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INEC has broken the trust of Nigerians – Osinbajo’s aide
Laolu Akande, the media aide to former Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, expressed on the ‘Politics Today’ program on Channels Television that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) shattered Nigerians’ trust by not electronically transmitting the results of the 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections as promised. Akande also highlighted INEC’s failure to deliver on its commitment to publish polling unit results on their Result Viewing Portal. “It is important to establish something we cannot basically run away from. INEC came out of this election as a damaged goods, he said “There is no doubt about that. INEC itself set…
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Seminarian burnt to death as bandits set Catholic parish house ablaze in Kaduna
Suspected bandits launched an attack on St. Raphael Catholic Church in Fadan Kamantan, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, resulting in the tragic death of the seminarian, Bro. Naam Stephen Ngofe Danlami. This incident occurred at the Parish in Kalimantan, which falls under the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan in Jema’a Local Government Area of the state. According to a report from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the assailants carried out their assault on the parish house around 8:00 p.m. on Thursday night, September 7, 2023, setting it on fire along with a vehicle. The seminarian, Stephen Naman,…
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Teach your sons how to cook and clean. This generation of girls won’t marry rubbish – Nigerian woman tells parents
Ima Obong Uboh, a Nigerian woman, has offered advice to parents, urging them to raise their sons properly. She wrote; “Dear parents, Raise your sons right o. Teach them to be responsible and accountable. Teach them how to cook and clean o. This generation of girls won’t marry rubbish o. Your sons go de dia papa house tire o. I say make I update una,”
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Shettima and his gang may celebrate a stolen mandate but a time will come when they will feel the impact of what transpired – Timi Frank
Comrade Timi Frank, a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), emphasized that only God can remove Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), from politics. His statement came in response to Vice President Kashim Shettima’s assertion that he would “retire Atiku and teach him how to rear goats and broilers,” following the Presidential Election Petition Court’s decision on petitions challenging Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s victory in the February 25, 2023, presidential election. Frank underlined that despite Shettima’s remarks, many recognize Atiku and Peter Obi as champions of democracy in Nigeria, and…
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I know that Obi won’t win the election, it was a tough election – Nyesom Wike
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, asserted that those backing Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, lack a deep understanding of politics. He made this statement during an interview on Channels TV on Thursday, following the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal’s confirmation of Bola Tinubu’s win in the February 2023 presidential election. He said; “I know that he [Obi] won’t win the election. Let me tell you the truth, I am a realist. For me, the way the election went, it was a tough election. I give it to INEC. “Yes, as a young man, people would…
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Rihanna, Asap Rocky finally reveal the name of their second son
Rihanna, the singer, and A$AP Rocky, the rapper, have unveiled the name of their second son: Riot Rose Mayers. TMZ reported that Rihanna gave birth to their baby boy in early August. According to The Blast who obtained the birth certificate and initially broke the news of the child’s name, Riot was born at 7:41 am on August 1, 2023, at Cedar Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. This naming choice follows their tradition of favoring names that begin with the letter ‘R,’ following their older son, RZA Athelston Mayers, born in May 2022.
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Homophobes think queer people are their problem – Canada-based Nigerian man who got married to his male lover taunts Nigerians after tribunal upheld President Tinubu’s election
Canada-based Nigerian man, Ify, who recently tied the knot with his Nigerian lover, in Canada some weeks ago, has taunted Nigerian homophobes after the Presidential Election Petition Court on Wednesday, September 6, upheld President Tinubu’s election. In a post shared on his Twitter handle this afternoon, Ify said the verdict by the justices has shown that the future of the country is in the hands of a few who can be bought at the right price. He went on to state that for some reason, homophobes think that queer people are their problem. See his post below…
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Ronaldo insists his rivalry with Lionel Messi is OVER
Cristiano Ronaldo has delivered the hammer blow to fans hoping he and great rival Lionel Messi might rekindle their rivalry once more, insisting that their time ‘is gone’. Messi and Ronaldo shared the stage for more than a decade at the pinnacle of football – largely on either side of the Barcelona-Real Madrid divide – sharing a total of 12 Ballon d’Or awards between them in 13 years. Ronaldo’s move to Juventus saw an end to their serial meetings each season back in 2019, before a move to Saudi Arabia in January 2023, and Messi’s switch to Inter Miami this season, saw them…
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(VIDEO)‘Our school children can produce toothpick, sanitary pads’ – Minister of Women Affairs advocates for pupils to join production lines just as it is done in China
The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has asked state governments to start thinking of ways to involve pupils in various schools in what she termed ‘’urban development.” While speaking at the Anambra Investment Summit in Anambra yesterday September 7, Kennedy-Ohaneye advocated for the reduction of school days so that students would use the free time to manufacture essentials such as toothpicks, sanitary pads & cotton buds. She said pupils should be made to be involved in production lines just as it is done in China. ‘’I am pleading for us to look into more production of some of these…
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Presidential Tribunal: I will exhaust the process before I can think otherwise – Peter Obi vows to head to supreme Court
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the recent general elections, has expressed his disagreement with the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Court announced on Wednesday. Obi affirmed his commitment to pursuing all available legal avenues to address the issue. During a press conference held in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Thursday, he commended the panel for delivering the verdict within the designated timeframe while maintaining his dissent with the judgment. “In my capacity as a presidential candidate and on behalf of the Labour Party, we will immediately challenge this judgement through the appellate process, as permitted by the…
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If Obi had won the 2023 elections, there would have been a civil war in Nigeria – Reno Omokri
Reno Omokri, has asserted that Nigeria could have faced a second civil war if the Presidential Election Petition Court had ruled in favor of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Recalling that the Presidential Election Petition Court recently declared that President Bola Tinubu was not convicted in the United States and also clarified that he did not need to secure 25 per cent of the votes in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to be declared president, as was argued by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in their petitions. In response, Omokri expressed his approval of…
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I will retire Atiku to Kombina, I will buy him goats and broilers and layers so that he can spend his days rearing them – Shettima
Vice President Kashim Shettima has declared his determination to put an end to the political career of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Shettima asserted that he intends to retire Atiku to Kombina, rather than Dubai or Morocco, where he would engage in animal husbandry. He made this statement while addressing journalists following the verdict of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, which upheld the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Nonetheless, Shettima humorously mentioned his intention to provide Atiku with goats and broilers for rearing. According to Shettima: “We are not going to retire Atiku Abubakar to…
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