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Labour Party Tsunami Puts Pressure On Sanwo-Olu, Makinde, Okowa, El-Rufai, Others

In the presidential election, Tinubu was defeated by Obi in Lagos, the first time his party would lose an important election in the state since the return to democracy in 1999.

by Justice Winner
in 2023 Elections, Headline
Labour Party Tsunami

Labour Party Tsunami has put pressure on Sanwo-Olu, Makinde, Okowa, Ikpeazu, and El-Rufai among others.

 

NewsOnline reports that following the defeat suffered by the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in some of their strongholds during the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections, some governors whose parties failed to win the presidential poll in their states are under intense pressure to win their re-elections bids and install anointed successors, and have begun moves to secure their seats.

 

Findings by NewsOnline Nigeria indicated that in Lagos State, where the APC lost to the Labour Party in the presidential election, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had been meeting with different groups, residents associations, and communities to seek their support for his re-election. Similarly, in Oyo State, where the APC defeated the governing PDP, Governor Seyi Makinde and his supporters were said to be making renewed efforts to woo voters.

 

ALSO: Peter Obi Records First Legal Victory Against Bola Tinubu, APC

 

Meanwhile, some outgoing governors who lost their states in the presidential election but are desirous of putting their trusted lieutenants in power to succeed them, have also become apprehensive over the possibility of losing their states.

 

The states include Benue, Abia, Cross River, Enugu, Delta, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, Katsina and Gombe.

 

In the presidential poll, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, described by many as one of the power brokers in the ruling APC, lost the state to the PDP, with the fate of his preferred successor, Uba Sani, now hanging precariously in the balance.

 

Aware of the possibility of losing the state to an opposition party, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had to make a passionate plea to the residents of Kaduna to vote for Sani, whom he described as a hard working and courageous leader.

Lagos

NewsOnline Nigeria gathered that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, had shifted his focus to the re-election of his protégé, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who is seeking a second term in office as the governor of Lagos State.

 

In the presidential election, Tinubu was defeated by Obi in Lagos, the first time his party would lose an important election in the state since the return to democracy in 1999.

 

There are talks of an alliance between the PDP and the LP to unseat Sanwo-Olu. The governor has formidable challengers in Olajide Adediran of the PDP and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the LP.

 

But the governor has not given up and has been meeting various stakeholder groups in last-minute efforts to win the poll. He is scheduled to meet residents of various communities from Monday.

 

On Saturday, traditional rulers and community leaders in the 62 communities in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state appealed to residents to support Sanwo-Olu’s re-election bid.

 

The Chairman of the Baales in the local government area, Wasiu Alli-Balogun, stated this during a press briefing held at Ikota Primary School, Lagos.

He said, “We want to appeal to those that were annoyed with the last elections, that they should forget what happened. Let us forget the past and face the future.

“Governor Sanwo-Olu means peace. He wants progress for Eti-Osa and Lagos as a whole. We need to support him and give him votes so that he can be able to complete the work he has started.”

Also, the Convener of Pro-Nigeria Group, Mr Lai Omotola, at an event on Saturday, said Lagos as the nation’s economic hub and major African financial centre plays a pivotal role in the country’s economy.

“We have realised concerted efforts by mischief makers to derail the development path of Lagos State. They have provided minnows as alternatives to progressive government. They are asking for a change of government not rooted in any genuine facts,” he said.

Earlier, when the presidential results were announced on Wednesday, the APC National Youth Leader, Dayo Israel, in two separate tweets (now deleted) charged party members to focus on door-to-door campaign.

He tweeted, “Nobody should do any one million march (nonsense) again. Focus on a door-to-door. Party excos, youth leaders, councillors, leaders, we have 10 days to #SanwoAgain. Go and engage your neighbours, #deliveryourstreet, be humble, get off your high horse. Ise wa o (there is work to be done).

“Any appointee in Lagos who doesn’t deliver his ward on the 11th of March should not bother coming to Alausa on the 13th. Everyone should drop their tinted car and start walking the street. Knock on your neighbour’s doors, beg those you need to beg, make peace. Deliver for #Sanwo-Olu,” he wrote.

In a bid to win the confidence of the electorate in the state, Sanwo-Olu had dispatched his men to interface with the voters.

In one of such outings, the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr Tayo Ayinde, was at Badagry on Saturday where he promised that his principal would not take the people of the town for granted when he succeeds in his second term bid.

Ayinde, who is also Director-General of Tinubu/Sanwo-Olu Independent Campaign Council, gave the assurance during his thank you visit to the town for their support during the presidential election.

“We have come to thank you for your support and dedication to the All Progressives Congress and Senator Bola Tinubu, the President-elect,” he said.

