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Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, has reacted after his supporters were attacked. He reacted to the recent violent attacks on his supporters by suspected thugs in Lagos State. Obi condemned every form of violence and political thuggery and the incessant attacks on his ‘Obedient’ supporters. DAILY POST reported the attack on Obi’s supporters in Lagos. Recall that the Labour Party, LP, held its presidential campaign in Lagos on Saturday. His statement was contained in a post via his verified Twitter handle on Saturday. Obi called on the security forces nationwide to protect those exercising their fundamental rights of free speech and assembly. He said, “As we go into the final stretch for the 2023 elections, I call on all Nigerians regardless of political affiliation or tendency, to eschew violence. I condemn any form of violence and political thuggery; and especially the incessant attacks on my Obedient supporters. “I call on the security forces nationwide to prot...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has debunked some claims recently made against them. The CBN debunked claims about the incapacity of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting PLC. The apex bank also denied claims that it plans to shut down commercial banks in a geo-political zone. This was disclosed in a statement signed on Friday by CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications, Mr Osita Nwanisobi. CBN said NSPM is not experiencing insufficient printing materials, as alleged by a report making the rounds in the media. It clarified that the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, told the National Council of State in a meeting in the presidential villa on Friday that NSPM was working assiduously on printing all denominations of the banknotes to ease the sufferings of Nigerians. Also, the apex bank frowns at vested interests attempting to pitch the public against the Bank. It assured the public that the Bank would continue to execute its constitutional mandate by ensuring the smooth nationwide circula...

In what will come across as a really startling development, a naked man in the USA has been arrested. The man from Georgia, was arrested after he allegedly stole an ambulance and went on a joyride before leading police on a chase. Bradley Jermaine Baker, 48, took control of a blue-and-white ambulance on Thursday night, Feb. 9. Witnesses claimed he was driving erratically with the headlights off in Downtown Macon, Georgia, according to Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. Police said Baker was spotted performing burnouts in the emergency vehicle. Baker allegedly led responding officers on a pursuit before he attempted to flee on foot. According to the warrant obtained by The Macon Telegraph, Baker exited the ambulance ?completely nude and in full view of the public in the parking lot.? The warrant also alleges that Baker appeared to be under the influence of cocaine or spice. Police were able to take the n*ked suspect into custody around Eisenhower Parkway. The 48-year-old nude joyrider h...

Police in the USA are now searching for an irresponsible mother who abandoned her children in Texas. The police say they are looking for the mother who abandoned her 12-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son for two months. An arrest warrant has been issued by the Roman Forest Police Department for mother Raven Yates, who is charged with two counts of abandoning/endangering a child without the intent to return, the department said. Police said they received a phone call from the concerned father of the 12-year-old on Nov. 14 who reported that the two children had been home alone since Sept. 28, 2022. During the weeks they spent alone at home, the siblings allegedly had limited access to food or medicine. The father, who lived and worked in California, immediately flew to Texas, police said. He told law enforcement that Yates had been spotted in Mobile, Alabama, without the children by his former mother-in-law, police told ABC News. He realized the children had been left home alone after ...

Popular Nigerian actress, Shan George has made a new allegation against her colleagues. She alleged that most of her colleagues who claim they bought houses are lying. She said this while reacting to her colleague Angela Okorie’s statement that many Nollywood actresses who claim they bought houses with money they made from acting are lying. Shan George responded, writing: “Many just lease the houses, and come online to claim bought. “Their cup of zobo, biko.”

A 34-year-old self-acclaimed prophet identified as Osinachi Makuo and a 50-year-old mother, have been arrested by operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department of the Imo State Police Command. They were arrested over a case of attempted murder. In a statement issued, the spokesperson of the state police command, ASP Henry Okoye, said that their arrest is sequel to a petition of Conspiracy, Abduction, Attempted Murder/Grievous Bodily Harm written to the Commissioner of Police, Imo State, by Ike Ezenyi of Umuehi Mgbidi in Oru West LGA, Imo State who is the father of a 24-year-old man identified as Ikenga Ezenyi. Okoye said that the Commissioner of Police CP Muhammade Barde on receipt of the said petition promptly ordered a comprehensive investigation into the matter by detectives of the State CIID. According to him the intelligent and curious detectives quickly swung into action and apprehended the suspects while the cohorts of the self?styled prophet are still at ...

Olatunji Taiwo, a Nigerian has been remanded in custody. An Ilorin Magistrate Court has ordered the remand of Olatunji after he was caught in possession of female underwear and some charms. Olatunji is standing trial for the alleged theft of ladies’ underwear and attempt to escape from lawful custody, contrary to sections 287 and 95 of the Penal code law of Nigeria. The accused person was arrested during routine police stop and search in Ilorin, Kwara State on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. Police First Information report revealed that Taiwo of number 12, SOJ Street, Sawmill area, Ilorin was accosted at NASFAT checking point on Ilorin-Ogbomoso Road during a stop and search operation and was caught with the pants of ladies and charms. When the police conducted another search on him at their station, two female pants which he had worn were discovered on him. Some charms, which included alligator pepper, a horn of a ram and some black sand inside a nylon, were also discovered on him. Accordin...

The Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State command, has spoken on the attack on party supporters. The police said it has started investigations into the attack on supporters of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party by political thugs in the state. SaharaReporters had reported that some supporters of the LP presidential candidate were attacked by hoodlums in Lagos State. Videos and pictures shared on social media also showed some individuals believed to be Obi’s supporters with bruises, as well as vandalised buses and cars purportedly deployed to transport supporters for the various events to be held by the party. Confirming the attack, command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin said four persons were injured. He said, “Jakande Ward Chairman of Labour Party commendably reported an attack on his party members at Ilasan Division. Four injured persons have been given medical attention. DPO Ilasan has commenced preliminary investigations while SCID is to fully take over invest...

Mary Njoku, the Nollywood actress, has advised people online. The actress questioned those who put so much energy into living a fake life. She made this known in a post on her Instagram page on Saturday. The actress wrote, “Why do we put so much energy into ‘looking like we made it’? Instead of using the same energy in ‘attempting to make it’. It will never make sense to me. “They say ‘everyone isn’t destined to make it’. But what if YOU are one of the destined few? “And you are busy wasting away your destiny in a fake world you’ve built to deceive yourself and get validation from people who don’t care about you. Wake up.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mary Njoku (@maryremmynjoku) In other news, Phillip Kayode Moses, the Nigerian record producer and singer, popularly known as Pheelz mrproducer, is a very happy man at the moment. The producer has acquired a new house and a ca...

Kiernan Forbes, the popular South African rapper, famously known as AKA, was shot dead last night alongside someone else. Now, the second man who was gunned down with the rapper has been identified as one of his best friends and former manager, Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane. Tebello was standing outside Wish Restaurant with AKA and others when gunmen in two cars opened fire, killing both men and injuring another man said to be AKA’s bodyguard. Tebello managed AKA many years ago before deciding on a new career path and becoming a chef and starting a clothing brand. The duo and others had flown into Durban on Friday, Feb 10th to celebrate AKA’s 35th birthday and perform at a club when the tragic incident happened. May their souls rest in peace

In what will come across as a really heartbreaking development, a 38-year-old farmer identified only as Mr. Namiji has been killed. He was murdered by terrorists in Maro village, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A community leader, Mr. Simon John, confirmed the incident. He said the incident happened on Friday, February 10, 2023. According to John, the bandits were riding on motorcycles, passing through a lonely part to their destination when the saw the farmer tilling and clearing his farmland and opened fire on him. A pastor of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) identified as Nasamu and his wife have also been abducted by terrorists in the state. A Facebook user, Istifanus Ma’aji Egoh, who confirmed the attack said the bandits also kidnapped one Mahmud Mudi and his two children in Maraban Kajuru on Wednesday. The state government and the Kaduna State Police Command both have yet to react to the latest incident. Many communities in Kaduna have been living at t...

Recue efforts have continued to go on following the Turkey-Syria earthquake as the death toll goes past 24,000. Two women have been rescued alive from the rubble of collapsed buildings after they were trapped for 122 hours following the region’s deadliest quake in two decades, Turkish authorities said on Saturday. The death toll has exceeded 24,150 across southern Turkey and northwest Syria a day after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said authorities should have reacted faster to Monday’s huge earthquake. One of the rescued women, Menekse Tabak, 70, was swaddled in a blanket while rescuers carried her to a waiting ambulance in the province of Kahramanmaras, images from state news agency Anadolu showed. The other was an injured 55-year-old, identified as Masallah Cicek, who was extricated from the debris of a collapsed building in Diyarbakir, the largest city in southeast Turkey, the agency said. Deaths in Turkey rose to 20,665 on Saturday, the disaster management agency said. In ...

Toyin Abraham-Ajeyemi, the popular Nollywood actress, has reacted to false claims that she has died. The actress took to social media to react to the fake report that she has passed away. The malicious news was shared on YouTube by an unidentified person who claimed that her death was caused by the election. “R.I.P Actress Toyin Abraham Death News. Clash over Naira Notes And 2023 Elections,” the title reads. Appalled by the false report, the mother of one said she believes it is politically motivated and spread by people who oppose her political stance. Toyin, a proud supporter of APC Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, also condemned the act of bullying and harassing people because of their political choice. According to her, it is no longer democracy if people can’t freely support a candidate of their choice. Speaking further, the 40-year-old movie star rebuked the news of her death and reiterated her support for Tinubu. She posted screenshots of the news and wrote, “The pos...

Femi Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has made new accusations against Atiku Abubakar. He accused Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, of secretly meeting serving military generals in Abuja. Wondering if Atiku’s alleged meeting with military generals is a coup d’etat, Fani-Kayode said the parley might have troubling implications on the presidential election. The APC chieftain wondered what could be the agenda of such a meeting. In a tweet, Fani-Kayode said such a meeting could disrupt the elections, destabilise the country, set Nigeria on fire, and incite chaos. According to Fani-Kayode: “There are reports that @atiku had a secret meeting with serving military Generals in Abuja on Thursday. If true, it is troubling & has implications. What was the purpose? “Why would a presidential candidate be having secret meetings with soldiers 14 days before the election? “Is this meeting part of the wider agenda to disrupt th...

Ademola Adeleke, the Osun State Governor, has issued a new directive to civil servants. He directed civil servants across the state to mark this year’s Valentine’s Day by dancing, playing games, doing dressing parades and other kinds of entertainment. He gave the directive in a statement on February 10 signed by his Head of Service, K. N Akintola with reference number SMD.61 Vol.IV/5. Adeleke said only those that register for the games will be permitted to participate but that “all members of staff” must be at the venue of the event The circular addressed to Permanent Secretaries, Head of Non-Ministerial Departments, Directors-General, Head of Local Government Administration and all civil servants, ordered them to be seated at the venue of the celebration at Governor’s Office parking space on Tuesday, February 14. The circular titled, ‘Annual Valentine’s Day Celebration’ reads; “The year 2023 annual Valentine’s Day celebration for the entire public servants in the state comes up on Tue...

Ayo Makun, the popular Nigerian comedian, more commonly known as AY, has sent put a message to fans. AY urged fans to stop putting celebrities under pressure. He said this in a Thursday tweet that has since gone viral. AY said that most celebrities become a slave to fear during election period as it becomes dangerous for them to publicly take a stand on any issue. The comedian and filmmaker noted that celebrities easily got “blacklisted or attacked” whenever they took a stand. AY’s comment comes amid a controversy involving popular singer, Brymo, who has been in the eye of the storm lately for spewing anti-Igbo comments. “Most celebs have become slaves to fear during elections. “Whenever they publicly take a stand on any political candidate of their choice, they are either BLACKLISTED or ATTACKED by clueless thugs who would do anything to secure their own interests. “Stop putting them under pressure,” he wrote. In a follow-up tweet, AY said it was easy for ordinary folks to say whateve...

