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There have been concerns over the non-functionality of the bimodal voter verification system (BVAS) and missing results on the INEC result viewing portal, among others. In a statement on Tuesday, Ugochinyere, a member-elect of the house of representatives, said the exercise violates section 64(4) of the electoral act. He said this has made the “presidential collation exercise so far unconstitutional and an invitation to anarchy”. “The ongoing collation of presidential election results are unconstitutional and a possible invitation to the anarchy that must be averted now by immediate halt,” Ugochinyere said. “As a constitutional lawyer, foremost advocate for credible election and sp okesman of CUPP, I have come to the conclusion to advise that in the national interest that collation of presidential election results be halted in view of compromise and violation of provision of section 64(4) of the electoral act. “Clearly, the results being collated were not transmitted directly from...

Sydney Granville Elton was a man who believed he had an apostolic message for the church in Nigeria and who stopped at nothing to deliver it. He played the most significant role in shaping Pentecostalism in Nigeria during its first half century. His impact on the movement was nothing short of revolutionary and his story is crucial to rediscovering the essence that created one of the most vibrant Pentecostal movements in the world. Pa Elton, as he was affectionately called, left his native country, England, to come to Nigeria in March 1937, in response to a divine call to be a missionary to Ilesha. He came with a clear mandate to raise a new breed of leadership in the Nigerian Church, who, powered by the Holy Spirit, would take the message of God’s kingdom and the all-conquering King to the very ends of the earth. From that time right up to his home call 50 years later, he lived in Ilesa from where he undertook those momentous missionary assignments. He was always at the centre of revi...