He thanked Badagry electorate, various groups, traditional rulers, religious bodies, youths, students, trade unions, and associations for voting for Tinubu and other candidates in the recent elections.

The DG urged Badagry voters to double their efforts in the upcoming elections to ensure a more resounding victory for Sanwo-Olu and the two state House of Assembly candidates from the area.

Meanwhile, the Lagos State APC has expressed confidence that Sanwo-Olu will emerge victorious in Saturday’s governorship election.

 

The spokesman for the party in the state, Mr Seye Oladejo, stated this during a telephone interview with Sunday PUNCH, describing the victory of the Labour Party in the presidential election as “pyrrhic.”

 

Oladejo said, “The victory recorded by the LP last Saturday was a pyrrhic one. Some circumstances engendered that victory, but those circumstances will not play up anymore.

 

“It was more of a protest against the naira redesign that inflicted hardship on a lot of people, which was taken care of by the Supreme Court yesterday (Friday) and a whole lot of factors. All of these will not play up this Saturday and I can assure you that we will win the election convincingly.”

 

He added that among the strength of the party in the state were its achievements in more than 23 years.

 

However, the LP in the state expressed confidence that its candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, will win the governorship election.

 

Speaking in an interview with Sunday PUNCH, the LP spokesman in the state, Olubunmi Odesanya, said, “We are very confident. Our candidate is well positioned to win the election and we are very confident as the Labour Party.

 

“And of course, from the performance of last Saturday, you can see that we were quite favoured by the electorate and by the grace of God, we will win Lagos again.”

 

The Publicity Secretary of the Lagos PDP, Mr Hakeem Amode, told one of our correspondents, “Dr Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran has put himself out to the people of Lagos as a better choice by physically visiting the nooks and crannies of strategic voting areas and meeting with community leaders, who determined how people vote. When you consider the fact that people’s choices have shifted and the thoroughness of Jandor’s campaign, then you will know that he is the next governor.

“With the issue of youth displeasure with the current government over the #EndSARS protest in Lagos and the attitude of the present government towards youth development, you can know that they stand no chance in this governorship election.”

Oyo

Governor Seyi Makinde succeeded in the 2019 poll on the platform of the PDP and immediately won for himself an army of admirers when he voluntarily declared his assets worth N49bn.

There are divergent views on whether he has done enough to warrant another shot at the office or not. In what appeared a smart move, Makinde commenced the inauguration of some projects barely a week to the poll.

For the better part of the last quarter of 2022 till the presidential poll, Makinde teamed up with his colleagues from Rivers, Abia, Enugu and Benue states to rebel against the Iyorchia Ayu-led National Working Committee of the PDP on the one hand and Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the party, on the other.

Makinde’s main challenger will be the candidate of the APC, Senator Teslim Folarin, whose party won the three senatorial seats in the state and eight out of the 10 House of Representatives seats so far declared. The election of the other two candidates was declared inconclusive. The Accord Party candidate, Adebayo Adelabu, is also a strong contender.

Meanwhile, the PDP in the state has restated confidence in its chances on Saturday and explained that the APC presidential candidate, Tinubu, was voted for by most of the residents of the state based on ethnicity and the internal wrangling in the PDP.

The Publicity Secretary, Oyo PDP, Akeem Olatunji, expressed confidence that the state would witness Makinde’s tsunami in the governorship poll.

Olatunji added that the strength of the party was based on excellent performance of Makinde in the last four years.

He said, “The difference and margin in the governorship contest between Governor Makinde and whoever is facing him is not going to be less than 450,000. It’s going to be a tsunami; just the way we had the Tinubu tsunami, we are going to have the Makinde tsunami in the state.

“As far as we are concerned in the Oyo PDP, we have tried our possible best, but the major thing is that the electorate have key into what the governor said as a performer and a straightforward person. Even before that election, most of the Obas in Oyo State endorsed both the Tinubu and Makinde. And there are a lot of Tinubu support groups who have also endorsed Makinde based on his monumental achievements.”

The party image maker, who also identified internal crises within the party for its poor performance in the presidential and National Assembly polls, said, “As far as we are concerned in the Oyo PDP, we really tried our possible best, but they did not carry the governor along in the activities of the presidential campaign; so that’s why he has to fold his arms and since people did not hear from him, because he is the main man our people are looking forward to know who to vote for, and that’s why they voted for Tinubu. So, expect the PDP tsunami in this Saturday.”

The governor gave reasons why Tinubu won in the state in the presidential election, saying he was happy to be part of the process that “redrew the electoral map of Nigeria.”

Makinde, who spoke on Saturday when he s featured on Splash FM’s State Affairs programme, said he stood for equity and fairness.

“I supported fairness, justice and equity. I supported a united Nigeria, a Nigeria that gives opportunity to every part of this country,” Makinde said.

