website.

The written text message on the website said:

Sorry xD Your Site has been STAMPED by TeaM Nigerian Cyber Army

FEEL SOME SHAME ADMIN!!

Security is just an illusion

Remember US GREETINGS OF PEACE TO CITIZEN OF NIGERIA FROM TEAM NCA

NIGERIANS No Body Can Give You Freedom No Body Can Give You Equality Or Justice If You Are A Man/Woman YOU TAKE IT

Underneath the text is a picture:



After the picture the text continues

Its 2015 Elections And We Are Here AGain But This Time In A Different Form, APC Claimed They Hacked Into INEC DATABASE But We Own The DATABASE Long Before Now So No Worries No Fear To All NIGERIANs…GO And Cast Your Vote And We Assure You That Your Vote Must Count Because We Are The Kings Of The NIgerRian CYber SPACE.

NOTE: WE GAT ACCESS TO OTHER HIGH RANKING NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT SERVERS, BUT WE ARE NOT HERE FOR THAT TODAY!.

INEC DONT TRY TO RIG BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING YOU DAY AND NIGHT FOR MONTHS NOW BUT DONT BE SCARED WE MEAN NO HARM COS IF YOU ATTEMPT TO RIG YOU WILL PAY!!

WE ARE THE THE VOICE OF THE YOUTHs!!

WE ALSO USE THIS MEDIUM TO ADVICE ALL POLITICAL PARTIES: WHO PRICE GO PAY.


WE DO NOT FORGIVE

WE DO NOT FORGET

EXPECT US!

The attackers also add their Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/naijacyberarmy

This is a screenshot of what the website looked like:



But the website was eventually restored either by the terrorists or the admin of the electoral body (unconfirmed).

This is the face of the restored website:



Browsing through the website, there was no abnormalities as the site has returned to its former fold. Other major media platforms have also reported that the website is back on track.
                                                                                    (extracted from M.NAIJ.COM)

Man engages his girlfriend at the polling unit

A man proposes to his girlfriend @ the polling unit. funny .isnt it? I guess it costs nothin to organize a public engagement at a time like this when everyone is outta their homes.Welldone..

A SEARCH FOR HOPE

       Ever wondered why, there are no two people with same xteristics or features. Thats because We are not born the same,in our manner of speech, dressin, movement,approach to life issues. Often times, we believe that we can be better than others, but a deep reflection on who we were years back and now simply shows that God is faithful and how well we are progressing. Hence,It is time to pause and reflect. Then we will learn to appreciate ourselves, become motivated,maximize our potentials and become whom are created to be-to positively affect our world.Every man has a beautiful place God had designed for him.All we need do is to work towards it knowing fully well that Hardwork pays alot. And someone who is diligent will surely dine and wine with Kings.The key thing to note is that''When preparation meets opportunity'', then good success becomes our breakthrough, so be encouraged.

THE OKURUKAKA CEREMONY IN OKRIKA.

Pictures of the okurukaka ceremony and a brief introduction of the occasion.

opening prayer by the chairman

At the ocasion 

negotiation between families

prayers by the priest for the couple

The families

In the family house

The procession to the husband's family

signing of the certificate

Exchange of goods and money(buyin and selling)

The families

Man of the day

Prayers for the couple

Wife of the day

couple proceeding to husbands family

Mother inlaw blessing her daughter inlaw

priest tieing the okuru

certificate issued to the husband

The wife

coupe and Mother inlaw

presiding chairman

The okurukaka ceremony is the final and highest stage of the traditional marriage rites in okrika. It is believed that every lady must "Tie the okuru" only once in her lifetime.After that, she is only committed to her husband till death  and cannot remarry. It commands respect on both couple especially from the community, even amongst the women folks.The woman is expected to wait at her parents house while her husband comes to meet her there ,After the necessary family rites/fees are paid to the kobo. Note: If the husband is latee, the first son can stand in as the man(husband). Then the marriage certificate is signed by the husband,wife,a witness or two,the father of the husband,the mother of the wife.There is also buyin and selling of goods among the families. Accordin to history, the woman then ties the okuru on her waist with a bare chest and walks though the marketsquare on bare foot with a procession of singers.However, due to christianity and modernization,the wife dresses fully, the priest prays for both couple for God's blessings.Then, she ties"the okuru", walks to her husband's family house through the market to meet her mother-in-law, for more blessings.Pictures are then taken with family members and invitees.Here below, are luvly pictures of my mother in her okurukaka occasion.

The couple

UNIPORT SUG WEEK2015 +CARNIVAL

The university of Port Harcourt, recently had her SUG week of mouth-watery activities.It was a week which featured interesting activities/events like:

Traditional day: A day set aside for students to be fully adorn in their various traditional attire.
Old-School Day: On this day students were dressed in the primitive old fashion school wears dating back 70's.

Uniport carnival:This was day set aside to remember and celebrate our cultural heritage. It was a platform for encouraging unity in diversity among the various cultures. Students from various department participated fully in the funfilled event.Here, below are pictures from the carnival

STUDENTS FROM FACULTY OF HUMANITIES

U2011 ALLOMORPHS..

To wrap the weekly activities, The university hosted her Mr. and Mrs. uniport which culminated into the day of SUG Election.More pictures below

EST BEAUTIES...