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  The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and former Vice-President of Nigeria, Mr. Atiku Abubakar, will on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 in Lagos appear at the Nigerian Guild of Editors’ Forum. He will present his plans for Nigerians to over 100 editors who will gather at the Protea Hotel by Marriot Ikeja Select on Plot 2 Assibifi Road, Off Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ikeja at 9 am. The Editors’ Forum is part of the Nigerian Guild of Editors’ efforts to help deepen democracy by engaging candidates in the electoral process to provide explanations to Nigerians on their manifestoes and programmes.

Sen. Gabriel Suswam has said that with the introduction of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BIVAS) the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has tackled the challenge of ballot box snatching. Suswam spoke on Monday in in Adikpo, headquarters of Kwande Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue, at the flag-off of the Benue North-East senatorial campaign. He advised people against contemplating snatching of ballot boxes as it would be an exercise in futility. He urged the people to concentrate on canvassing support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “The era of snatching ballot box and other electoral materials is over. If you snatch a ballot box you are wasting your time. “All you need to do is to man your polling units with your Permanent Voters Card (PVC) to ensure victory for our party,” Suswam said. He also advised them to refrain from campaign of acrimony and insults rather their campaigns should be issues-based. Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue expressed optimism that the ...