When he was told that he delivered his ward to Tinubu, Makinde said, “He (Tinubu) defeated me out there. How do you deliver your ward?”

He said democracy was about people expressing themselves through the ballot, adding that a lot of people in Oyo State voted who they wanted.

“You know, you allow people to express themselves. A lot of our people that is what they decided to do. They decided that look, after eight years of presidency in the North, they want it to come to the South and this place being the South-West, one of theirs was a candidate, so they supported one of their own.”

“I am glad that I am a part of a process that redrew the electoral map of Nigeria. That arrogance, I believe with the result of last Saturday’s election, is basically behind us. Now, we know that people will have to seek alignment. If you want to rule this country, you are not just going to say oh, because I am from a certain part of this country, then that is the only qualification I require to rule this country. Now, you have to build bridges, reach out to others.”

However, the Oyo State APC spokesman, Olawale Sadare, faulted Makinde’s four-year administration, adding that the state could not afford to retain him.

He said, “Makinde came out to say he doesn’t believe in local government autonomy and he has no plan to replace a known thug who has been disturbing the people of the state. Someone who failed in the aspect of governance, so what has he done well in Oyo State? He has not performed at all. Is it in the aspect of security, health care delivery or in the area of heap of refuse on our major streets?

“We were here when Bola Ige was the governor of the state, and during the times of Lam Adesina, Rasheed Ladoja, Adebayo Alao-Akala and Abiola Ajimobi, we saw the tangible things they did. Makinde has never brought anything new to the governance of the state, no creativity, innovation, nothing!

“Look at the bus terminal, which was just an avenue to mismanage the scarce resources of the state. If you are patriotic and a man with conscience, you will know that Makinde has done nothing but more harm to the state than good and we cannot afford to retain him.”

Enugu

Uguanyi was a key member of the Integrity Group. He lost his state in the presidential election to the Labour Party, whose candidate is Peter Obi.

There is apprehension in the state currently that the voting pattern in the presidential poll may work against the governor’s anointed candidate on the platform of the PDP, Peter Mbah.

Mbah faces a tough contest with the All Progressives Grand Alliance and LP fielding strong candidates in Frank Nweje Jnr and Chijioke Edeoga, respectively.

Benue

A key member of the Integrity Group which cost Atiku valuable votes, Benue state Governor, Samuel Ortom, lost the state in the presidential election to a George Akume-inspired APC.

Weeks before the poll, Ortom publicly endorsed the LP candidate, Obi, vowing never to support a Fulani man succeeding another Fulani after 8 unbroken years in Aso Rock. His bid to represent the Benue North-West Senatorial District came crashing after losing to his former appointee, Tutus Zam, of the APC. His predecessor, Gabriel Suswam, also lost to the APC candidate, Emmanuel Udende. Only Senator Abba Moro of the PDP retained his seat.

For the House of Representatives, the APC swept 10 of the seats, leaving the PDP with just one.

Ortom’s political fortunes appear to have taken a downturn and the PDP governorship candidate, Titus Uba, will have reasons to be worried as the APC candidate, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, is quite popular and will be riding on the victory of his party in the presidential poll.

But the Publicity Secretary of the PDP in the state, Bemgba Iortyom, said the presidential election should not be used as yardstick for the governorship poll.

Iortyom, who expressed confidence in his party winning the governorship election, argued that the PDP was hinging its confidence in its track records of social economic development of the state since 2019 and the present administration’s efforts to tackle insecurity.

He said, “We are confident of winning; the emphasis on the forthcoming election is different from the last presidential election. We are addressing issues of security and the economy.

“We are looking at our track records having been in power in the state since 1999 with a brief break between 2015 and 2018. We are responsible for more than 90 per cent of development in the state; we are not introducing ourselves but to renew our mandate and our past records in area of security, infrastructure and social amenities.”

However, the Publicity Secretary of the APC in the state, Daniel Ihomou, said that the party would sustain the victory recorded during the presidential election and added that the people of the state were yearning for a better future where workers’ salaries and pension would be paid as at when due and where the state could rub shoulders with other states in terms of development.

Ihomou said, “Our party parades a governorship candidate who has no stain in his career; everyone loves him and see in him someone who is capable of moving the state forward.

“You should know the abysmal performance of the PDP under this administration in all spheres of life, the socio economy of the state is in a shambles, workers are owed several months of salary arrears and pensioners are not paid their entitlements and allowances.

“So, the people of the state are ready to come out en masse and vote for our party to have a state they will be boast of.”

Delta

The Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, failed to deliver his state to the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, whom he ran alongside as the running mate. Obi of the Labour Party won convincingly in the state.

The APC won two Senate seats in the state, while the PDP managed to clinch the other seat.