Some persons suspected to be political thugs have attacked supporters of Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, in Lagos State. According to a DAILY POST report, the development is coming on the heels of Obi/Datti mega rally currently taking place at the Tafawa Belewa Square, TBS, Lagos. A video captured some Peter Obi’s supporters lamenting how the thugs attacked them at the Jakande, Lekki area of the State. According to the victims, the suspects gave machete cuts on persons, broke their vehicle, snatched their phones and other items for allegedly wearing clothes carrying the LP logo. The spokesperson for the LP presidential campaign council, Dr Aliyu Tanko confirmed the development in a chat with DAILY POST. He said, “the ObiDent Movement is under attack in Lagos, they are stopping our people from coming to the TBS rally. View this post on Instagram A post shared by gistoftheday.com (@gistoftheday) “Nothing can stop a movement whose time has come. Se...

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will today in Abuja champion the campaign of the presidential standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. The APC candidate is holding two rallies in both Kebbi and the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday. In a phone chat with our correspondent, the Chief Spokesman of the APC presidential campaign council, Festus Keyamo, told our correspondent that while the Kebbi rally is expected to begin from 11.00am to 1.00pm, the Abuja campaign will commence from 2.00pm to 5.00pm. “I am not sure the president will attend the Kebbi rally, he will definitely be campaigning with him here in Abuja. “On Sunday, Tinubu will also be having a town hall engagement with entrepreneurs and other professionals in the FCT. And on Tuesday, he will be in Imo State to continue his campaign,” he said. The development is coming on the heel of Tinubu’s meeting with the president at his official residence at the State House last night. The pos...

The sanctuary of World Centre, a US church affiliated with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has been destroyed by vandals, leaving it facing about $70,000 in expenses. According to Christian Post, the damages include destroyed pews, broken stained-glass windows, a damaged television, broken piano keys and damaged sound equipment. The online medium quoted Pastor Isaiah Adio of Jesus Is Alive World Center in Reading that the damage was not less than $70,000. “We are not going to be frustrated, we will continue doing what we are doing for the Body of Christ and our community,” the cleric said. The vandals, who were reportedly not seen on any of the church’s surveillance cameras, also spread a white powdery substance on the carpet, which will require it to be replaced.

A Nigerian national, Adedunmola Gbadegesin, was on Friday sent to a 60-month jail term for a money laundering conspiracy. Gbadegesin, who was arrested in Nigeria in September 2021, had also been charged with wire fraud over his involvement in an international romance scheme. The charge was, however, dropped in a plea deal. The romance scheme cost a Lexington woman approximately $200,000, the Kentucky Herald-Leader reported. The Nigerian pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering conspiracy in September, the report added, citing court documents. Before his sentencing, Gbadegesin was said to have admitted his guilt in court, claiming he got involved in the scheme to feed his family but was apologetic for his actions. His lawyer asked for a 36-month prison sentence while the prosecution recommended 63 months. But U.S. District Judge, Karen Caldwell, sentenced Adedunmola Gbadegesin to a five-year jail term and also directed he forfeited the sum of $38,000 recovered from him. Gbadegesi...

The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has sworn in Etomike Ndigwe and Tagbo Anieto as high court judges of the Anambra State judiciary. A statement by Soludo’s Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, on Friday, indicated that the governor performed the swearing-in function at the Executive Council Chamber, Government House, Awka. It added that the swearing-in ceremony follows an effort to lessen the current workload of judges in the state. It said the governor congratulated the “newest” members of Anambra’s core court of judges and expressed gratitude to God for their calling to public service as outstanding professionals. Soludo stated that, despite the difficulties, he will resolve the issue of judges’ entitlements in phases starting in March of next month. The statement read, “The three branches of government; the legislative, executive, and judiciary which are all fairly represented here today, will cooperate to create a livable and prosperous Anambra. “Security, law, and ...

The Council of State presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, gave their support to the naira redesign policy but with a caveat that the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, should make new Naira notes available or recirculate the old notes to ease the suffering of Nigerians. The hybrid meeting which lasted for over four hours at the Council Chambers, Presidential Villa, Abuja, had in attendance former heads of state and presidents. Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd), Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd) and Goodluck Jonathan were physically present while former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, joined the meeting online. Two former Chief Justices of the Federation, Alfa Belgore and Mahmud Muhammad, were also in attendance. Expressing support for the government’s new monetary policy, it tasked the apex bank to take urgent steps to arrest the scarcity of cash, plaguing the country. The resolutions arrived at during the meeting were made known to newsmen on Friday by th...

