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Today's elections are not the best in our history. But they are also not the worst. They are an improvement on 2003, 2007 and 2019. All parties engaged in shenanigans. All of them. So, let us not use our mouths to set Nigeria, or Lagos ablaze.

#NigerianElections2023 #TableShaker

The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has admitted that the conduct of the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly poll was not perfect, IGBERETV reports.

Adamu admitted this while giving his speech during a parley of APC National Working Committee with the president-elect, Bola Tinubu; vice president-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima and members-elect of the National Assembly.

Speaking at the meeting which was also attended by Senate President Ahmed Lawan; Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; Senator Godswill Akpabio, among others, the APC national chairman said;

“I very heartily congratulate all the distinguished men and women elect. I salute you all. You are the new team Nigeria. From May 29 this year, the burden of our national unity, peace, and development will rest on your shoulders as a team.

“It is fair and honourable to admit that the February 25 elections were not perfect. We did not set out to conduct perfect elections.

“World history has no instances of perfect elections. Like all other democratic nations, we set out to conduct free, fair, and credible elections. This we did.

“I am proud to say we achieved this feat and delivered on the promise made by President Muhammadu Buhari to the people. For the first time in living memory in respect of our elections, there were no allegations of vote-buying and outcry over all the other ills associated with the conduct of our elections. Rigging may not be dead, but it has been decapitated. Our democracy is maturing, and we are maturing with it.

“From the results of February 25, 2023 general elections announced so far by the electoral umpire, INEC, the APC won the presidency, clean and clear, and a majority in both chambers of the national assembly.

“We chose not to rout the other political parties because they are our partners in our national progress and development.”

‘’ IF WE WANT TO PAY OUR TAXES WE ARE NOT TOLD TO GO AND PAY IT TO OUR STATE BUT WHEN WE WANT TO VOTE IN GOOD LEADERS ...YOU SAY, GO AND VOTE IN YOUR STATE .

ETHNICITY AND THE GAME OF POLITICS

Nigeria as a nation has over 300 ethnic nationality with a split of over 1000 dialects, decision making by our leaders The national interest of the country can only be progressed along non ethnic bias; if we must see ourselves as a nation

We do not have to belong to group that has the numbers to rule or to live any where in Nigeria.Our backgrounds and ethnic origin should not be a deterrent to our political dreams and aspiration, the thought of their ethnic origin and strength has killed so many aspirants who ordinarily would have been able to take the nation to a crescendo by way of the content of their character and ability but these dreams have been sacrificed on the altar of ethnicity.
I dare to say that no ethnic group is our problem. Some of our representatives remains our problems.
Every Nigerian born in any state should have a right of citizenship of that state. Consider that even our traditions require that the corpse of the deceased are returned to their places of origin this can only happen in a country divided by ethnicity.

Citizenship should be about residence, marriage and the land of our birth. We must not continue to demonise the man from Zamfara who is born in Owerri he should have all right even the right to becoming the governor in Imo State. In the same vain the man from Nnewi born in Lagos should have same entitlement in Lagos.

The continuous reference to go your state when we question bad governance or want to vote a leaders where we live but yet we are not told to go pay our taxes to our state should be put to a stop everyone should have a voice where he lives not where he was supposed to be from. Then and only then will we see ourselves as a one Nigeria and not by federal character.
Amb Francis Agoda''

Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos state, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour said he schooled abroad for long, hence his inability to speak Yoruba fluently, IGBERETV reports.

Gbadebo said this during an interview with Arise TV on Sunday, March 12, while he responded to those who troll him for not being able to speak fluent Yoruba language.

He further said that though he understands Yoruba, he has hired a Yoruba language teacher to help him get better.

Five members of a family have died after inhaling generator fumes in Bisodun village in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, IGBERETV reports.

According to reports, the remains of the victims were discovered by residents of the community in the early hours of Thursday, March 9, 2023, after perceiving unwanted odour coming from their house.

The family members were identified as Rahman Adeshina, Fatimah Adeshina, Awaal Adeshina, Ahmed Adeshina and Raimot Adeshina.