On Saturday, Okowa’s anointed candidate, Sheriff Oborevwori, will be up against the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege of the APC and Chief Great Ogboru of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, among others.

The governor has, however, urged residents of the state not to lose hope in the PDP in view of the outcome of the February 25 presidential election.

Speaking through his Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu, the governor urged Deltans to turnout en masse on Saturday and cast their votes for the PDP candidates in the governorship and state House of Assembly polls.

According to him, following the outcome of the presidential poll, it is important for the state government to focus on ensuring that the PDP retains power.

Aniagwu said, “We want to urge our people not to lose hope in our democracy. The challenge of the last presidential election is a different ball game. We equally know that our people are not happy with the outcome of that election, but we must sustain and consolidate on our achievements in the state.

“So, we want to appeal to our people to put the experience behind them, while our principals are taking steps to recover the mandate we believe was stolen.”

The commissioner called on the people of the state to keep faith with what he called the “developmental trajectory” of the Okowa administration in the state in the past seven and half years.

He said the state government was quite convinced that the best way to sustain such development was for the people to vote for Oborevwori on Saturday.

According to him, any other ticket as far as the governorship election in the state is concerned may not be in the interest of the people of Delta.

Aniagwu used the medium to refute allegations that the Okowa administration was planning to access another loan facility.

Cross River

The Governor of Cross River State, Prof Ben Ayade, was left licking his wounds after losing the presidential election to the LP. His bid to represent the Cross River North Senatorial District on the platform of the APC was shattered by the incumbent lawmaker, Agom Jarigbe of the PDP.

The senatorial candidates of the APC, Eteng Jones Williams and Asuquo Ekpenyong Jr. defeated their closest rivals from the PDP.

For seats in the House of Representatives, the APC won six, while the PDP had two seats.

For the governorship election, the battle will be fought by Senator Bassey Otu of the APC, Prof Sandy Onor of the PDP and Ernest Obasse of the LP.

Abia

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of the PDP lost his state to the LP just as the former Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe of APGA beat him to the Abia South Senatorial District seat.

The LP won one senatorial and six House of Representatives seats. Senator Orji Kalu of the APC retained his seat, while the PDP won one House of Representatives seat.

Ikpeazu’s preferred governorship candidate, Okey Ahiwe, will battle it out with Ikechi Emenike of the APC and Dr Alex Otti of the LP.

Ebonyi

Prior to the presidential poll, Governor Dave Umahi appeared to have locked Ebonyi State for the APC candidate, Tinubu. He, however, lost to the LP.

Both the PDP and LP, on Saturday, expressed confidence that they would record massive political victory in the governorship and House of Assembly polls in the state.

The major contenders for the governorship position are Francis Nwifuru of the APC, Chief Ifeanyi Odii of the PDP and Edward Nkwegu of the LP.

They stressed that the APC was massively rejected by Ebonyi indigenes at the presidential and National Assembly elections, because of its style of leadership.

The Director of Media and Publicity, Ebonyi PDP Governorship Campaign Council, Chief Abia Onyike, said given a transparent exercise, his party would come out victorious at the polls.

He said, “We have always been very confident that in every open and transparent election, the PDP will win in Ebonyi State. And this was what transpired in the last election. We won in every ward in the state, but at the last minute Governor David Umahi, in connivance with some INEC officials, manipulated the elections, including his senatorial election, which he woefully failed.

“For instance, the Senatorial District where he comes from is Ebonyi South and it has three federal constituencies – the Afikpo South/Afikpo North Constituency was won by Hon. Idu Igariwey of the PDP; while the Ohaozara/Onichi/Ivo Constituency was won by Dr. Nkemkama Kama of the Labour Party. So where is the basis of Governor Umahi’s claim that he won the senatorial seat in Ebonyi South? Towards the close of polls, it was already obvious that he lost in his own polling unit. And in the entire five local government areas that make up the Ebonyi South, he lost out entirely.

“So,we are confident that the PDP will sweep the governorship seat and all the state constituencies on Saturday, provided that the sort of manipulation that happened last Saturday is not allowed to happen this time.

“It’s going to be a landslide victory for the PDP. The governorship candidate of the party is a man of the people. He’s now regarded as one individual who can spearhead the current struggle for the liberation of Ebonyi State. For the past eight years, Ebonyi people have suffered because of the anti-democratic leadership in the state and the atrocities committed against the people by Umahi. The people are currently looking for a leader who can change the narrative and that leader is Dr Ifeanyi Odii.”

The LP House of Representatives candidate for the Ebonyi/Ohaukwu Federal Constituency, Prince Chibueze Agbo, corroborated Onyike, saying the APC was put to shame in the last election.

But the Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Strategy, Chooks Okoh, disagreed and said his principal’s party would emerge successful on Saturday.

