Georgia’s Future Voting System: Senators Propose Handwritten Paper Ballots

Georgia senators took the first step toward abandoning the state’s touchscreen voting system, replacing it with paper ballots filled out by hand. A bill proposed Tuesday would require almost all Georgia voters to bubble in their choices at polling places instead of using touchscreen computers that print out paper ballots. The Senate Ethics Committee could…

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FACT CHECK: Did the Ebonyi government really ‘repatriate 800 residents stranded in Lagos’ as claimed on X?

Claim: Ebonyi State government has repatriated 800 indigenes stranded in Lagos State. Verdict: True. However, the narrative that the repatriation is a result of the campaign to drive “non-indigenes” out of Lagos State is misleading. Full Text: On March 22, an X account (@NigeriaStories) claimed that the government of Ebonyi State has repatriated indigenes stranded…

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NYSC Coordinator Advises Female Corps Members to Return to Parents, Not Boyfriends, After Earning Certificates

The Bauchi State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has urged female Corps members to return home to their parents after completing their service.   Yakubu made the call during the distribution of National Service certificates to corps members who completed the one year mandatory service, on Thursday, March 27, 2025.    While…

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Wike’s Aide Olayinka Provokes Atiku: ‘2027 Presidential Bid Will Mark Your 7th Failure’

Media aide to Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, Lere Olayinka, has warned former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, against running for the presidency in 2027 as he will again fail woefully. Olayinka who gave Atiku the warning in a post…

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