StagethemTVee: Governor Wike while on Live interview has dared members of the banned Ipob group to approach or harrass him anywhere in the world. He clarified that he is only calm and collected in appraoching issues because he is a governor and he knows what he can do outside of the office he is occupying.
Nine Nigerian-Americans contesting in U.S. elections.
Congressional elections are also holding on Tuesday with all the 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate up for grabs.
No fewer than nine Nigerian Americans are on the ballot for Tuesday’s general elections in the United States, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
Running mostly on the platform of the Democratic Party, the candidates are bidding for different offices at the federal, state and local levels.
NAN reports that besides the presidential election, governorship polls are holding in 11 states and two territories, in addition to other state and local elections.
Congressional elections are also holding on Tuesday with all the 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate up for grabs.
At the federal level, Oye Owolewa, whose father is from Kwara and mother from Oyo, is aiming for a ‘shadow’ (non-voting) seat in the House of Representatives.
Mr Owolewa, a Ph.D holder in Pharmacy from the Northeastern University, Boston, is seeking to represent the District of Columbia (DC) under the Democratic Party.
If elected, the 30-year-old, whose agenda includes fighting income inequality in the U.S., would be the first Nigerian congressman in the country’s history.
Also at the federal level, Yomi Faparusi, an Ibadan-born native of Ode-Ekiti in Ekiti State, is vying as an independent candidate to represent the state of Tennessee in the U.S. Senate.
Mr Faparusi holds a doctorate in Medicine from the University of Ibadan, a Ph.D. in Health from Johns Hopkins University, and Juris Doctorate from the Widener University School of Law, Delaware.
This is not his first shot at the U.S. Congress. In 2014 and 2016, he vied for the Republican Party’s ticket to the House of Representatives, but lost in both occasions
Mr Faparusi’s priorities include being a positive voice for all Nigerians in the U.S. Senate, and inspiring Americans of African or Nigerian descent to seek public office in the country.
In Missouri, a Republican-controlled state, Yinka Faleti from Lagos is the Democratic Party flagbearer in the election for the office of Secretary of State.
According to Wikipedia, Mr Faleti was in the U.S. Army as an active-duty officer from 1998 to 2004. He served in Kuwait, first under Operation Desert Spring and later as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
The 44-year-old father of four holds a Bachelor’s degree from the United States Military Academy, West Point, and a Juris Doctorate from the Washington University School of Law.
His goals as a Secretary of State include protection of the “right to vote for Missouri families”, and ensuring elected officials hear the people’s voice.
Also at the state level, Paul Akinjo from Ondo is running for election to the California State Assembly under the Democratic Party to represent District 12.
Akinjo once served as Vice Mayor of Lathrop, California, and in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1982 to 1989. His priorities include housing, immigration and transportation.
In Delaware, a small Mid-Atlantic U.S. state, Adewunmi Kuforiji is aspiring to represent District 34 in the state House of Representatives.
Mr Kuforiji, originally from Ibadan, Oyo, secured the Democratic Party’s ticket on September 15 after defeating his challenger, Robert Haynes, at the primary. He holds a Bachelor in Accounting and a Masters in Business Administration from the Delaware State University.
In the 2018 mid-term elections, he vied for the same position but lost to the incumbent, Lyndon Yearick, of the Republican Party, whom he is facing on Tuesday.
Also at the state level, Esther Agbaje is seeking to represent District 59B in the Minnesota House of Representatives on the platform of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFLP), an affiliate of the U.S. Democratic Party.
The 35-year-old daughter of an Episcopal priest and a librarian, both Nigerian immigrants, defeated longtime state Representative Raymond Dehn in the party’s primary in August.
She is one of four progressive greenhorns who defeated established Democratic legislators in the primary.
Ms Agbaje has a law degree from Harvard University, a Master’s from the University of Pennsylvania, and has served in the U.S. Department of State, among others.
As a millennial, a “generation that has suffered numerous setbacks”, she seeks to bring a fresh perspective and new ideas to government.
On the ballot at the local government level are April Ademiluyi, Ngozi Akubuike and Benjamin Osemenam.
Ademiluyi, 39, is running on the Democratic Party’s ticket for Judge of the Seventh Circuit Court in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
For her part, Ms Akubuike, a legal practitioner, is an independent candidate for judge of the Minnesota 2nd District Court Position 8.
