Author: Adekunle

The Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, during an interview on Friday, mocked Arise TV presenter, Rufai Oseni, concerning an incident where he drove against traffic. This was as Rufai asked Umahi a question during ‘The Morning Show’. Rufai asked, “Your party is fielding the Muslim-Muslim ticket, as a Christian, a born-again Christian, defend that to me.” Responding to the question, the governor said, “Rufai, I think I have answered this question and I wouldn’t want to go back and I don’t know whether the fact that you broke the law of driving against traffic is the problem, I have…

Benji Obi writes on Peter Obi’s Politics of Principle and asks … Is Afenifere “Leader” right ? “Afenifere Leader, Ayo Adebanjo, says Peter Obi is better than Atiku and Tinubu in terms of “Politics of Principles” What does he mean by Politics of Principle ? Since joining active Politics, Peter Obi has cross carpeted from APGA to PDP even after enjoying 8 years as Anambra Governor in the Party. And now from PDP to Labour Party. So, where is the principle ? As a matter of fact, he invested his State money to the tune of $12.24m into International…

Last Saturday, a symbolic religious ceremony took place at St. Peter Basilica in the Vatican. The Pope inaugurated 20 new Cardinals including Peter Okpaleke, the Catholic Bishop of Ekwulobia Diocese. Cardinal Peter Okpaleke, whose episcopal journey has been fraught with bumps and controversies following his rejection by the Ahiara Catholic Diocese of Mbaise in Imo State and subsequent redeployment to Ekwulobia Diocese was elevated as a Cardinal of the Catholic Church – the fifth Nigerian to be appointed a Cardinal. However, what should ordinarily be a purely religious ceremony was turned into a ground for a political roll…

Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress Asiwaju Bola Tinubu met with Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike outside the country in preparation for the 2023 general elections. According to The Cable, Tinubu met with Wike in company of Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom and his Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde in France. Sources close to Wike who confided in our correspondent said the meeting held in another country other than France. “Yes, we left Nigeria to meet with Tinubu on Monday. We initially thought it would hold in France because that was where Tinubu went the last time he left…

An investigative journalist, Dr. Kemi Olunloyo has called for the immediate arrest of Rinu Oduala, David Hundeyin, and DJ Switch for their leadership role in the October 2020 #EndSars protest. Tweeting early this morning, Dr. Olunloyo listed the names of the three individuals and further wrote that “all need to be arrested, prosecuted by the Nigerian government for the October 20th 2020 insurrection in Lagos.” Dr. Olunloyo who has had a long-running record of exposing prior unknown issues to the public equally claimed that Oduala, Hundeyin, and Switch “shared N340M cash and bitcoin donations with the others, fled and…

The government of Anambra State has approved into effect the payment of 10 Million Naira by presidential candidates in the coming 2023 elections. The payment, it was explained by the government, is a levy for the permission of printing, distribution, and advertising of campaign posters within the state. The order by the government also includes all other political candidates beyond the presidential aspirants. National Assembly candidates, both aspirants for the Senate House and national House of Representatives, are to pay 7 Million Naira for the permission of campaign poster use in the state. Candidates of the State House of…

There is no end in sight to the controversy threatening to doom the PDP’s challenge for power in 2023 as the presidential candidate of the party Atiku Abubakar has favored the appointment of Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State as the Director General of the campaign council, Podium Reports exclusively gathered. Sources told Podium Reporters today that Atiku, who remains at loggerheads with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State over his choice of running mate, has grown frustrated with attempts to placate the Rivers Governor and has rejected his preferred candidate for the Campaign DG position, instead okaying the…

The sordid details of Peter Obi’s alleged infamous role in the 2006 ethnic attacks that led to the killings of several northerners in Onitsha, Anambra State, where the Labour Party presidential candidate served as Governor at different spells between 2006 and 2014, and other alleged discriminatory policies against non-Igbos have been brought to light by a northerner who questioned the moral basis of his appeal for votes from the region. The allegations, reportedly made by Malam Umar Dan Kano, were published on Twitter by Ibrahim Shehu who tweets from the handle @magmal11. According to the thread titled “PETER OBI,…

ENDSARS campaigner and renowned activist, Sega Awosanya, took to Twitter to criticize the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for his “clickbait campaign”. The Labour Party presidential candidate had yesterday, 13th August pledged to his supporters in Eastern Nigeria that he will take back Nigeria and give it to the youths. The popular activist, however, reprimanded Peter Obi that “the thought of handing over Nigeria to belligerent IPOB won’t materialize.” Tweeting further in a critical thread, Sega Awosanya told the Labour Party presidential candidate to “stop raising false hopes and address real issues” as “insults and abuses are no…

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, generated positive buzz on social media on Friday with a heartening video directly addressed to young Nigerians on the positive contributions of their creative talents, vision, and spirited efforts to Nigeria’s glowing global reputation and key economic achievements. The four minutes long video, released across his social media pages to mark this year’s edition of the International Youth Day, featured the former Lagos Governor delivering a solemn speech in which he highlighted key innovative changes led by young Nigerians in the past decade to foreground…