Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party who finished third in the last election, made a no-show at the 71st annual convention of one of Nigeria’s largest and most influential Christian organizations, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). His absence at the convention, which took place last weekend, marks a continuation of his abandonment of Christian events where, during the electoral campaign, he made dramatic appearances in perhaps a bid to increase his appeal to church worshippers. Critics who noted the absence are repeating their accusation that Obi exploited faith and ethnicity to obtain an advantage at the…
Author: Albus Dauda
The Federal Government has dissolved the Advertising Standard Panel over its approval of a series of billboards sponsored by supporters of Peter Obi to blackmail the judiciary and intimidate them into handing the third-placed candidate a legal victory. The controversial billboards were spotted in different parts of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, and they contained messages suggesting all eyes were on the judiciary and other implicit threats that anything short of failure to declare Obi winner would attract certain consequences. The billboards marked a continuation of the harassment of the judiciary by supporters of Peter Obi who, for weeks now,…
Deputy Chief of Staff to Abia state governor, Chinedu Ekeke, may have in the past loudly protested the ban on motorcycles in cities and suburbs, citing poverty and the absence of alternatives for riders and passengers. But he has lost his voice now that his boss, Governor Alex Otti, issued the same ban in a state poorer than others, specifically Lagos, where Mr Ekeke protested a similar government decision. The ban was announced via a statement communicating the government’s decision to restrict the use of motorcycles in Umuahia, the state capital, and Aba, its commercial nerve centre. No reason was…
Supporters of Peter Obi are unrelenting in their attempt to blackmail and intimidate the Nigerian judiciary, specifically members of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, into handing them a favourable judgement despite presenting a case widely regarded as weak and without basis. They are now threatening to ‘visit’ the business establishments of the individuals identified as children and relatives of judges serving on the Tribunal if Peter Obi is not declared the winner of an election in which he came a distant third. Acting in obviously coordinated fashion, and veiling the threats with words such as ‘visit’ or ‘pass through their…
Nnamdi Ibezim, the publisher of a controversial blog ‘Reportera’ in legal trouble for spreading false reports claiming that ex-Minister Tunde Fashola was drafting a judgement favourable to the APC for the presidential tribunal, has been advised by Nigerians to end his brother’s purported incarceration by the DSS over the saga by presenting himself for arrest. He received the counsel after raising alarm that his brother was allegedly arrested by the security outfit in search of him because of the report. Nigeria’s security agencies waded into the matter after Fashola wrote a formal petition to investigative bodies in the country as…
Olusegun Dada, Special Assistant on Social Media to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday, August 11, was honoured for his meritorious contributions to youth development in the country. This came at the Emerging Leaders Summit organised by the Lagos State Chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) led by Comrade Billiaminu Sulaimon. The event took place in Alausa, Ikeja. Speaking as a Panellist at the Summit themed “Green Skills for Youths: Towards a Sustainable World”, Dada emphasised the readiness of the administration to offer job and employment opportunities to young people through investments in the green economy. He…
…launches portal to collate CVs, link youths with opportunities …partners GIG Logistics, Medplus, SME100Africa, other leading private coys Noella Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has announced plans to provide at least 10,000 jobs for Nigerian youths in partnership with leading private organizations including GIG Logistics, Medplus, SME100Africa, and others. Seyi, who is also the Chairperson of the Global Youth Council of SME100Africa, announced the initiative today in Abuja at a Free Medical Outreach staged in Abuja for youths of the Federal Capital Territory to commemorate the International Youth Day observed globally…
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last election, is yet to file a lawsuit against People’s Gazette, the online media platform that broke the news of his controversial ‘Yes Daddy’ phone conversation with Bishop David Oyedepo exactly 100 days after threatening to do so. The former Anambra governor, who faces renewed criticism over his recent support for the proscribed terror group IPOB, was heard in the phone conversation urging the cleric to help rally Christian voters to his side with inciting, divisive religious messages. In the conversation, during which Obi repeated ‘yes daddy’ several times…
Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole, has thrown a jab at the embattled deputy governor of the state, Philip Shaibu, with comments that the APC is not a rehabilitation camp for defeated and stranded political gladiators in search of refuge. He made the comments in Benin City, the Edo State capital, during a condolence visit to the family of the Late Esogban of Benin, Chief David Edebiri, who died recently at the age of 93. Responding to questions from newsmen about the political crisis rocking the state over the lawsuit filed by deputy governor Philip Shaibu against his principal governor Godwin…
Chinedu Okeke, a former government critic who abandoned his activism since his appointment as Deputy Chief of Staff to the governor of Abia State, has confirmed the purchase of cars amounting to billions by the state government for the personal aides of the governor despite rising poverty in the state. He confirmed the development with a series of tweets, including one showing him riding in a pricey Innoson IVM G6T purchased using state funds. Other beneficiaries of the largesse and state-funded posh lifestyle include a score of appointees recently appointed by Governor Alex Otti in a move that drew widespread…