Ms Akubuike studied law in Nigeria, then worked in the banking sector before moving to the U.S. where she graduated from the Mitchell Hamline School of Law.
She has served in several capacities, including legal manager for the state of Minnesota.
Mr Osemenam, who moved to the U.S. in 1982, is contesting for a seat in the Brooklyn Park City Council of Minnesota to represent East District.
An engineer with the Minnesota Department of Transportation, he is vying on the platform of National Party.
He is a former president of the Association of Nigerian Engineers in Minnesota.
(NAN)
From top left to bottm right: Oye Owolewa, Yomi Faparusi, Yinka Faleti, Paul Akinjo, Adewunmi Kuforiji, Esther Agbaje, April Ademiluyi, Ngozi Akubuike and Benjamin Osemenam. From top left to bottm right: Oye Owolewa, Yomi Faparusi, Yinka Faleti, Paul Akinjo, Adewunmi Kuforiji, Esther Agbaje, April Ademiluyi, Ngozi Akubuike and Benjamin Osemenam.
Sheezybobby: Hello Palz, A.M, Am a little bit confused, i graduated at a tender age of 19 years, Currently Serving at 20years of age. But My wish all this while is to travel to Abroad to Further/Relocate, but my parents want me to take a Nigeria Immigration Job, But am a Confused,
I want you to advise me friends, Cause am so confused, Also what is the Salary scale. (Immigration) for a B.sc graduate, I will appreciate your opinion, Palz
Your children's future that's what you should be looking at now
One Nigeria is a failed and a hopeless country ...What will be the fate of your kids in the next forty years
You don't enjoy anything in Nigeria as it stands now Nothing
You have gotten the Immigration job ,do you think your kids will have the same opportunity to get federal jobs when the time come ?
My advice is this, leave Nigeria and build a strong foundation for your unborn children
RuggedSniper: ^^^NOTE: Aisha Yesufu is an indigene of Auchi, Edo State (just like her spouse Aliu Yesufu) and she was born in Kano in 1974. She is NOT a Northerner. A lot of people from Edo North, Ebiras, Yorubas of NC and SW, etc, live, work and were born in Kano.
islam is the religion of the devil all they do is kill, rape and do drugs
Where islam grows freedom dies
Radical muslims are snakes
Moderate muslims are the grass they hide in
islam is the problem of Nigeria
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Back to you a woman was short in the mouth so what will you say about that? Didn't she fight and protest like your so called aisha yesufu?
[quote author=wowcatty post=95488588]Coming from you omo pig farm gutter, your lifeless olosi oloriburuku mother and father did the most foolish thing of all by giving birth to an imbecillle like you.
[/ I see your parents foolishness and stupidity in you
wowcatty: Trump knows the best of Africa are from Nigeria, Yoruba to be precise and that's why he chose Ogunlesi(until the Hillary Clinton ran him off)and Obama chose Olufunke. It's not Buhari but Jonathan, there was more corruption between 2011 to 2015 that it has ever been.
I see your parents foolishness and stupidity in you
She was just there crying and shouting recession is looming if care is not taken as mumu Jonathan allowed every member of his cabinet to embark on looting spree instead of resigning her position. Every fvcking thief was having a field day collecting petrol subsidy without importing a drop of petrol as stated by her and she was busy signing the checks.
Lipscomb: Trump is not stupid... this woman has nothing to offer in that position. She is just going there to flex that is all.
Just ask her achievements apart from being opportunist. As a minister of finance she ruined the economic and plugged the country to economic crisis. First time Nigeria government would approach the world bank to borrow money and pay workers.
International community are watching and they have the record of all the opportunists like this woman in their book.
gidgiddy: The level of stupidity of Governor Wike is growing leaps and bounds. I thought Governors were supposed to use their heads for critical thinking? Here are some things Wike said and did about IPOB that betrays him as a very foolish person
1) He said that IPOB is terrorist group that is destroying lives and property in Oyigbo, Rivers State. Which terrorist group will be attacking only one local government out of 23 in a state? Why only Oyigbo? Isnt that enough for anyone to know that something is not right somewhere? No terrorist group focuses on one local government.
2) He then said that IPOB uses the cover of procession to launch attacks. Which terrorist group first goes for public procession before attacking people? Has anyone ever heard that Boko haram and killer herdsmen first took to the streets for procession before attacking people? Isnt that laughable?
