Kennena Eloka, a Canada-based indigene of Anambra who is also a prominent supporter of Peter Obi, has berated members of the Yoruba ethnic group as being from a ‘lineage of traitors and cowards’ during a rant on ClubHouse, an audio app that became popular with Nigerians and others around the world during the 2020 pandemic restrictions. Mr Kennena’s rant, which echoed tribal slurs that have now become a staple of the Obi campaign, came during a heated debate with other users of the app who are Yorubas and expressed a rejection of Obi’s presidential aspiration, according to an account of…
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The fratricide ongoing in the Labour Party between Peter Obi, a recent migrant from the PDP who grabbed the party’s presidential ticket, and founding members of the party led by Prof. Pat Utomi has taken an ugly turn as the former Anambra Governor, who faces allegations of staging the unlikely run for the presidency to fatten his bank accounts, moves to corner all donations by linking a preferred private account for deposits sourced from public fund-raising efforts for the campaign. Multiple sources confirmed to PODIUM REPORTERS that the feud, which began when Obi started to sideline the leadership of the…
The troubled presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has been accused of exploiting the ethnic identities of his numerous wives after a suspected sideline of his previously vaunted ‘Igbo wife’ during outreaches to the eastern region of the country and a renewed promotion of Titilayo Abubakar, his wife of Yoruba ethnicity, as part of alleged attempts to raise his fortunes in the western region. Atiku Abubakar has struggled to generate excitement for his presidency in most parts of the country, particularly in the southern region where his bid is broadly considered to be out of turn and a mark…
Photos of the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, spending time with his grandchildren in London have endeared him further to Nigerians and triggered a wave of affectionate comments across the media, many of which commended his fatherly love and bond with the little kids. The photos, shared by his son Mr. Seyi Tinubu on his personal Instagram page, were released Thursday. In addition to providing an insight into the candidate’s familial bond with his scions, they also reinforced his health fitness and mental alertness, contrary to fake reports previously making the rounds that he was confined to a hospital…
The presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, continued his diaspora consultations with a Tuesday meeting with billionaire businessmen, Mr. Yemi Idowu and Toyin Subair, in London. The photos of the event, which showed Tinubu smartly dressed in an English suit, have elicited excitement among Nigerians, including supporters of the APC, who deemed his appearance a further confirmation of his fitness and readiness to serve as the country’s next president. The event, now the subject of widespread conversations on social media and offline, followed the release of a clip of Tinubu’s fitness routine which showed him riding an…
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, made a vigorous defense of the murderous separatist group, the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB), with an insistence that ‘they are not terrorists’. The argument rankles with evidence of the group’s arbitrary killings and a violently-enforced weekly ‘sit-at-home’ movement restriction in which armed members of the gang deny residents of the eastern region their constitutionally-guaranteed freedom of movement. Obi, whose campaign has been energized by the propaganda wing of the proscribed terror group, made the defense on an edition of Politics Today hosted by Seun Okinbaloye of Channels Television. In the…
Presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, put paid to rumors of his ill-health – and perhaps even death – with a clip from his regular fitness routine which showed him exercising on a fitness bike, much to the assurance of his followers and millions of Nigerians who have expressed support for his presidential ambition. The clip, published Sunday, was accompanied by a message dismissing notions of his ill-health after a London trip caused him to miss the signing of the Peace Accord, a perfunctory pre-election exercise that was reportedly done this year at short notice, denying most…
The dramatic disclosure of an alleged N122m bribery by members of the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) has drawn sharp criticism from Nigerians who took the media to berate the party over its ostensible refusal to abandon its ‘historic links to corruption and shady deals’. On Thursday night, six members of the PDP NWC, all of them from the southern region, raised alarm over an unknown and non-requested payment made into their respective accounts by the party. This was as the party remained at war over the fate of its chairman, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, who was recently accused by Rivers…
The conflict raging in Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, took a dangerous new twist on Thursday as six out of its 19 NWC members publicly announced the return of over N122m hush money paid to them, ostensibly to back the continued stay of the embattled Sen. Iyorchia Ayu as the National Chairman. The six, including Amb. Taofeek Arapaja who is the Deputy National Chairman South, Prof. Stella Effah-Attoe the National Women Leader, Chief Dan Osi Orbih the National Vice Chairman South-South, Dr. Alli Odefa the National Vice Chairman South-East, Hon. Olasoji Adagunobi-Oluwatukesi the National Vice South-West, and…
Presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday, shared active images of his political engagements in London, including meetings with key political figures and members of the Nigerian diaspora, thus debunking unfounded rumors of his purported hospitalization over failing health. The former Lagos Governor was seen in one of the images with longtime ally and former Osun State Governor, Chief Bisi Akande, alongside Hajia Naja’atu Muhammad. All three displayed excitement after what sources confirmed to be a fruitful political deliberation centered upon the APC’s victory at the polls in 2023. Tinubu’s trip to London had been seized…