A source said the family left the generator working all night while they went to bed, noting that they might have been suffocated to death by the deadly fumes from the generator. According to the source, the victims died on Tuesday, while their remains were discovered two days after.

“They put the generator inside to prevent it from being stolen. The family died as a result of the fumes coming out from the generator The dead bodies were discovered on Thursday inside their house at Bisodun village but they might have died since Tuesday. The dead bodies had been recovered and deposited at OOUTH, Sagamu for autopsy.” the source revealed.

A resident, Tajudeen Ogunpola, said the family which consists of a father, mother, and three children were last seen alive on Tuesday afternoon.

I saw them on Tuesday afternoon, they were easygoing people. It was the odour coming from the family that attracted us. When we got there, we met the three children lying lifeless on the bed in the room, while their parent’s remains were in the parlour. We were the ones that called the police. They took their corpses away and I believe they have called their relatives."

A resident, Tajudeen Ogunpola, said the family which consists of a father, mother, and three children were last seen alive on Tuesday afternoon.

I saw them on Tuesday afternoon, they were easygoing people. It was the odour coming from the family that attracted us. When we got there, we met the three children lying lifeless on the bed in the room, while their parent’s remains were in the parlour. We were the ones that called the police. They took their corpses away and I believe they have called their relatives."

A public health expert in Ogun state, Dr. Yusuf Lapite, attributed the death to improper positioning of the generator set, adding that the victims might have inhaled the fumes for several hours.

Dr. Lapite explained that inhaling generator fumes for several hours easily damages the lungs and victims of such may be choked to death.

He, however, advised that the generator should be placed far away from the house to avoid getting in contact with the dangerous carbon coming out of it.

“Whatever is in the air that you inhale ends up in your lungs, whatever that comes out from the generator has carbon in it. It is dangerous to be putting a generator close to your home because when you are enclosed to generator fumes, you can die from them. A generator should be put in an open space and far away from where you are staying; people should not put it close to where they live.” Dr. Lapite sai

The spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident, said the remains of the victims had been released to the family for burial. “They have been buried today, we have released their corpses to their family”, the PPRO said.

"Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta State, has started transferring state funds to civil servants so they can vote for Sheriff Oborevwori, the PDP gov candidate, on Saturday.

Very unlikely it will translate to votes, as numerous civil servants have a political axe to grind.

"This is already evident in the result of the presidential election in Delta, where Atiku, despite his running mate Okowa hailing from the state, polled only 161,600 votes -- far less than half of Peter Obi's 341,866 votes."

A pregnant woman has been gang-raped by two cattle herders in Abuja. The two herders, Nuru Tukur (21) and Yusufa Haruna (29), pleaded guilty to abducting and raping the woman after being arraigned before an area court in Gwagwalada in the FCT on Tuesday, March 7, IGBERETV reports.

The Prosecutor, Dabo Yakubu, told the court that the defendants abducted the woman who was eight months pregnant from her house in Abaji Area Council of the FCT, took her to a bush where both of them raped her.

One Abubakar Wakili of Yaba in Abaji Area Council reported the matter at Gwagwalada Area Command office on February 26.

The Judge, Malam Abdullahi Abdulkarim, deferred sentencing in order for him to see and know the condition of the victim. He however ordered that they be remanded in a correctional centre pending sentencing on March 22.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state has responded to questions on who ordered the shooting of EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate on October 20, [/b]2020, IGBERETV reports.

In the year 2020, young Nigerians came out in their numbers to protest against police brutality, which took place in many parts of the country. On October 20, 2020, Nigerian youths who normally converge at the Lekki tollgate to protest, were attacked by military officers who opened fire at the protest group.

[b]Sanwo-Olu, while being interviewed on Arise TV today as he seeks re-election as governor, said that on October 20, 2020, he was in his house with some members of his cabinet when the shooting at the Lekki tollgate, happened. He also said he has personally reached out to those who claim they were affected by the Lekki tollgate shooting incident.

The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has condemned the pardon granted by Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to 12 prison inmates in the state, [/b]IGBERETV reports.

[b]Governor Ganduje pardoned 12 inmates awaiting execution at various correctional facilities in Kano and also commuted the death sentences of six others to life imprisonment.

