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Apostle Johnson Suleman, the founder of Omega Fire Ministries, announced that he and his family would be voting on Saturday for Peter Obi, the candidate for the Labour Party (LP). The clergyman said his family is a “Obidients” while delivering his Sunday sermon, which was posted on the church’s YouTube channel. He explained that, in contrast to other people who have been using social media to make noise about their preferred presidential candidate, his church has instead been supporting Obi in the background for the entire time. He said: “All of them (political parties) came together to chase out one…

The Labour Party’s Peter Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed have received the African Democratic Congress’ support for the February 25 presidential election. The support follows the formation of a coalition that intends to advance the pair to the nation’s highest position, according to a post on the party’s official Twitter account. On Monday morning in Abuja, the endorsement was conducted at the River Plate Gardens. The coalition, which is made up of several star alliance partners such as Nigeria Mothers for Good Governance, Fulani United, and League of Imams, among others, said they seek to create a formidable force for the…

Professor Wole Soyinka, Nobel prize winner has denied endorsing Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate (APC). Soyinka’s media team advised the public to disregard any information about his disparaging remarks about political parties and politicians. The statement read in part: “Soyinka did NOT at any time or on any occasion issue such a statement. “It is simply the work of peddles of fake news and falsehood, who profit from misinformation to gain political advantages,” the statement reads. Recall that a social media post indicated that Soyinka is prepared to engage in combat with any individual who supports Tinubu’s…

Protests over naira scarcity have erupted once more in Ogun State, with videos online showing two banks set on fire in the state’s Sagamu area. Many residents were seen on Monday watching as Keystone and Union banks were set on fire, with some youths holding planks in protest. On Friday last week, news outlets reported that protests erupted in Ogun State’s Mowe-Ibafo area, with many residents blocking the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in protest of the woes and hardship caused by the lingering scarcity of the naira. Reacting to the development, a Twitter user, @arranowanna wrote, “Kindly advise your friends, families, and…

Prof. Lilian Salami, Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), has directed all students residing on campus to vacate the hostels by noon on Wednesday (February 22), to participate in the upcoming general elections. Mr. Ademola Bobola, the institution’s registrar, issued the directive in a press statement yesterday. The registrar said: “In compliance with the directive of the Federal Government, as conveyed vide the circular from the National Universities Commission (NUC), dated 3rd February 2023, the Vice Chancellor, Prof Lilian I. Salami, has directed that the university be closed for academic activities between Wednesday, February 22 and Tuesday, March…

Folarin Falana, AKA Falz, a Nigerian rapper and activist, has urged youths to vote in Saturday’s presidential election. Falz, in an Instagram video posted on Sunday, urged Nigerians not to make excuses for not voting. He believes that it is time for young people to make decisions about their future. He said, “Oya election don come oooo this is my PVC, I’m sure you have yours and you are ready to vote. I don’t want to hear any of that rubbish that my vote will not count, so what’s the point of voting? “Oh God, please nobody should annoy me;…

The Zamfara Government’s Anti-Thuggery Committee has trained 2,500 newly recruited personnel and has warned residents to maintain law and order in the state. Gov. Bello Matawalle established the committee in February 2022 through an Executive Order to combat political thuggery, drug abuse, and other related criminal offenses in the state. Matawalle also named retired military officer Bello Bakyasuwa as the committee’s chairman. The Anti-Thuggery Bill, recently passed by the state House of Assembly, elevated the committee to the status of an agency. During the closing ceremony of the training in Gusau on Sunday, Bakyasuwa noted the committee had been doing…

Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress met with the party leadership on Sunday at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja in a last-ditch effort to resolve the country’s lingering cash crisis as the general elections just around the corner. This came as bank CEOs met to discuss solutions to the situation that had resulted in bank attacks and the deaths of at least 13 people across the country. The news comes just six days before the presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday, February 25, 2023. No fewer than 12 governors attended the crucial meeting with…

Mama Dada, an Ogun middle-aged woman has allegedly set herself ablaze in her rented apartment due to her inability to repay a N70,000 loan from a microfinance bank. According to our correspondent, the deceased was burned beyond recognition after the entire building in Abeokuta’s Oke-Keesi, Itoko area was burned down. An eyewitness, Bolanle Ajayi, a local resident, confirmed to our correspondent that the woman committed suicide after she was unable to repay the loan. “I was told that she obtained the loan running into N70,000,” she said. A former member of the community bank’s group, who identified herself simply as…

According to witnesses and officials, an Israeli rocket strike on a building in central Damascus early Sunday killed five people and damaged several buildings in the densely populated district. According to two intelligence sources, the strike occurred near a security complex where Syria’s ally Iran has bases. A spokesperson for the Israeli military declined to comment. According to state media, Israel carried out airstrikes targeting several areas of Damascus shortly after midnight, resulting in five civilian deaths and 15 injuries. “It caused material damage to several civilian homes and several neighbourhoods in Damascus and its surroundings,” the Syrian army said…