The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of results in the supplementary election in Adamawa State. According to a statement by INEC’s National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education, Barrister Festus Okoye, the process is yet to be concluded. A video emerged on social media where the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mallam Hudu Yunusa Ari, announced that the APC candidate, Aisha Dahiru, won the election. The REC’s announcement violates the laws guiding […]
TROOP OUT TO VOTE; SHUN VIOLENCE AND THE SPREAD OF FAKE NEWS IN THE SUPPLEMENTARY ELECTION – BBYDI
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to conduct supplementary elections on Saturday, 15th of April 14, 2023. The election is holding after the commission had declared several polls inconclusive and cancelled several others due to irregularities and violence in the general elections held on February 25 and March 18, respectively. The supplementary election will hold across different states and at different levels. In Adamawa and Kebbi States, there will be a governorship rerun. […]
International Youth Day 2021
PRESS RELEASE Ilorin, Kwara State, 09/08/2021: The Brain Builders Youth Development – a youth-based non-governmental organisation – is set to hold its annual International Youth Day event for 2021. The organisation is committed to youth development and entrepreneurship, using its platform to drive conversations to help young people thrive. In the past seven years, we have organised events to commemorate International Youth Day. We bring young people together to deliberate on pressing issues […]
NGO Calls for rejection of Lauretta Onochie as INEC National Commissioner
The nomination of Mrs Lauretta Onochie as the National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to represent the South-South geo-political zone is unacceptable. We believe that Mrs Onochie, a political appointee and a Senior Special Assistant to the President on social media, is unfit for the role. A person of her standing, affiliated with the All Progressives Congress (APC), should not be a national commissioner of an independent electoral body. The Constitution of […]
Teens Speak Out 7.0 Academic Competition is Live
The Covid-19 pandemic was unprecedented. It threw the nation into distress and altered our normal lives. Our health sector was strained and exposed. At the forefront of the pandemic, health workers risked their lives and safety to cater for the victims. The pandemic unmasked the crippling situation of the health sector: the dilapidated facilities, inadequate safety compensation and kits, the down payment of health workers, and the inefficiency of our government towards health management. Indeed, […]