A statement on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, by the spokesman of Kano Command of the Nigeria Correctional Service, SC Musbahu Lawan Nassarawa, said the governor also pardoned four female inmates with long term sentences based on their good behaviour and industry as recommended by the Service.

The governor also gave N5,000 fare to each of the released inmates to enable them reunite with their families.

According to the statement, some of the pardoned inmates have spent 25 years awaiting execution.

However, the main opposition party in the state, New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has alleged in an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari that the governor was granting pardon to prison inmates to join thugs that would foment violence in the state during the forthcoming gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections.

Denying the allegation, the Commissioner of Information, Muhammad Garba, said the governor was only exercising his constitutional powers based on recommendations of the Prerogative of Mercy Committee, adding that the NNPP was only raising unnecessary issues because of fear of failure at the polls.

Black Africans have to fight and fight for space and respect and survival everywhere they go because the one place that is their birth right is hard on their lives. One would think this would make African leaders wake tf up and help us fight for our dignity.

"Who really wants to go a land of strangers, away from everyone and thing they love? People that want to survive. Nobody chooses that life because it's good or easy. They just don't want to die feeling that helpless.

"But these leaders don't love their country. They don't love their people. They only love their greedy bellies. They only care about their own children. They only care about their families. As long as their wickedness is not happening to them, why stop?

What I saw, past, present and future, that made me decide to exit partisan politics in Nigeria completely: We aren’t ready for real democracy. Too much poverty & the financial corruption it enables. Too many evil, powerful vested interests. Weak institutions. Illiterate electorate.

Disappointed that @inecnigeria, despite all assurances they gave us, has disappointed again. “Tactical disenfranchisement”. Police colluding with thugs. Delayed uploading of results to BVAS. Whether it’s just operational incapacity, human factor, or more, the result is the same.

@inec appears to be its own worst enemy. Too many weak link within the system.

The people showed enthusiasm but the system let them down in too many polling units - delayed arrivals of INEC officials, violence in certain states, delayed uploading of results. I see SANS on parade ahead.

Five persons including children sustained injuries when Boko Haram insurgents fired shots targeting voters from Mandara Mountains in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, IGBERETV reports.

Borno commissioner of police, CP Abdu Umar, who confirmed the incident in an interview with newsmen, said several gunshots were fired at voters from the top of the Mandara mountain

He said the injured victims comprised two females and three males, adding that the troops of the Nigerian Army were deployed to the area.

“Efforts of the military within the area of responsibility helped in chasing the terrorists, forcing them to flee due to the superior firepower,” he said.

The police boss said normalcy has since been restored in the LGA as the voting exercise continued.

He added that the gunshot victims have been referred to a hospital for treatment.

Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication, shared photos of some of the children injured in the attack.

According to him, the attack disrupted the voting process for some hours as the electorate scampered for safety, which led to many of them sustaining injuries.

“It was gathered that that attackers suspected to be from the camp of Ali Ngulde, of the Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād, Boko Haram faction, carried out the attack as the voters were about to start voting and in the process, injured five persons compring of two women and three males.” he added.

“Innalillahi wa Inna Ilaihi Rajiun. With total submission to the will of Allah, the Death has occurred of Usman Alhassan (Babayo), Customer Care Manager of Bauchi State Urban Water and Sewerage Corporation, together with his sister and wife, as a result of a ghastly Motor accident.

"Salatul janaza has been scheduled for Sunday morning 26th February 2023, at exactly 10:00am Insha Allah. Venue. Late Alh. Alhassan resident, along Tafawa Balewa Estate, adjacent C&C field ground. May Allahu S.W.A grand them Aljannatul Firdausi."

Actress, Iyabo Ojo has dismissed claims that her colleague, Dayo Amusa, was referring to her in a post she shared some hours ago, IGBERETV reports.

In the said post, Dayo tackled a certain ‘’Ingrate'' who is now referring to a benefactor as a ‘’Thug.''

