According to TUC President Osifo, “We went on strike because government refused to act on the assault on Ajaero.”

The president narrowly won the first round but failed to get more than 50% of the vote, triggering the run-off.

The president led a delegation to the summit where he declared that Nigeria is open for business.

No one could go in or come out, including lawmakers.

“If the land is degraded, there cannot be food security,” said deputy environment minister Salako.

Civil Society co-convener, Mimidoo Achakpa says the issue of prefilled sheets meant INEC did not do its job properly.

He won with a total of 175, 196 votes, followed by APC’s Sylva with 110,108 while LP’s Eradiri got 905 votes.

Acknowledging the importance of the internet he said, “maybe we will have to totally revise our educational system to take in this new monster…”

In the results released so far, PDP won in five local government areas, while APC won in one.

The President embarked on the Islamic rite at the end of his official duties in Riyadh, where he participated in the Saudi-African Summit on Friday.

“I would rather be doing other things more pleasurable… but in the end, you’ve purged yourself of accumulated debris.”

“If we continue… we’ll come to a time when the presidential election in Nigeria may be off-season.”

The renowned Nobel laureate regaled his audience at IATF 2023 of the circumstances leading up to his role in the play-turned-film “Kongi’s Harvest”.

“If you mean well for your people and you want to govern them, you will not recruit thugs to kill them. You cannot kill and govern the graves.”

Ajaero revealed he was tortured for hours on end and refused requests for medical attention.

“Historically, politicians and government have long been the instigators of the violence in the country.”

Speaking on the upcoming election, he said “there is no space for violence in this election.”

He alleged that some parties are stockpiling arms to intimidate voters during the election.

“We believe that the government will do the right thing in getting those who are criminals to be prosecuted and sent to correctional centres… But it must be done within the bounds of law.”

He said $3.6bn has been secured for the East Africa railway corridor linking Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi.