Famous Nigerian social activist and skit maker, Debo Adebayo, better known as Mr Macaroni, has accused the supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, of trolling and cyberbullying. Mr Macaroni lamented that APC supporters have been trolling and cyberbullying him for supporting Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP. His statement was contained in a post via his verified Twitter handle on Friday. Mr Macaroni, who wrote in pidgin English, said he would not be forced to vote for a candidate against his wishes. He wrote: “If we wan talk about bullying, na APC trolls bully pass.…
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When President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva meet in Washington on Friday, the leaders will share some awareness of what it’s like to walk in one another’s shoes. Biden, a centrist Democrat, defeated incumbent Donald Trump in a fraught race, securing victory with thin margins in several battleground states. In Brazil’s tightest election since its return to democracy over three decades ago, Lula, the leftist leader of the Workers’ Party, squeaked out a win against right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, who earned the nickname Trump of the Tropics and was an outspoken admirer of the former…
Barely two weeks to the election, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, remains the top choice to become the nation’s next president, according to a new poll by Bloomberg. The survey results for Bloomberg News by Premise Data Corporation were published on Friday. According to the poll, two-thirds of respondents said they intend to vote for Obi in an election other frontline candidates – Bola Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress, APC, and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP – will keenly contest. The San Francisco-based Premise said it polled 2,384 Nigerians from January…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expelled former governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani and 6 others over alleged anti-party activities. Recall that Senator Nnamani was last month suspended by the party. The PDP NWC at the end of its 566th meeting disclosed this on Friday in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan. According to the statement, the party approved the expulsion owing to anti-party activities and other grave offences in violation of the Constitution of the PDP (as amended in 2017). Others expelled from the Party include: Hon. Chris…
The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang has rebutted Governor Simon Lalong’s allegations of unpaid salaries levelled against him during his tenure as chairman of Mangu Local Government Area of the state. InfoStride News recalls that Lalong had on Wednesday during a rally at Wase LGA, accused Mutfwang of leaving behind 10 months’ salary arrears during his tenure as local government chairman. Mutfwang, while addressing a mammoth crowd in Wase Local Government Area during a town hall meeting, said: “Yesterday the Governor of Plateau State was in Wase and he did not have…
Isaac, brother of a former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, said he regretted supporting Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 presidential election. In a Facebook post, Fayose said Atiku and the cabals around the seat of power are making Nigerians suffer. “With the way Atiku Abubakar and his goons in PDP in connivance with the wannabe cabals are trying to wrestle power from the present government in a foul way, making the people suffer for what is not, I make bold to say that I regretted backing him in 2019, never knew…
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has reacted to a gaffe made by the National chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, during the party’s presidential campaign in Kano State. Recall that Ayu had on Thursday, during the party’s presidential campaign held in Kano State, said that PDP had brought shame and should not be allowed to retain power. He was supposed to mean the All Progressives Congress, APC. However, Wike said that Ayu’s statement that the PDP brought shame to Nigeria was not a gaffe but an authentic remark from the abundance of his heart. Wike spoke…
The only Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, member in the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Hon. Salisu Zurmi has expressed fear that the 2023 general elections in some villages within the Dansadau axis in the Maru Local Government Area of the state may not hold due to security challenges. The lawmaker disclosed this during an exclusive interview with the media in Gusau, the state capital, pointing out that many communities in the axis have been displaced by the ravaging terrorists operating in the state. “There is no point deceiving ourselves that peace has been restored in the state; it is just…
Russian athletes have no place at next year’s Paris Olympics while their country’s invasion of Ukraine continues, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a summit of sports officials from 36 countries Friday. The International Olympic Committee argues it would be discriminatory to exclude Russia and ally Belarus from sports ahead of the 2024 Paris Games. With qualifying in many sports already underway, the IOC wants athletes from those countries to compete in a neutral capacity without national symbols. While Russia kills and terrorizes, representatives of the terrorist state have no place at sports and Olympic competitions, Zelenskyy told the summit in…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has called on the church to pray for the emergence of a President that will use public funds for the public good. Obi stated this at the 17th Biennial Conference of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital. He said Nigeria had gone through a lot, adding that it was the prayers of the Church that had kept the country together. He said: “I want to ask for your prayers for Nigeria as we gather here; I will ask for prayer points. “My prayer points…
