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This is ue to regular attacks by bandits who often set up roadblocks on the road, kidnapping and robbing people of their hard-earned money. It was a quiet evening on the road connecting Ifon to Okeluse community in Ondo State, southwest Nigeria. The driver who conveyed Dataphyte’s reporter noted that the once busy route had now become a shadow of its former self. He noted that passing through the area showed courage and boldness. This is due to regular attacks by bandits who often set up roadblocks on the road, kidnapping and robbing people of their hard-earned money. True to his words, when our reporter passed, neither any human being nor vehicle passed through the road, which is federally owned. The driver kept a high speed and cracked some jokes to subdue his apprehension while intermittently muttering words of prayer that the journey would not become a disastrous one. Not being able to complain about his speed, the reporter and the driver managed to reach the community situated in ...

Among the documents tendered in evidence by the petitioners were certified true copies of Form EC8A downloaded from the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV). FILES: Lawyers converge at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja for a pre-hearing on May 8, 2023. PHOTOS: Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV   The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), President Bola Tinubu, and the All Progressive Congress (APC) have opposed the admission of documents tendered as evidence in the petition by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, challenging Tinubu’s victory. ADVERTISEMENT The Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja resumed on Wednesday with Atiku, through his counsel, Chris Uche, telling the court that the team had prepared a second schedule of documents to be tendered, adding that the documents were fully served on the parties involved. Among the documents tendered in evidence by the petitioners were certified true copies of Form EC8A downl...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The chairwoman of the Dutch parliament on Wednesday called on Twitter to act to stop threats being broadcast on the social media platform against the country’s lawmakers. Vera Bergkamp made public a letter she sent to the U.S. company’s Global Affairs department expressing “deep concern” for recent tweets targeting members of parliament that contained death threats “and calls for violence and even murder”. Advertisement “These are probably punishable under Dutch criminal law,” she tweeted. The leader of the Netherlands’ anti-Islam Freedom Party, Geert Wilders, has been the frequent target of death threats on Twitter for more than a decade. Billionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter in October 2022 and quickly cut staff, including some responsible for content moderation in favor of more automated systems. Musk, a self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist,” has said he bought Twitter to prevent the platform from becoming an echo chamber for hate and division. “I understand ...