According to him, the governor has worked very hard to ensure that none of the APC candidates loses in the forthcoming polls.

“Clearly, the APC has worked for a landslide victory and they will get it by the grace of God. Moreover, the candidates are a product of equity and fairness, and as such, will elicit massive votes from all people with conscience,” he stated.

The Chairman of the APC in the state, Chief Stanley Emegha, claimed that the presidential and National Assembly election results were manipulated.

According to him, the party lost to manipulation and other forms of irregularities by the opposition elements.

He said, “You cannot say that a child who won N200m lottery, for instance, does not need such money because he is 11 years old.

“The number of goals scored in a football league is important despite the garnered points; so we need all our legitimate votes.

“We will not abandon our mandate, especially at Afikpo North and South Federal Constituencies, because the governor won the senatorial seat.”

Enugu

The ruling PDP lost seven House of Representatives seats to the LP in Enugu State, while Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi did not succeed in his bid to represent the Enugu North Senatorial District as he lost to the LP candidate, Chief Okey Ezea.

The result for the Enugu West Senatorial District is still being hotly contested although INEC declared the candidate of the PDP as the winner, while a fresh election for the Enugu East Senatorial District will be held on Saturday following the assassination of the candidate of the LP, Chief Oyibo Chukuwu.

The main contenders for the governor’s seat are Uche Nnaji of the APC, Peter Mbah of the PDP and Chijioke Edeoga of the LP.

It was gathered that the PDP had been holding marathon meetings with stakeholders to ensure that it regained ground in the next election as the members could not believe the outcome of the presidential and National Assembly polls.

The Chairman of the LP in the state, Mr Casmir Agbo, expressed optimism that Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections would follow the same pattern.

He said the ruling party was now in disarray, while thanking the electorate for having confidence in a new emerging political party like the LP.

He said a vote for the LP was a vote for liberation and a new Enugu State where impunity and political assassination, cultism and deprivation of people’s property would no longer rear its ugly head again.

The Director of Communications/ Spokesperson, Enugu PDP Campaign Council, Nana Ogbodo, while reacting to accusations that his party was planning to rig the next elections, said, “Those in other political parties will ultimately return to the umbrella after their crushing defeat on March 11.”

Ogbodo insisted that next elections would be based on integrity, competency and capacity to deliver, adding, “Our candidate, Peter Mbah, has it in quantum. Peter Obi is not going to be in the next ballot and the election is going to be between our people. There’s no outsider, so those who are thinking otherwise are in daydream.”

Kano

In Kano, the ruling APC has its work cut out. Its quest to install Nasir Yusuf Gawuna as Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s successor will be seriously challenged by the candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Abba Yusuf, and Sadiq Wali of the PDP.

In the presidential and National Assembly elections, the NNPP took the state by storm as its presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, won convincingly, while the party also won the three senatorial seats and most of the House of Representatives seat.

Sunday PUNCH gathered that in order to salvage the situation, the governor, his aides and officials of the APC had embarked on door-to-door mobilisation of voters for Saturday’s polls.

Katsina

Against expectation, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), could not secure victory for his party’s candidate in his home state as the PDP defeated the APC.

The APC, however, won the three senatorial seats as well as nine out of the 15 House of Representatives seats in the state. The PDP won the remaining six House of Representatives seats.

The battle to succeed Governor Aminu Masari will be hotly contested by the APC candidate, Dr Umar Dikko Radda, and candidate of the PDP, Senator Lado Yakubu Darmake, Nura Khalil of the NNPP, Imrana Jino of the People’s Redemption Party and Ibrahim Zakkari of the Social Democratic Party.

Kaduna

The electorate will determine Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s successor among the APC candidate, Uba Sani, Isa Ashiru of the PDP, and Jonathan Asake of the LP.

The PDP won the presidential poll and three senatorial seats in the state and emerged victorious in 10 out of the 16 federal constituencies.

Jolted by its showing, the APC in the state and El-Rufai have been reaching out to the voters, while the President made a special appeal to the electorate to vote for Sani and other candidates of the party for the state House of Assembly and begged for forgiveness over the hardship caused by his administration’s naira redesign policy.

Plateau

The LP won the presidential election in Plateau State and dealt a blow to Governor Simon Lalong, who is the Director-General of the APC candidate’s presidential campaign council. The PDP won two senatorial seats, while the third was declared inconclusive. The party also won two out of the four federal constituencies so far declared.

The governorship candidate of the APC, Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda, will slug it out against the PDP candidate, Caleb Mutfwang and Dr Patrick Dakum of the LP.

INEC admits hitches

The Independent National Electoral Commission has admitted that there were hitches in the presidential and National Assembly elections conducted on February 25 across the country.

This was disclosed by the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Saturday at a meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners in Abuja.