The national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, has made a gaffe on Thursday during the party’s presidential campaign held in Kano State. Ayu said that the PDP had brought shame and should not be retained in power. He intended to mean the All Progressives Congress, APC. One of the spokespersons for the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, posted the video clip on his verified Twitter handle. “In Kano today, Iyorchia Ayu, the PDP National Chairman, confessed that PDP has brought shame and we should not retain them in power. “This obvious costly slip-of-tongue will not…
President Muhammadu Buhari, has said his government has fulfilled the ‘change’ promise made to Nigerians. It could be recalled that before the 2015 Presidential election, the All Progressives Congress, APC, government made ‘change mantra’ the cardinal point of its campaign. Speaking in Enugu on Thursday, President Buhari said his government had fulfilled that promise in several areas. He spoke at Ugwuogo Nike in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State at the commissioning and handing over of the Federal Government Housing Estate in the State. Buhari’s speech was read by his representative, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, the Minister for Foreign…
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a Workers’ Party meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea North Korean leader Kim Jong Un brought his young daughter to a huge military parade showing off the latest hardware of his fast-growing nuclear arsenal, including intercontinental ballistic missiles designed to reach the United States, state media said Thursday. North Korean photos of Wednesday night’s parade in the capital, Pyongyang, showed Kim, wearing a black coat and fedora, attending the event with his wife and daughter, in the young girl’s latest recent public appearance.…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday declared the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu as his candidate in the February 25th election. To this end, Buhari urged residents of Sokoto State to vote for Tinubu in the upcoming election. Buhari spoke at the APC presidential campaign rally in Sokoto. “We are all out to support him. Today, we are in Sokoto State, the Seat of the Caliphate, to campaign for our party’s candidate, Tinubu. “He is my candidate, we should all vote for him and inform those that are not here with us. “APC’s choice is Tinubu and we…
There seems to be no end to the crisis rocking the Taraba State chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC. This became evident on Thursday following the decision of some of the party’s governorship aspirants to boycott the party’s rerun primary slated for tomorrow. Aspirants, which our correspondent noticed to have signified their interests to boycott the exercise, are Chief David Sabo Kente, the incumbent Senator representing Taraba Central, Engineer Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf and Senator Anthony Manzo. Stressing that “we will not participate in any inter-house social gathering tomorrow in Jalingo, the time we could participate in any primary election…
The presidential campaign council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has canceled the planned rally in Kano State. The Secretary of the campaign council, James Faleke in a tweet on Thursday, said the rally that was scheduled for February 16 has been cancelled. Mr Faleke did not provide any reason for the cancellation of the rally. The campaign held a rally on 4 January in Kano at the Sani Abacha Stadium but according to the timetable of the party, Kano is supposed to host the party twice. It is unclear if the cancellation of the rally is unconnected to the…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, said it would defeat the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Akwa Ibom during the general election. The governorship candidate, Akanimo Udofia expressed confidence of victory while addressing supporters at a rally on Thursday. The event was the flag off his campaign at the Ikot Ekpene Township Stadium in Uyo, the capital. Udofia described his sojourn into politics as “a mission to create jobs and shared prosperity” of the state. “APC will defeat the PDP on March 11. We are confident and look forward to victory because the people support us,” he said. The flagbearer noted…
United Kingdom Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on Wednesday announced a new round of sanctions against Russian military and Kremlin elites. The announcement of Cleverly came as Zelenskyy arrived in the UK to hold a meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, King Charles and address Britain’s Parliament. “In total the UK’s sanction package hits 6 entities providing military equipment such as drones for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as 8 individuals and 1 entity connected to nefarious financial networks that help maintain wealth and power amongst Kremlin elites,” UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office announced in a statement. UK…
The National Universities Commission, NUC, has directed the closure of all universities and inter-university centres between February 22nd and March 14. NUC said there would be no academic activities during the shutdown. The announcement was contained in a statement signed by the Deputy Executive Secretary (Administration), Chris Maiyaki. According to the statement, the decision followed concerns about the security of staff, students and the universities’ properties during the general elections scheduled from February 25 – March 14. The Commission said the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, gave the directive following consultation with relevant security agencies.
The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar has reiterated his resolve to re-open all international borders and strengthen national security if elected president of the country. Atiku stated this yesterday while addressing a mammoth crowd at a presidential rally held in Damaturu, Yobe State. The presidential candidate said the idea behind his plan to reopen the borders, is for business activities between Nigeria and its neighbours to flourish. Atiku asked the crowd, “Do you want peace to return to Yobe?” and they answered in chorus “Yes”. He then assured them that if they…