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INEC Deploys 8,000 Ad-Hoc Staff Ahead Of Bayelsa State Gubernatorial Elections

In an interview with the News Agency for Nigeria (NAN) Mr. Baritor Kpagih, the Bayelsa State Resident Commissioner for the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), announced that INEC will be deploying 8,000 ad-hoc staff during the gubernatorial elections in Bayelsa State. It will be recalled that on Friday SaharaReporters detailed the acrimonious debate between Governor Seriake Dickson and Mr. Timipre Sylva both of whom are candidates for the Bayelsa State governorship. Mr. Kpagih informed NAN that the ad-hoc staff members received their training at Local Government Are

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Pope Francis celebrates Cardinal Arinze as he marks 50 years of priestly ordination

The Pope, who was represented by the Papal Nuncio to Nigeria, Archbishop Augustine Kassuja at the Pontifical Mass at the Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity, described Cardinal Arinze as God’s gift to humanity. During the homily, the Apostolic Nuncio to Central Africa, Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo, described Cardinal Arinze’s spiritual milestones as an evidence of divine presence in his service to humanity. He said: (more…)