Yakubu told the RECs that it was imperative for the commission to review performances from the elections.

He noted that the elections were painstakingly done but came with issues ranging from technology, delay by election officials and attitudes of political parties agents, among others.

The INEC chairman stated that a lot of lessons had been learnt from the presidential and National Assembly elections ahead of the governorship and state assembly polls.

Yakubu explained, “No doubt, last week’s national elections raised a number of issues that require immediate, medium and long-term solutions. The planning for the election was painstakingly done. However, its implementation came with challenges, some of them unforeseen. The issues of logistics, election technology, behaviour of some election personnel at different levels, attitude of some party agents and supporters added to the extremely challenging environment in which elections are usually held in Nigeria.

“We appreciate the sacrifice and doggedness of Nigerians and the dignity and maturity displayed by political leaders even in the context of divergent views about the election. A lot of lessons have been learnt. Of immediate concern to the commission is how the identified challenges can be addressed as we approach the concluding phase of the general election involving the largest number of constituencies i.e. 28 state governorship elections and 993 state Houses of Assembly seats.”

Concerning the National Assembly election, Yakubu stated that the APC won with 57 seats in the Senate and 162 in the House of Representatives.

He said that the 2023 National Assembly election was the most diverse since 1999.

The INEC Chairman noted, “In last Saturday’s elections, winners have also been declared for 423 national legislative seats, while supplementary elections will be held in 46 constituencies. In the Senate, 98 out of 109 seats have been declared. So far, seven political parties have won senatorial seats, while in the House of Representatives, 325 out of 360 seats have been won by eight political parties.

“In terms of party representation, this is the most diverse National Assembly since 1999 as can be seen from the tabular summary.”

Yakubu added that Nigerians would accept nothing else in the governorship and state assembly elections than a free and fair elections, adding that the commission would punish its officials, including ad hoc or collation personnel, who might have been found wanting in the conduct of the presidential and National Assembly elections.

He said the Bimodal Voter Authentication System machines would be deployed for the March 11 elections, assuring that that the BVAS would work without hitches.

The INEC chairman noted “As we approach the governorship and state assembly elections, we must work harder to overcome the challenges experienced in the last election. Nothing else will be acceptable to Nigerians. All staff found to be negligent, whether they are regular or ad hoc officials, including collation and returning officers, must not be involved in forthcoming elections. RECs must also immediately initiate disciplinary action where prima facie evidence of wrongdoing has been established.

“Election Day logistics must be finalised days before the election and handled by the electoral officers at local government level. This has been our standard practice. Centralising the process as was done in some States resulted in delayed deployment of personnel and materials and late commencement of polls.

“RECs will be held responsible for any tardy arrangement or the failure to deploy electric power generators to collation centres or polling units where such facilities are needed. The commission has enough facilities in all the states of the federation. Failure to deploy them is simply inexcusable.

“Refresher training must be conducted for ad hoc staff that participated in the last election. Where they are replaced for good reason, they must be properly trained so that processes are not delayed or compromised at any stage.

“On Election Day technology, the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System will once again be deployed for voter accreditation and result management. The deployment of BVAS has gone a long way to sanitise voter accreditation as can be seen from the result of recent elections.

“Since last week, the commission has intensified the review of the technology to ensure that glitches experienced, particularly with the upload of results are rectified. We are confident that going forward the system will run optimally.”

Regarding the petitions from political parties, Yakubu said, “Arising from last week’s election, the commission has received reports from our state offices well as complaints and petitions from political parties and candidates. Where infractions of any kind are proven, there will be redress. I must add that any action taken by the commission is without prejudice to the rights of parties and candidates to seek further remedy as provided by law.”