Some Instagram users felt Dayo's post was directed at Iyabo and began tagging her. They alleged that APC member, MC Oluomo who is a strong supporter of APC Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, is the ‘’Thug'' Dayo was referring to in her post, and that Iyabo is the “ingrate,” she was reffering to, for going against Oluomo and his political affiliation.

In a video shared online, Iyabo dismissed claims that Dayo's post was about her. She stated that MC Oluomo has never paid her house rent, paid her children's school fees, or helped with the mortgage of her house.

With regard to the backlash she has received from people over her support for Peter Obi instead of Tinubu, she stated that she believes that Tinubu is old and cannot serve well as President of Nigeria.

She added that she loves him and believes that he is a good Godfather and king maker, but that she doesn't believe that he will be good as Nigeria's President.

She argued that her opposition to Tinubu's presidential aspiration is for his own good as he is “old” and doesn't need the stress that comes with such an office.

She captioned her post on Instagram;

"Let’s all be obediently guided"

All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu says he is so sure he will win the presidential election, IGBERETV reports.

He said this when he came to cast his vote on Saturday, February 25, where he was asked;

"Mr. Tinubu, will you congratulate the winner if it isn't you?"

Tinubu answered: "It has to be me!"

"I used to think Nigerias problem was bad government.....

With what happened yesterday, now I know, bad citizens is our problem....

From police , to Inec officials , to thugs and to people voting their own slave masters"

"Now that the long sleeping, docile giant in us is finally wide awake, please let everyone do their part in doing the right thing at all times, especially while collating the results. In this destiny defining moment in our lives, there is a very thin line between sanity and insanity. It will be very unwise to mess with the collective destinies of frustrated people.

Note: This Page does not and will never support violence!"

“An attempt by a young man called Akaiba to snatch a #BallotBox has reportedly resulted in a fatality - his fatality - around the KSU Polling unit in under Anyigba Ward, Dekina LGA of Kogi State in NC.”

An attempt by a young man called Akaiba to snatch a #BallotBox has reportedly resulted in a fatality - his fatality - around the KSU Polling unit in under Anyigba Ward, Dekina LGA of Kogi State in NC #Nigeria.#NigeriaDecides2023 pic.twitter.com/GQzmPVwDEA

— Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, CGoF (@ChidiOdinkalu) February 25, 2023

"A ballot box snatcher has been gunnèd down in Anyigba, Dekina LGA, Kogi State.

His is Ojochenemi Akayaba - an alumnus of Prince Abubakar Audu University

He studied Political Science & he recently completed his NYSC!

#Falz Peter Obi of Labor Party Sangotedo Soldiers LEIARS VOID"

The Lagos State Government has arraigned a foster father, Bernard Uzi, for allegedly defiling a 9-year-old girl in his care, IGBERETV reports.

The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) in a statement on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, said that police arrested Mr Uzi on February 8 and arraigned him before a magistrate's court on February 9.

DSVA's spokesperson, Joke Ladenegan-Ogini, stated that the child had earlier told her school teacher that her father had been having canal knowledge of her.

"The agency received the report of alleged defilement of a nine-year-old girl by Uzi, her guardian. It was reported that the Primary Five pupil confided in her class teacher that her guardian had been having sexual intercourse with her since 2020. The teacher promptly reported to the school authority and the victim was taken to a health facility for medical attention," she stated.

Mrs Ladenegan-Ogini further said that the result from the medical examination showed that the survivor had indeed been penetrated multiple times. She stressed that the agency had zero tolerance for child and sexual abuse and would help survivors and ensure perpetrators were held accountable for their actions.

"Come and Join Me

Floating breakfast Fast was delicious and the experience! My oh my

Off to our next resort in a bit! For Special Valentine Dinner i am sure i will be wowed! Cos this place is beautiful

Spot my luxury scarf from❤️

Omo i no wan come back Naija again oh!

#valgetaway #baecation"

"Many people will have a lot of lustful funs today and wake up tomorrow morning as normal, but the truth is: long after a very hot pressing iron had been disconnected from the power source, it would still be hot for a while, until it begins to grow cold.

Some power cable would be disconnected from the power source of some people this evening. Some young men and women will place their entire life virtues and destinies in the hand of Marine Agents tonight.''

