* Governorship elections: INEC decides fate of Kano, Sokoto, others today * Buhari: 'I want Nigerians to remember me for conducting free, fair elections

MARCH 12, 2019 Governorship elections: INEC decides fate of Kano, Sokoto, others today The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will res [Forward](  [SABI-EVENING-NEWS](  MARCH 12, 2019 [***] [INEC-PVC]( Governorship elections: INEC decides fate of Kano, Sokoto, others today The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will resolve the controversies trailing non-conclusion of governorship elections in some states today.It was garnered from sources within the electoral body that a meeting will hold later on the yet-to-be-concluded elections and possibly fix dates for rerun polls, especially in Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Kano, Sokoto, Rivers, Plateau and other states where the processes were stalemated. [Read more]( [***] [CUPP]( 'Military deployment during elections treasonable' - CUPP The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) on Monday criticized the deployment of the military across various polling units. This happened during the governorship elections; and it is now being called a treasonable felony. This stance was contained in a statement by the coalition’s national spokesman, Imo Ugochinyere, in Abuja.Ugochinyere claimed that with the military’s action, the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, had shown that he was nursing an agenda of returning the country to military rule. [Read more]( [***] [Buhari]( Buhari: 'I want Nigerians to remember me for conducting free, fair elections' President Muhammadu Buhari today while in Daura pledged to ensure that elections in Nigeria must be free, fair and credible.Buhari made this pledge during a visit at his residence by Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State, who also came to formally inform him of his election victory in last Saturday’s Governorship poll.Also Read: ‘Military deployment during elections treasonable’ – CUPPThe President said: ‘‘I have maintained a position that elections must be free and fair and people have the right to make their choices and vote their consciences. 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The offer is a demonstration of the company's commitment to servicing its loyal customer with rewards that help to encourage more connection. With this unique offer, customers upon purchase of their preferred data bundles using the code 200*31#, will be able to use their data plans for other purposes while enjoying WhatsApp chat free of charge.The offer is the first-of-its-kind in Nigeria’s telecom market and it is available to 9mobile subscribers on both prepaid and postpaid/hybrid packages. [Read more]( [***] [Haruna-Sani]( Nigeria must try homegrown technology to handle card reader challenges - NASENI The Executive Vice-Chairman, National Agency for Science Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) Haruna Sani has tasked the Nigerian government to seek for better technology for card readers in the next election. The call was made in the light of challenges faced in the just concluded elections leading to the denial of people's civic rights to vote due to faulty card readers used by INEC.Some of the card readers failed to function at most polling units, as a lot of voters ended up with manual accreditation before voting. [Read more]( [***] [gm-cruise]( GM Cruise hires new HR head to drive 1000 engineers engaged in 9 months GM Cruise will be taking on a new HR head in the person of Arden Hoffman, who previously helped scale Dropbox in its hiring frenzy for the next 9 months. The autonomous vehicle technology company plans to hire hundreds of engineering employees in its push to deploy a robotaxi service by the end of the year.The GM subsidiary, which has more than 1,000 employees, is expanding its office space in San Francisco to accommodate the growth. 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