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Last updated: November 12, 2022   This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.   We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
  • Business, for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), refers to the Company as the legal entity that collects Consumers’ personal information and determines the purposes and means of the processing of Consumers’ personal information, or on behalf of which such information is collected and that alone, or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of consumers’ personal information, that does business in the State of California.
  • Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Creative Concept Digital LTD, 16th Street, 2nd Avenue, Batsona Community 18. For the purpose of the GDPR, the Company is the Data Controller. Consumer, for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), means a natural person who is a California resident. A resident, as defined in the law, includes (1) every individual who is in the USA for other than a temporary or transitory purpose, and (2) every individual who is domiciled in the USA who is outside the USA for a temporary or transitory purpose.
  • Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
  • Country refers to: Nigeria
  • Data Controller, for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.
  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
  • Do Not Track (DNT) is a concept that has been promoted by US regulatory authorities, in particular the U.S. Federal Trade
  • Commission (FTC), for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites.
  • Facebook Fan Page is a public profile named Newsonline specifically created by the Company on the Facebook social network, accessible from https://www.facebook.com/officialnewsonlineng
  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. For the purposes for GDPR, Personal Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity. For the purposes of the CCPA, Personal Data means any information that identifies, relates to, describes or is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with You.
  • Sale, for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a Consumer’s Personal information to another business or a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.
  • Service refers to the Website.
  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used. For the purpose of the GDPR, Service Providers are considered Data Processors.
  • Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can log in or create an account to use the Service.
  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • Website refers to Newsonline, accessible from https://newsonlineng.com
  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable. Under GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), You can be referred to as the Data Subject or as the User as you are the individual using the Service.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally, identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
  • Email address
  • Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close your web browser. Learn more about cookies: All About Cookies. We use both session and persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
  • Necessary / Essential Cookies Type: Session Cookies Administered by: Us Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
  • Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by: Us Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
  • Functionality Cookies Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by: Us Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.
  • Tracking and Performance Cookies Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by: Third-Parties Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features or new functionality of the Website to see how our users react to them.
  • Targeting and Advertising Cookies Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by: Third-Parties Purpose: These Cookies track your browsing habits to enable Us to show advertising which is more likely to be of interest to You. These Cookies use information about your browsing history to group You with other users who have similar interests. Based on that information, and with Our permission, third party advertisers can place Cookies to enable them to show adverts which We think will be relevant to your interests while You are on third party websites.
For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
  • To provide and maintain our Service, including monitoring the usage of our Service.
  • To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance, and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items, or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
  • To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products, or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
  • To provide You with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events that we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
  • To manage Your requests: To attend to and manage Your requests to Us.
We may share your personal information in the following situations:
  • With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to show advertisements to You to help support and maintain Our Service, to advertise on third-party websites to You after You visited our Service, to contact You.
  • For Business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
  • With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
  • With Business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
  • With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If You interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see Your name, profile, pictures and description of Your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You and view Your profile.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer. The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

Service Providers have access to Your Personal Data only to perform their tasks on Our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.
  • Google Analytics Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy
  • Jetpack Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://automattic.com/privacy

Notifications – Webpushr

Some of our apps make use of Webpushr, a third-party messaging/communication service/application provided by Webpushr, LLC. Webpushr allows the Owner to send messages and push notifications to users across platforms such as Android, iOS, and the web. For more information please consult Webpushr’s privacy policy.

Advertising

We may use Service providers to show advertisements to You to help support and maintain Our Service.
  • Google AdSense & DoubleClick Cookie Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our Service. Google’s use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our Service or other websites on the Internet. You may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick Cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting the Google Ads Settings web page: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/
  • Value Impression Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.valueimpression.com/privacy.html
  • Ad Plus Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://ad.plus/privacy-policy

Behavioral Remarketing

The Company uses remarketing services to advertise on third party websites to You after You visited our Service. We and Our third-party vendors use cookies to inform, optimize and serve ads based on Your past visits to our Service.
  • Google Ads (AdWords) Google Ads (AdWords) remarketing service is provided by Google Inc. You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customise the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page: http://www.google.com/settings/ads Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on – https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout – for your web browser. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy
  • Facebook Facebook remarketing service is provided by Facebook Inc. You can learn more about interest-based advertising from Facebook by visiting this page: https://www.facebook.com/help/164968693837950 To opt-out from Facebook’s interest-based ads, follow these instructions from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217 Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioural Advertising established by the Digital Advertising Alliance. You can also opt-out from Facebook and other participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance in the USA http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada http://youradchoices.ca/ or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, or opt-out using your mobile device settings. For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook’s Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation

GDPR Privacy

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR

We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:
  • Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
  • Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with You and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
  • Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject.
  • Vital interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary in order to protect Your vital interests or of another natural person.
  • Public interests: Processing Personal Data is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Company.
  • Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company. In any case, the Company will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Your Rights under the GDPR

The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights. You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:
  • Request access to Your Personal Data. The right to access, update or delete the information We have on You. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of Your Personal Data directly within Your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact Us to assist You. This also enables You to receive a copy of the Personal Data We hold about You.
  • Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You. You have the right to to have any incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected.
  • Object to processing of Your Personal Data. This right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing and there is something about Your particular situation, which makes You want to object to our processing of Your Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object where We are processing Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
  • Request erasure of Your Personal Data. You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
  • Request the transfer of Your Personal Data. We will provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which You initially provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform a contract with You.
  • Withdraw Your consent. You have the right to withdraw Your consent on using your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific functionalities of the Service.

Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights

You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting Us. Please note that we may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will try our best to respond to You as soon as possible. You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. For more information, if You are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact Your local data protection authority in the EEA.