It is an Abuse of the Day of Love.''

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has promised to prosecute Point of Sale (POS) operators who demand exorbitant charges on transactions, IGBERETV reports.

The apex bank's Governor, Godwin Emefiele disclosed this during a meeting with members of the diplomatic corps. Emefiele who admitted that there's been some challenges over the Naira swap policy, said the POS operators to be prosecuted are those who charge above the stipulated amount.

Emefiele also said that while this is a challenging time for Nigerians, things shouldn't be exaggerated especially by people in authority to create panic. He also said that there is no going back on the February 10th deadline.

"Viewers discretion - they called him a robber and burnt him to death.This happened on Monday at the Ogidi material market Anambra... what gives you the right to take a life? What?? ??"

Viewers discretion - they called him a robber and burnt him to death.This happened on Monday at the Ogidi material market Anambra... what gives you the right to take a life? What? pic.twitter.com/KR4gdF8z2N

— V0B (@Valobil) February 14, 2023

Hajia Aisha Maina, the Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on female education is dead, [/b]IGBERETV reports.

The Governor's aide who attended the Presidential rally of the People Democratic Party (PDP) which took place in Sokoto state on Tuesday, January 31, was caught in a stampede that occurred at the exit gate of Giginya Stadium, the venue of the rally.

A staff at the Ministry of Information said;

[b]"A motorcyclist fell down from his bike at the exit way of the stadium and that caused a serious stampede, with people falling upon one another. She was one of the victims."

Chairman of Forum of Special Advisers, Ibrahim Magaji Gusau, who confirmed Maina's death, said she was rushed to the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto for treatment after the stampede.

Magaji described her as hardworking and energetic, adding that they were together a night before the rally and were putting finishing touches to some of the items for the event.

He said;

"She died few minutes after her admission. Even during the rally, we were together, not knowing that would be our last meeting."

Maina was the former chairperson of the National Woman Journalists Association of Nigeria (NAWOJ), Sokoto state chapter. She was also the former Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Tambuwal on New Media before being moved to Female Education Board.

She is survived by three children and aged parents.

A Kenyan landlord has put up his tenant's underwear for auction to recover the rent the tenant owes him, IGBERETV reports.

According to the auction notice seen on the local dailies on Monday, January 30, 2023, Nyaluoyo Auctioneers said they were instructed by the landlord of Zachariah Sichenje Masika, to auction 4 men’s underwear and 4 female underwear belonging to the tenant, to recover the rent he's being owed.

The public auction is expected to take place at the firm's yard in Kisumu. Terms of sale are cash at the fall of the hammer. The notice has since gone viral among social media users who have considered the advert funny.

An unspecified number of pupils have been kidnapped after unknown gunmen stormed the LGEA primary school in Alwaza in Doma LGA of Nasarawa State on Friday, January 20, IGBERETV reports.

The abductors who arrived on motorcycles, and whisked away the primary school pupils are said to have laid siege around the school while the children were going to school.

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Rahman Nansel, said a joint team comprising of Police, Military and Vigilante have been mobilized and are on the trail of the abductors.

Unknown gunmen have abducted the Sole Administrator of Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Christopher Ohizu, and also burnt his home in an attack carried out late Thursday night, January 19, IGBERETV reports.

Eyewitnesses said that the gunmen rained bullets on the premises of the politician and then whisked him away with the bullet wound he sustained. It is also alleged that a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress(APC) was abducted by the gunmen during the attack.

“We don’t know what is happening again, people are running away, we are tired of what is happening here, they shot the sole administrator and took him away, we have complained several times and nothing is being done”, an eyewitness said.

This is coming less than a week after the home of the spokesperson of Coalition of United Political Parties, Ugochinyere Imo, was attacked at Akokwa community in the Ideato North LGA, with three persons killed and about 33 vehicles razed.

''Churches should normalize adding "Let me d!e the day I cheat on you" to the marriage vow/oat sw0rn by couples on the altar. This'll limit infidelity & eradicate paternity fraud, side chick/boo cases.. Many homes will be preserved. Say after me "Let Me D!e The Day I Cheat On You!"