3) Wike then placed a 50 million Naira bounty on Stanley Mgbere, claiming that the young man was an IPOB leader who led IPOB to attack Onne. Pictures have since emerged of Stanley Mgbere carrying a Nigerian flag, something no IPOB member would ever do, and leading a peaceful ENDSARS protest in Onne for a better Nigeria. The man has nothing to do with IPOB. If Wike can wrongly accuse an innocent man like that, then his judgment on security matters are a disaster as he wrongly accuses IPOB
4) Wike then threatened to sack any council chairman who allows a Biafran flag to be flown in his area. Congratulations Rivers state people, all you have to do now to have your council chairman removed is to get two or three Biafran flags, go out at night and hang them and your council chairman is gone. LOl!
5) Wike then said that Rivers state has been hosting Igbos for many years. Wike does not even know that Igbos are indigenous to Rivers state. Wike does not even know that many parts of Rivers state was carved out of the old Owerri and Aba provinces. He doesnt even know that Oyigbo people are indigenous Igbos and that Oyigbo used to be in the old Aba province, back when it was called by its proper name, Obigbo, before the creation of Rivers State. I doubt if Wike even knows that many of his fellow Ikwerre such as former Governor Chibuike Amaechi, Monalisa Chinda, Tonto Dike and Duncan Okechukwu(Duncan mighty) have all said publicly that they are Igbos. Someone help Wike get sense
6) Wike then said that nobody will annex Rivers state, that the state belongs to Niger Delta Region. Can some tell Wike that there is no Region in Nigeria? The Nigerian constitution does not recognise anything called Region, South South or Niger Delta. The Niger Delta is just a mere geopolitical expression.
How can someone be this openly daft like Wike?
Ipob should take it easy cause we are fighting to endsars
After that they can start what ever they like in their own state
By the look of things south south won't join biafra because of all this
Kekereekun123: How come there is no picture of bloodstains. we know the amount of blood of 78 people or even 15 will produce on a tarred road. DJ Stick will surely pay for inciting chaos and violence.
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Kekereekun123: where i live is 5 hours behind 9ja time. how much will a politician pay me that when converted is of use to me. grow up abeg. the massacre was a scam, and we need to educate people shikena. i don't support any politician
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Shattuck: you dont have to be super smart to see what is going on here, those with common sense can see the propaganda already, only fools will doubt you brother, shame on them all.
Please I want you to watch this on YouTube...-it's for those that said nothing happened in lekki toll gate please watch
Mide3367: So that Tuesday night, I just came back home from my cucumber and ugu farm In ibeju lekki with my immediate younger brother around 8pm when the news of soldiers killing people filtered out into the Internet. It was all over whatsapp status, Instagram, Facebook, telegram DMs etc. I was alarmed at the gory pics I saw with a whole lots of videos. I slept with heavy heart. I woke up in the morning of Wednesday and still felt terrible about the incident that a whole 78 people were killed. So later in the evening, I visited a guest who came from Abuja. Then I raise the matter and he asked me a question. "Mide, this is almost 24 hours. Have you seen the names of the dead people posted? Have u seen people like reno omokri circulate videos or pics of the dead? Even nnamdi kalu with his minions all around the cyber space couldn't get a verified names, videos, pics etc to post and make Global too. So where is the prove that's 78 people are massacred? I was immediately brought out of my emotional reasoning to a logical reasoning. Immediately I created a thread on nairaland and a lot of people insulted the hell out of me. I posted on my status, friends DM and when I tried proving a point, I was blocked. I posted on twitter and got more insults. I was evicted from about 5 whatsapp groups where people respected me. So where like I know this guy he isn't like that perhaps his account was hacked. As if stands now, I have lost my friends due to this matter. I wish we can get to the root of the matter. Thank God someone like omotola also posted something similar to mine and she was bashed. And I am sure a whole lots of followers unfollowed her before she deleted the post on twitter. But I am still holding on to my stance about the matter till I am convinced beyond reasonable doubt. I rest my case. I have #sorosoked my own oro By Mide
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mustafaa: Dear Yoruba People, protect Tinubu at all cost. Chase away those destroying your properties from your land. They are not fighting for you but destroying you. They envy your development.
If you kill TINUBU, the yoruba nation will regret it. He's irreplaceable.
Some dark forces are using our collective anger against SARS to harvest their selfish purposes.
2023 is at play.
Yourba land will burn to the ground When ojukwu told you people to restructure Nigeria what did you fools do
When the where killing igbo in python dance what did you fools do?
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