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2023 Presidency: God will choose the best for Nigeria – El-Rufai tells Tinubu
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has told the All Progressives Congress APC Presidential aspirants, Bola Tinubu that God will choose the best President for Nigeria. He stated this while receiving the Former APC chairman who was in the state, on a condolence visit over the bandits’ attack on a Kaduna-bound train. The governor commended Tinubu for cancelling his 70th anniversary colloquium in honour of the victims of the attack. According to him, Nigeria is at a critical crossroad and must take difficult decisions to choose a leader that will take it out if it’s multiple quagmires.He said: “This gesture…
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”Nigeria has happened to my family”- Lady mourns her brother killed by bandits in Kaduna
A Nigerian lady has taken to Twitter to mourn the death of her brother who was killed by Bandits in Kaduna state on Monday, April 4 In the tweet she shared, she stated that her late brother left behind a pregnant wife and other children. According to her, Nigeria has happened to her family She wrote; ”I’m in tears, Nigeria has happened to my family, I lost my eldest brother, a breadwinner to bandits yesterday in Kaduna. How do we cope with his heavily pregnant wife and kids!!! I’m tired of this country”
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Ebele Obiano picks nomination form for Anambra North Senatorial District race
Former Anambra state first lady, Ebele Obiano has picked an expression of interest nomination form to run for Anambra North Senatorial seat in the 2023 elections under the umbrella of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Ebele had earlier declared her senatorial ambition and also formally apologised to Governor Charles Soludo and Ndigbo over the incident between her and Mrs Bianca Ojukwu at the inauguration ceremony on March 17, 2022.
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Ebele Obiano picks nomination form for Anambra North Senatorial District race
The wife of former Governor of Anambra State, Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano on Tuesday April 4, obtained the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest for the Anambra North Senatorial District seat in the 2023 general elections. The former First Lady had earlier declared her senatorial ambition and also formally apologised to Governor Charles Soludo and Ndigbo over the incident between her and Mrs Bianca Ojukwu at the inauguration ceremony on March 17, 2022.
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Dumping APC is not the solution – Lai Mohammed begs aggrieved associates
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has appealed to aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress in Kwara State not to leave the ruling All Progressives Congress. In a statement released on Tuesday April 5, the Minister told the defectors to return to their “natural habitat” for their grievances to be addressed ahead of the 2023 elections. Mohammed also noted that his supporters are genuinely aggrieved at the way and manner they have been treated by the Kwara State Governor and his supporters. He also called on the leadership of the party to urgently and decisively address the issues that have forced…
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2 Years after he was arrested in Kaduna & sent back to his home state of Kano State, Atheist, Mubarak Bala is sentenced to 24 years imprisonment for saying God does not exist
Kano-born atheist, Mubarak Bala, has been sentenced to 24 years imprisonment after pleading guilty to all the 18-count charges leveled against him. Bala, who is the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, was arrested at his home in Kaduna on April 28, 2020 and taken to Kano, where complaints of blasphemy and incitement were lodged against him. He had earlier posted comments critical of Islam, Allah and Prophet Muhammad on Facebook, causing outrage among Muslim. One of his posts reads: “Religion is not a person, long dead people are dead, Gods do not exist, so why fear analysis & critique…
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Singer, August Alsina who had an affair with Jada Pinkett Smith, to sign six-figure deal to write tell-all book
August Alsina, who had an affair with Jada Pinkett Smith, is set to sign a six-figure book deal which will detail their sex life. Jada Pinkett-Smith, 50, admitted she had an “entanglement” with musician August Alsina, 29, while married to Will, 53. Sources close to August told The Sun that publishers were involved in a bidding war for his story. “August is getting ready to sign a big money book deal which will detail his romantic liaisons with Jada. The source said “He has always maintained that Will gave him permission to sleep with Jada, something they have publicly denied. “August will go into…
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“We did not show that we wanted it more than Ghana…I do not see myself as a failure, we did not lose a game just the ticket” – Eguavoen speaks on Nigeria missing 2022 FIFA World Cup
Austin Eguavoen, the Immediate past Super Eagles interim manager has admitted that Black Stars of Ghana showed they were hungrier and more determined than the Super Eagles of Nigeria to secure the ticket for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup ticket. Both nations played home and away draws but Ghana were lucky to get the World cup ticket on the away goal rule following a 1-1 draw in Abuja after the initial goalless draw in Kumasi. Speaking as a guest on a Supersport programme, Eguavoen apologised to Nigerians for the World Cup blackout. “We did not play with the urgency the match demanded but they capitalize on this more than…
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You are a Goat Sir- Leke Adeboye, son of RCCG G.O, Pastor E.A Adeboye, slams erring pastors of the church who preach after Daddy G.O has finished preaching
Leke Adeboye, the son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG, has taken to his IG page to slam erring pastors of the church. Every Thanksgiving Sunday which is the first Sunday of every month, all RCCG pastors are expected to hook up with their National Headquarters where the General Overseer, Pastor E. A. Adeboye, will deliver a sermon. His sermon is expected to be the only sermon for that Sunday. However, in some parishes of the church, some pastors go-ahead to share their own messages after the GO must have spent 30 to 45 minutes delivering…
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NFF board has failed for not qualifying Nigeria for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup – Victor Ikpeba
Former Nigeria International, Victor Ikpeba, has tagged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) a failure for not qualifying Nigeria for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup. Ikpeba who is also a member of the NFF Technical Committee admitted that the board failed Nigeria despite the huge support the federation received from the government. He stated that sacking the board is not the solution and that the board should see out its tenure. “I think the NFF has failed Nigeria and being a member of the technical committee, I think we have not played our role enough,” Ikpeba said on Monday Night Football Show on SuperSport.…
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Reps introduce Bill to send Cross-dressers to Prison
The House of Representatives has introduced a bill which looks to send Cross-dressers to prison if passed into law. Umar Muda, a member of the House of Representatives introduced the bill which was read on the floor of the House on Tuesday. The bill seeks to ban cross-dressing with the exemption of those using it for entertainment. Crossdressers now risk 6 months in prison if passed. The bill seeks to amend the same-sex marriage (prohibition) act of 2013 by including cross-dressing as one of the offences under the act. “A person engaging in cross-dressing is guilty of an offence and…
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I will make Nigeria work for the good of all – Anyim
Presidential aspirant for the 2023 general election, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has continued to reiterate his will to making Nigeria work when he becomes the President of the country next year.Anyim made the declaration on Monday when one of the support groups for his presidential ambition donated a Sienna bus to the “Greater Nigeria Campaign Organisation”, the name for Anyim’s campaign efforts.Anyim in his reaction said, “I pledge that, when, by the grace of God and the will of all Nigerians, I am elected President, I will apply my whole time and energy to make Nigeria work for the good…
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