Author: Rashaad Harris

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been advised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stop libellous accusations against the reputation of its chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu. Rotimi Oyekanmi, the INEC Chairman’s chief press secretary, responded to the PDP’s call for Yakubu to step down from his position on Friday in Abuja by offering the advice.The most recent PDP request for Mr Yakubu to step down as INEC Chairman, as it did in the past, according to Mr Oyekanmi, was misdirected.“Interestingly, the PDP did not provide any convincing evidence to back up all the spurious allegations it listed as…

According to the media aide of Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential candidate in the February 25th general elections, his principal is challenging the election results, not for personal gain, but to uphold the country’s democracy. Mr Paul Ibe, the media aide to Atiku revealed this in an interview with Saturday PUNCH, where he also said the ex-vice President will walk the entire distance to challenge what he called, “INEC’s breach of its own rules and guidelines.”“Has the real outcome of the exercise been shown to the people? Nigerians, home and abroad were excited at the prospect of a…

Nigerian female sensation, Oyinkansola Aderibigbe, popularly known as Ayra Starr believes that female artists in the country are usually not held to the same standards as their male colleagues. Arya Starr made this known in an interview with Sunday Beats, saying: “I am grateful to the women who came before me, who paved the way. Because of them, I am not dealing with so much. However, there is still the issue of female artists being scrutinised more than their male colleagues. Female artists are not held to the same standards as the males.”The Mavin singer shared her elation about the…

Nigerian musician, Habeeb Okikiola, professionally known as Portable revealed how his buddies physically abused him recently. Portable claimed in a video posted to his Instagram page that some individuals he was friends with before he became famous attacked him as he was defending his sister from them.He claims that after learning that his sister was being abused by her husband, who also happened to be one of his close friends, he took a flight from Gambia back to Lagos.He described how he paid the medical fees when his sister was hospitalised after being impregnated by the friend in question. He…

Ahead of the March 18 Gubernatorial election, Nollywood actor — Alexx Ekubo, has declared his support for his colleague, Funke Akindele who’s vying to be Lagos State’s next deputy governor under the Peoples Democratic Party. On International Women’s Day, the actor shared his post and dedicated it to Funke Akindele, praising her for her perseverance, fortitude, and fortitude.Ekubo commended the Nollywood actress and director for being able to keep everything under control while being active in a variety of activities.His message reads: “Happy International Women’s Day to the incoming Deputy Governor of Lagos State. You are my hero of Women’s…

A public affairs analyst, Bala Zaka, has implored CBN to use the opportunity of this cash squeeze to make #200 the nation’s highest denomination.According to him, considering the micro and macroeconomic activities interplay, he suggested, “this is the best time to withdraw the #1,000 and #500 bills out of circulation because we honestly don’t need them. “We should use this opportunity to make #200 our highest denomination and that will help in deepening the cashless policy and even reduce crime, because if you analyse it critically, you will agree with me that kidnapping for liquid cash ransom by bandits and…

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles bounced back strongly in the loser’s final of the U20 African Cup of Nations against the Young Carthage Eagles of Tunisia with a resounding 4-0 victory.The Nigerian side lost 0-1 in the semi-final to Gambia and Senegal got the better of Tunisia in the semi-final of the tournament.Flying Eagles started the match against Tunisia with full confidence and they dominated the proceedings right from the blast of the whistle.Ibrahim Muhammad put Nigeria ahead halfway into the first half and ensured that they are in firm control of the game going into the half time.Nigeria improved on their…

According to the Lagos State Government, the N1.2 billion paid as pension to retirees was not done to court support ahead of the March 18 gubernatorial election. This was in response to some social media users who had criticised the revelation of the payout to 534 retirees, believing the action to be political.Jubril Gawat, the senior special assistant to the governor of Lagos State for new media, responded by pointing out that pension payments are made in the state practically every month.He tweeted, “Pension bond certificate issuance is done practically almost every month. It’s a specified process. Not for election.…

According to the Presidency, the results of the presidential and National Assembly elections held on February 25 remain valid until otherwise established in court, despite allegations of irregularities and scathing criticism of the Independent National Election Commission, INEC. Additionally, it ruled out the prospect of annulling the presidential elections, as was done on June 12, 1993, and advised disgruntled opposition party candidates to seek legal remedy instead.This information was provided in a post by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, that summarised the most important lessons learned during the President’s just-completed journey to…

The Independent National Electoral Commission’s recent actions, according to the Labour Party, have irreparably damaged Nigerians’ once-strong faith in the commission’s assurance that the people’s votes will be counted. This was said by Comrade Julious Abure, the party’s national chairman, in an interview given on Thursday in Abuja.He said that because of his repeated guarantees that the commission would rigorously follow its regulations and the tamper-proof BVAS technology, he was among those who at various forums voiced implicit trust in the competence of the Prof. Mahmood Yakubu-led INEC to deliver.Abure claimed that INEC had not only failed to deliver but…