Author: Rashaad Harris

The Aare of Otun Ekiti and APC chieftain, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode has said the party is now focused on winning many states ahead of the gubernatorial elections next weekend. Writing on his official Twitter handle, Fani-Kayode who is usually abusive and vulgar when addressing the opposition, said the goal is to win all states especially Zamfara, Lagos, Yobe, Borno, Niger and Kaduna. “We won the pres. election & a great majority in the Senate& House of Reps. Our focus is now on the Governorship elections. Lagos, Kaduna, Niger, Zamfara, Yobe, Borno& ALL other states are a MUST win for us.…

Senior Advocate of Nigeria and APC Presidential Campaign Council spokesman, Festus Keyamo has said Peter Obi should focus on contending with runner’s up, PDP and not APC. Writing on his twitter handle on Sunday afternoon, the junior Labour Minister said has a long shot at attempt to challenge the outcome of the February 25th election. “Peter Obi & Labour Party cannot even come to court & ask to be declared winner straightaway; they have to first fight PDP in order to prove they came second, before they can have the temerity to face @officialABAT. So, there is no room for…

The Ogun State Government has dissociated Governor Dapo Abiodun’s administration from the “N20,000 Dapo Abiodun Campaign Funding” advertisement that is going around on social media. In a statement on Saturday, the governor’s chief press secretary, Kunle Somorin, refuted any involvement of the state government in the promotion.In addition, he said that the campaign was an effort to defame the governor in advance of the election on the following Saturday in addition to defrauding the public’s trust.Part of the statement reads: “Governor Abiodun, rather than procuring people’s votes, had embarked on political campaigns to showcase his scorecard, commissioned landmark projects and…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has issued its own assessment of the February 25th general elections’ conduct as conflicting opinions continue to surround its results. Yakubu Maikyau, president of the NBA, gave his own assessment and gave the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) excellent marks for conducting the presidential and national assembly elections.He stated that despite the difficulties encountered throughout the exercise, the commission was nevertheless able to perform above average.Maikyau’s words: “I will say that the elections went well. Those who came out were happy to express their franchise.“There were challenges, definitely. There were some infractions, some of them…

The head of the pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, has joined the list of Nigerians who have congratulated Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on winning the February 25th presidential election. While praising the former Lagos State governor for his doggedness and determination to take home the big prize, the Yoruba leader urged him to prove him right.Fasoranti’s message was contained in a congratulatory letter he penned to the President-elect and made available on Saturday, March 4, 2023, in which he also advised him to better the performances of his predecessors. The letter reads: “I did marvel at your doggedness, self-determination,…

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State said he didn’t deliver his state to President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu, despite contrary reports that he worked hand-in-hand with the APC’s candidate for his victory on the February 25th polls. Makinde’s reaction is coming off the back of the margin Tinubu defeated PDP’s Atiku Abubakar with, in a state governed by a PDP member. Recall that Tinubu amassed a whopping 449,884 votes in Oyo, while Atiku pulled 182,977 votes.Speaking on the development during Splash FM’s State Affairs with Desmond Obilo on Saturday, March 4, 2023, the governor said he was happy to be part…

According to Nollywood actor Yul Edochie, it is unethical to refer to Lagos State as a no man’s land. He asserts that the Yorubas are the rightful owners of Lagos and rejects the idea that anyone has any claim to the city.In a post headlined “Let’s end tribalism before it kills us,” the actor made this revelation on his verified Instagram profile on Saturday.Edochie disclosed that he went to Lagos in 2011, constructed a home there and that the Yoruba people had never treated him unfairly or with discrimination.The actor’s post reads: “I’ve lived in Lagos since 2011. Built my…

Kenya’s President William Ruto has vowed to never allow the legalisation of gay marriage in Kenya. He describes it as an act that goes against the culture and religious beliefs of Kenya. A Supreme Court ruling recently permitted the registration of gay NGOs in the country. Ruto successfully ran for the presidency in the 2022 election, this time under the United Democratic Alliance (UDA).

Mr. Reno Omokri, a member of the People’s Democratic Party and a blogger, has commended Peter Obi for deepening Nigeria’s democracy. Reno was commenting on the victory recorded by one Mr. Donatus Mathew, after he contested and won the Kaduna Sound Federal Constituency stool, haven previously been an Okada rider. In a tweet posted on his verified twitter account on Saturday, Mr. Omokri said “Under Labour, an Okada rider, Donatus Mathew, won election to the House of Representatives in Kaduna. This is democracy in its purest form. “For this, I thank Peter Obi and the Labour Party. Both of them…

The vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the just concluded Presidential election, Ifeanyi Okowa, said the victory of Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the February 25th poll isn’t the will of God. Okowa who’s currently the incumbent Governor of Lagos State said this on Friday at a meeting with members of the Isoko Church Leaders Council in the Isoko South Local Government Area of the state.He said: “We saw the manipulation of the election coming, and the church of Christ prayed against the situation which we have just found ourselves in.“Obviously, this is not the will of God.…