In a bid to encourage residents of Nasarawa State to become employers of labour, the government has trained 150 youths, has trained 150 youths drawn from across the 13 Local Government Areas of the state in Business Plan development. Speaking at the One-day training in Lafia on Friday, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Abdullahi Sule on Human Capital Development, Habiba Balarabe-Suleiman, said the essence of the training was to enhance the capacity of the trainees to meet global best practices. She narrated that white colour jobs were no longer available in the labour market, hence the need for youths in the state to acquire skills outside what they studied in school. The SSA to the Governor expressed confidence in the participants attracting great opportunities to themselves after the training programme. She assured of the state government’s commitment to provide an enabling environment for the youths to explore their potentials in order for them to contribute meaningfully to the g...

It has been alleged that singer Seun Kuti used Peter Obi and Peter Okoye to promote his music career. This is according to social media users after Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti announced that he will be participating in two of the most important Italian festivals. His announcement comes barely 48hours after his clash with Singer, Peter Okoye of the Psquare music group. Peter Okoye had criticized Seun Kuti for saying that Labour party presidential candidate, Peter Obi is an “opportunist and not the messiah people think he is”. Taking to his Facebook page on Friday, Seun wrote; “Today I am honored to announce that we will be in the line up of two of the most important Italian festivals: July, 15th – Sherwood Festival – Padova August, 10th – Locus festival – Locorotondo (Ba)”

A branch of the Guaranty Trust Bank in the Mararaba area of the Federal Capital Territory was reportedly engulfed in flames in the early hours of Friday, The PUNCH reports. The GTBank branch is located along the Nyanya and Mararaba Expressway before Abacha Road, Karu. Mararaba is a border town, between the FCT and Nasarawa State. A Twitter user, @braunsyrup, had at 8:04 am on Friday, called the attention of the Federal Fire Service, and the GTBank to the fire incident. When contacted, the Head of Operations of the FCT Fire Service, Amiola Adebayo, confirmed the incident. He said, “Yes, there was a fire outbreak at the bank, but we have put it out.” A report from the fire service said the fire, which was put out at 8:40am, was caused by a power surge from the inverter system. It added that the fire started from the server room at the top floor of the single-storey building. Batteries, the inverter system and some furniture were lost to the fire, the report said. The PUNCH could, however...

The Church of England has proposed to stop referring to God as “He”, “Him” and “Our Father”. According to Sky News, the move follows a question asked by Rev Joanna Stobart, vicar of Ilminster and Whitelackington in Somerset at the synod. The man of God wants a “more inclusive language” by which God is referred to in Church of England services to portray the creator in a “non-gendered way”. A spokesman for the Church of England told Sky News that there has been a greater interest in exploring new language in the last 20 years. He however added that there were no plans to “abolish or substantially revise currently authorised liturgies”. “Christians have recognised since ancient times that God is neither male nor female, yet the variety of ways of addressing and describing God found in scripture has not always been reflected in our worship. “As part of its regular programme of work for the next five years, the Liturgical Commission has asked the faith an...

A 40-year-old cocoa farmer, Akinola Akinnibinu has been killed by his abductors in Ondo East Local Government Area of Ondo State over delayed ransom payment. According to The Nation, the kidnappers killed Akinnibinu and and applied chemical on his corpse. The body was discovered on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, four days after the abductors contacted his wife to demand ransom. It was gathered that the kidnappers abducted Akinola at his farm at Oko Oparun and demanded N700,000 ransom. The deceased was said to have called his wife and directed her to collect N700,000 from POS machine and bring it to the farm. Sources said the kidnappers called the victim’s wife to send the money to the an Opay account number. But the wife alerted Amotekun Corps and other villagers but the kidnappers have disappeared before getting to the scene. ”My husband left the house in the morning to his farm. He later called me to collect money from the POS near our house. I asked him what he wants to use...