by militant islamists have made voting difficult in some regions. and in this polling station on the mainland of lagos, electoral officials never even showed up. they will tell us that the area is dead. there is nothing free and fair in this election. most people passing through this place were telling us that they were not able to vote. they are cancelling polling units all over this place. we have stayed here since past ten and this is past three. we ve not heard anything, we ve tried to call them. i have a twitter account, i ve been trying to tag any officials. actually it s a sin for you to stay at home today. young urbanites who want better economic opportunities have been encouraging each other to vote on social media. and it seems to be working. in lagos, despite the lack of organisation, voters told us more people showed up than in the last elections. turn out here in lagos, nigeria s most populous city, tends to be quite low. in 2019, only 18% of the electorate sho
good morning. a quiet weekend of weather ahead. a west east divide. the best of the sunshine out west. further east, a fresh cold winds driving and plenty of showers. all the details from the coming out shortly. all the details from me coming up. it s saturday, the 25th of february. our top story: a fifth man has been arrested in connection with the shooting of an off duty police officer in county tyrone. two gunmen fired several shots at detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell at a sports complex in omagh on wednesday. he remains in a critical but stable condition. a rally will be held in the town later today condemning the shooting. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. john chris page reports. caldwell s friends, neighbours and john caldwell s friends, neighbours and colleagues have paid tribute to his bravery and selflessness. eyewitnesses say that he shouted to children to run to safety, even has he was being attacked himself. this sports complex in the town o
sitting australian prime minister to march in sydney s gay and lesbian mardi gras. he has described it as a celebration of modern australia. hello to you in the uk and around the world. votes are being counted in nigeria s tightest presidential election since military rule ended in 1999. the elections are the biggest democratic exercise in africa, with 87 million people eligible to vote. but many polling stations opened late and some not at all, with some incidents of violence. our correspondent mayeni jones reports from lagos. shouting. frustration and anger. many nigerians want to take part in this election but have been disappointed by the lack of organisation. gang violence and threats by militant islamists have made voting difficult in some regions. and in this polling station on the mainland of lagos, electoral officials never even showed up. they will tell us that the area is dead. there is no one here for this election. most people passing through this place were tell
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Thank you, charlie. And have a good holiday season. And while youre in executive session, i hope somebody brings in a box of cookies or something. You were going to bring pizza, remember . Yes, we discussed pizza. And im sure the chair will deep that germane to item 10 on the calendar. Yes. Christmas cookies back in open session for the Ethics Commission, decemb december session. Is there a motion pursuing to what we did in our closed session . I would move that we keep the closed session in confidence. Second . Second. All those in favor of the motion . Aye. Motion passes unanimously. So we then go to item 11. Discussion of possible action of items for future meetings. I think some of the things that have come up tonight indicate things that well be doing at future meetings in record to putting matters on the ballot and just listening to what has been said. I would anticipate that in february we would have agendaized putting on the ballot the whistleblower item and also our ordinance