Facebook Fan Page

Data Controller for the Facebook Fan Page

The Company is the Data Controller of Your Personal Data collected while using the Service. As operator of the Facebook Fan Page https://www.facebook.com/officialnewsonlineng, the Company and the operator of the social network Facebook are Joint Controllers. The Company has entered into agreements with Facebook that define the terms for use of the Facebook Fan Page, among other things. These terms are mostly based on the Facebook Terms of Service: https://www.facebook.com/terms.php Visit the Facebook Privacy Policy https://www.facebook.com/policy.php for more information about how Facebook manages Personal data or contact Facebook online, or by mail: Facebook, Inc. ATTN, Privacy Operations, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States.

Facebook Insights

We use the Facebook Insights function in connection with the operation of the Facebook Fan Page and on the basis of the GDPR, in order to obtain anonymized statistical data about Our users. For this purpose, Facebook places a Cookie on the device of the user visiting Our Facebook Fan Page. Each Cookie contains a unique identifier code and remains active for a period of two years, except when it is deleted before the end of this period. Facebook receives, records and processes the information stored in the Cookie, especially when the user visits the Facebook services, services that are provided by other members of the Facebook Fan Page and services by other companies that use Facebook services. For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook Privacy Policy here: https://www.facebook.com/full_data_use_policy

CCPA Privacy

Your Rights under the CCPA

Under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are a resident of California, You have the following rights:
  • The right to notice. You must be properly notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected and the purposes for which the Personal Data is being used.
  • The right to access / the right to request. The CCPA permits You to request and obtain from the Company information regarding the disclosure of Your Personal Data that has been collected in the past 12 months by the Company or its subsidiaries to a third-party for the third party’s direct marketing purposes.
  • The right to say no to the sale of Personal Data. You also have the right to ask the Company not to sell Your Personal Data to third parties. You can submit such a request by visiting our “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” section or web page.
  • The right to know about Your Personal Data. You have the right to request and obtain from the Company information regarding the disclosure of the following:
  • The categories of Personal Data collected
  • The sources from which the Personal Data was collected
  • The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling the Personal Data
  • Categories of third parties with whom We share Personal Data
  • The specific pieces of Personal Data we collected about You
  • The right to delete Personal Data. You also have the right to request the deletion of Your Personal Data that have been collected in the past 12 months. The right not to be discriminated against. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of Your Consumer’s rights, including by:
  • Denying goods or services to You
  • Charging different prices or rates for goods or services, including the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties
  • Providing a different level or quality of goods or services to You
  • Suggesting that You will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.

Exercising Your CCPA Data Protection Rights

In order to exercise any of Your rights under the CCPA, and if you are a California resident, You can email or call us or visit our “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” section or web page. The Company will disclose and deliver the required information free of charge within 45 days of receiving Your verifiable request. The time period to provide the required information may be extended once by an additional 45 days when reasonable necessary and with prior notice.

Do Not Sell My Personal Information

We do not sell personal information. However, the Service Providers we partner with (for example, our advertising partners) may use technology on the Service that “sells” personal information as defined by the CCPA law. If you wish to opt out of the use of your personal information for interest-based advertising purposes and these potential sales as defined under CCPA law, you may do so by following the instructions below. Please note that any opt out is specific to the browser You use. You may need to opt out on every browser that you use.

Website

You can opt out of receiving ads that are personalized as served by our Service Providers by following our instructions presented on the Service:
  • From Our “Cookie Consent” notice banner
  • Or from Our “CCPA Opt-out” notice banner
  • Or from Our “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” notice banner
  • Or from Our “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link
The opt out will place a cookie on Your computer that is unique to the browser You use to opt out. If you change browsers or delete the cookies saved by your browser, you will need to opt out again.

Mobile Devices

Your mobile device may give you the ability to opt out of the use of information about the apps you use in order to serve you ads that are targeted to your interests:
  • “Opt out of Interest-Based Ads” or “Opt out of Ads Personalization” on Android devices
  • “Limit Ad Tracking” on iOS devices
You can also stop the collection of location information from Your mobile device by changing the preferences on your mobile device.

“Do Not Track” Policy as Required by California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)

Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals. However, some third party websites do keep track of Your browsing activities. If You are visiting such websites, You can set Your preferences in Your web browser to inform websites that You do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the preferences or settings page of Your web browser.

Your California Privacy Rights (California’s Shine the Light law)

Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California’s Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship with us can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. If you’d like to request more information under the California Shine the Light law, and if you are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below.

California Privacy Rights for Minor Users (California Business and Professions Code Section 22581)

California Business and Professions Code section 22581 allow California residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, services or applications to request and obtain removal of content or information they have publicly posted. To request removal of such data, and if you are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with Your account. Be aware that Your request does not guarantee complete or comprehensive removal of content or information posted online and that the law may not permit or require removal in certain circumstances.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us: By email: [email protected]
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