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B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G N-E-W-S DE-CRIMINALISATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA : INTERNATIONAL PARADIGM SHIFT ......CHIEF ANTHONY TOSAN PREST SUES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, PRESIDENT BUHARI, MINISTER OF HEALTH AND ATTORNEY GENERAL LAGOS STATE  February 28, 2019 Chief Anthony Tosan Prest Chief Anthony Tosan Prest, in a historic suit (FHC/L/CS/235/19) filed at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos is seeking enforcement of his fundamental human rights under relevant sections of the 1999 constitution (as amended) and the African Charter of Human & People’s Rights. The application is on behalf of himself and desirous Nigerians seeks rights for - Cultivating or planting Cannabis Sativa plants for MEDICAL , industrial and horticultural purposes in a regulated and controlled environment for commercial use - Making and /or using products with preparation of extracts of cannabis for the treatment of medical ailments, disease conditions and/or for the purposes of the best phy

NGOs Protest Fraudulent Election Results in Bayelsa By Donald Sylva Members of various non-governmental organisations and civil society groups in Bayelsa State, on Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest over the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in some parts of the state. Comrade Toitoi Newton of the Grassroots For Development, who led the protest to the Independent National Electoral Commission office in Yenagoa, told journalists that the CSOs demand a cancellation of the purported results from Constituency 4 in Southern Ijaw council and Nembe-Bassambiri in Nembe council where election materials were carted away. According to Comrade Newton, elections did not hold in the seven wards of Nembe-Bassambiri due to the violence orchestrated by political thugs aided by security personnel deployed in the community. He said the people were disenfranchised as they were chased away from their communities on the day of the election. Comrade

BRASS INDIGENES CALL FOR ARREST OF ALL INVOLVED IN THE ASSAULT OF DC FSARS KOLA OKUNOLA By Ogeh Cion DC Kola Okunola The people of Twon-Brass have called on the Acting Inspector General of Police to swiftly commence the investigation of the assault on the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Federal SARS, Kola Okunola, by APC thugs in Twon-Brass which occurred on Saturday 23rd February 2019, and bring the perpetrators to book.  The leadership of the community who registered their dissatisfaction, gross displeasure and regret at this heinous act stated that the officer was not seen with, neither was he carting away with electoral materials as alleged by some media reports. Elections were already over in Twon Brass, Brass LGA at the time the police officer, the Military officer and some Officials arrived. The Police Officer did not even leave the jetty area on his arrival where he was attacked. The attackers are all known. They are all boys from Twon Brass

GOV. DICKSON URGES NIGERIANS TO DISCOUNTENANCE CONCOCTED VOTES ALLOTTED TO BUHARI, APC CANDIDATES IN BAYELSA …Army officers compelled collation officers at gunpoint to allocate figures to APC Donald Sylva Gov. Seriake Dickson The Bayelsa State Government has rejected votes allotted to the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress, President Muhammadu Buhari, and other candidates of the party in Nembe- Bassambiri and Southern Ijaw Local Government Areas òf the state. The State Governor, the Honorable Henry Seriake Dickson, said elections did not take place in Nembe Bassambiri and Constituency 4 of Southern Ijaw. The Governor said that what happened in Nembe and Southern Ijaw was a blatant violation of the rights of the people to elect their leaders and representatives. Governor Dickson stated further that a former Governor òf the State, Chief Timipre Sylva, an oil surveillance Contractor, David Lion, and Officers and men of the Nigerian Army commandee

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: PDP DEMANDS STOPPAGE OF COLLATION OF RESULTS BY INEC  By Donald Sylva The People’s Democratic Party has demanded the stoppage of collation of results of the Presidential election by the Independent Electoral Commission presently going on in Abuja. In a press conference today, the Deputy Director General (Admin) of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, Bar. Taminu Turaki stated that in line with INEC’s commitment to a transparent, free and fair election and in view of the dubious figures being released by INEC, there was need to make available data from smart card reader accreditation at the various polling units across the Country. Find below a full text of the press conference. #NigeriaDecides2019 #NigeriaDecides February 26, 2019 PRESS CONFERENCE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: PDP DEMANDS STOPPAGE OF COLLATION OF RESULTS BY INEC  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands, in line with the commitment to a transparent, free

PROTEST ROCKS INEC OFFICE IN BAYELSA AS PDP DEMANDS CANCELLATION OF FAKE RESULTS FROM NEMBE, SOUTHERN IJAW ...SAYS PVCs WERE NOT USED IN THE PURPORTED ELECTIONS ...ACCUSES ARMY OF COLLUDING WITH THUGS TO COMMIT ELECTORAL FRAUD By Donald Sylva Bayelsans united against electoral fraud Protesting on Monday The Bayelsa State Capital, Yenagoa, was on Monday locked down by a massive protest by members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP demanding the cancellation of the fake results from Southern Ijaw and Nembe Local Government areas of the state. Chairman of the state PDP, Moses Cleopas who led thousands of the party faithful, called on INEC to reject the contentious results and conduct a rerun of the elections in the seven wards in Nembe Bassambiri and Wards 12, 14 15 and 16 in Southern Ijaw Constituency 4. Cleopas said that it was shocking and unfortunate that INEC accepted results from an election that did not involve the use of the Permanent Voters Card as re

GOV. DICKSON ACCUSES GOC OF COMPLICITY IN ELECTORAL FRAUD IN BAYELSA ...TO PETITION MILITARY AUTHORITIES, SET UP PANEL ON KILLINGS, VIOLENCE By Donald Sylva Bayelsa State Governor, the Honourable Seriake Dickson has accused the military authorities particularly the General Officer Commanding, 6th Division of the Nigerian Army of subverting the will of the people in the electoral process in the state. Governor Dickson who made the accusation during a Media chat in Yenagoa, decried unlawful orders issued by the GOC to officers and men who provided cover for APC leaders and thugs to carry out electoral fraud in some parts of the state.  The Governor condemned the killings and hijacking of electoral materials in areas such as Bassambiri, Oluasiri, Opu Nembe, Agbere, Oweikorogha, Apoi, Azuzuama and Korokorosei. He said that APC leader, Chief Timipre Sylva and an Oil Surveillance Contractor, Kodjo, has taken electoral officer’s hostage at Darius Hotel, Bassambiri