2023 Presidential Election: Why I Defeated You — Tinubu Tells Peter Obi 2023 Presidential Election: Why I Defeated You — Tinubu Tells Peter Obi The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has challenged the competence of a petition the Labour Party, LP, and its candidate, Peter Obi, filed to nullify his election. Tinubu, in a preliminary objection he filed alongside his Vice-President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima, maintained that Obi was bereft of the locus standing to file a petition to challenge his election victory. He argued that Obi was not validly nominated to contest the presidential election in line with the mandatory provisions of…
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28 People Died In 2023 Election But 800 In 2011: Tinubu 28 People Died In 2023 Election But 800 In 2011: Tinubu “The 2011 polls recorded 800 deaths, the 2015 polls recorded 100 deaths, and the 2019 polls recorded 150 deaths. However, the 2023 polls recorded no more than 28 deaths.” PRESS RELEASE • APRIL 13, 2023 TEXT OF THE PARLEY HELD WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CENTER, WASHINGTON D.C, UNITED STATES ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12TH, 2023 BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT, SENATOR BOLA AHMED TINUBU – MR. FESTUS KEYAMO, SAN (CHIEF SPOKESPERSON AND MINISTER OF STATE,…
BREAKING: Mr Woodberry Pleads Guilty To Internet Fraud; Agrees To Pay To Victims, Forfeit Luxury Dubai Assets Mr Woodberry Pleads Guilty To Internet Fraud; Agrees To Pay To Victims, Forfeit Luxury Dubai Assets Notorious Internet fraudster, Olalekan Jacob Ponle, alias Mr Woodberry, has entered a plea of guilt with the U.S. authorities, agreeing to surrender $8 million in proceeds of wire fraud as well as luxury cars and watches to the foreign government. Mr Woodberry, who loved to flaunt his lavish lifestyle on Instagram, had at first pleaded not guilty to the eight-count fraud charge brought against him for engaging…
Nigerian Man Charged To Court For Marrying Five Wives Nigerian Man Charged To Court For Marrying Five Wives A businessman, Awaisu Jibril, on Wednesday, appeared at a Shari’a Court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna, for allegedly marrying five wives, contrary to Islamic teaching. The prosecutor, Insp. Sambo Maigari, had told the court that one Musa Abdullahi, a community leader, had reported the matter to the Rigasa Police Division. The defendant told the court that he only had four wives because he had divorced the fourth a month before marrying the fifth. He, however, stated that the fourth wife had not finished…
FFK Mocks Peter Obi For Detaining Him In UK FFK Mocks Peter Obi For Detaining Him In UK The Director, New Media sub-committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Femi Fani-Kayode, has mocked the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi over encounter with Immigration officers at the Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom. Fani-Kayode, in a statement via his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday, said Obi was accosted, detained and deported back to Nigeria like a commoner by the British authorities. His tweet reads, “!Accosted, detained & deported back to Nigeria like a common … by…
Please I Need New Sugar Daddy, Teni Announces Please I Need New Sugar Daddy, Teni Announces In what came off as a ‘cruise’ video singer Teniola Apata aka Teni has been captured lamenting her current sugar daddy’s inability to meet her financial needs. The supposedly upset ‘sugar baby’ informed her audience that she was in need of another sugar daddy. Making her complaint in Pidgin English, the “Super Woman” singer said: “I come report my sugar daddy to una, my sugar daddy don crase. You, you get pikin. Why you no give your pikin to your friends? “You come make…
First Bank Announces Name Change Information reaching Ibom Focus says that FirstBank Announces Name Change Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, FirstBank, said this in a statement in Lagos. The statement said that the name change was implemented to align the subsidiaries with the parent brand and to enjoy the strong heritage and brand equity built by FirstBank Nigeria in its 129 years of banking leadership. It named the first set of subsidiaries effecting the name alignment as, FBNBank UK, FBNBank Sierra Leone, FBNBank Gambia and FBNBank DRC. According to the statement, the subsidiaries are now known and…
My Life In Danger Over Tinubu’s Presidency – Ex-Deputy Governor Cries Out My Life In Danger Over Tinubu’s Presidency – Ex-Deputy Governor Cries Out The first female democratically elected Deputy Governor in Nigeria, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, has raised an alarm that her life is under threat over the election of former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the President-Elect. The former Deputy Governor under Sir Michael Otedola between 1992 to 1993 also declared that she had commenced the process of renouncing her Nigerian citizenship as she had promised to do if Tinubu emerged the President. Speaking with…
Nigerian Woman Sets House Ablaze After Quarrel With Husband Nigerian Woman Sets House Ablaze After Quarrel With Husband A woman simply identified as Esther Alison Ibiwari set fire to her house after she was allegedly beaten by her husband during a quarrel in Rumuolu community in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. Though it was not clear what caused the problem, but an eyewitness said the couple had a heated argument on Tuesday. The eyewitness who pleaded anonymity said the woman in an apparent act of retaliation went inside their apartment and set it on fire. The eyewitness…
Nigerian Soldiers Storm Residence Of Army Officer, Evict Family After Brutalising Wife, Children Nigerian Soldiers Storm Residence Of Army Officer, Evict Family After Brutalising Wife, Children Some Nigerian soldiers have allegedly invaded the Enugu residence of a retired army officer, Emeka Ugwuoke and evicted his family. SaharaReporters gathered that the soldiers allegedly assaulted his wife and children in the process. The soldiers were reportedly about 40 in number and from the 82 Division Enugu. They allegedly stormed the residence of the retired officer at 1:15 am on Wednesday. The soldiers suspected to be acting on orders of the General Officer…