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Antichristian2:
Can we approve third term for him?

Obapluto:
Ijaw lawmakers follow?

DomPerignon:
He is now breaking fast with northern muslims even though he is supposed to be fasting as a Catholic .

Going forward , Obi will be attending jumat services across the north and will limit his presence in churches.


This is good as the House of God is not meant to be descreted for political gains

God can not be mocked and Obi will find this out soon.
Instead of seeking forgiveness from the Almighty for desecreting the assembly, Obi has decided to go and try his luck within the mosque .


Shameful.

The Rivers Assembly Has Not Received Their Salaries For One Year And Seven Months, the governor REFUSED to release allocation to them - Mrs. Obiaruko Ndukwe

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THE governor of Edo State, Sen. Monday Okpebholo on Wednesday consolidated his hold on the polity of the state when he received 17 Acting chairmen out of the 18 local government areas in the state where he predicted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would win the 2027 presidential election with a landslide.

He received the defectors at the New Festival Hall of Government House, Benin City, where he praised the leadership style of President Tinubu adding that the steps that the previous administration was.. afraid to take that would have put the nation on a sound footing for development and growth is what he took by removing the contentious fuel subsidy.

The Governor said his administration is ready to work to change the lives of the people for the better, adding that in just four months in office, he and his team have changed the narrative of Edo State.

He said: “I welcome you all our Chairmen who have come to join us, and I praise you for the courage and bravery to leave your party to join the APC. It takes a grounded politician to take this step you have taken today.

“Let me draw your minds back to where we are coming from as an administration. We practically met that Edo state was not working when we came into office. What we met in Edo were insecurity, killings, looting the Edo treasury using consultants to deceive Edo people and other backward policies implemented by the Obaseki led administration, but we came and changed the narrative.”

He also thanked the councillors who spoke for their various communities through the impeachment exercises in the councils and subsequent election of these new chairmen across the 17 local government areas of Edo State.

“2027 is a reality in Edo State as President Bola Amed Tinubu will continue in office. I charge the 17 of you today that the campaign for the election of President Bola Tinubu has started here today. Go back to your various local governments and erect his billboards to draw home the message of re-electing President Tinubu.

“There is no vacancy in 2027 in Abuja. Those forming a political party now can’t rule us. They ruled their States and the people suffered from kidnapping, but since they left offices, their States are now free. Such people can’t rule Nigeria,” he declared.

The party secretary who received the decampees on behalf of the APC, Lawrence Okah thanked the new members, urging them to unite with other members of the party as the administration of Governor Okpebholo has come to rescue the State from retrogression.

Responding on behalf of the Chairmen, the ALGON chairman and chairman of Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo State, Hon. Kelvin Iyere thanked the Governor and all APC party faithful for accepting them into the fold of the APC.

Reacting to the defection, the PDP alleged that the governor gave the defectors N2 million each.

A statement by the Publicity Secretary of the Caretaker Committee of the PDP, Chris Nehikhare said “We condemn in the strongest terms the reckless use of state resources to purchase support and loyalty, while critical sectors of the state remain in dire need of government intervention, from security to public safety and order, revenue generation, education, and healthcare, among others.

“The security crisis in the last few weeks has claimed the lives of at least 40 innocent Edo citizens, who are victims of the brutality of herders, kidnappers, and other violent attacks. The activities of thugs and non-state actors who have continued to harass, intimidate and extort citizens of the State have remained unabated, leaving the majority of residents in fear and causing a drastic fall in revenue generation.

“As a party, we remain confident that the judiciary will correct the injustice of September 21, 2024, and return the stolen mandate to the PDP and Asue Ighodalo, whom the people of Edo State overwhelmingly voted for in the last governorship election so as to bring an end to Okpebholo and APC’s rascality in the State.”

Tjra:
"we will face this situation with wisdom, patience, and unwavering faith in the democratic process"



Now you are talking.

After you let children of nsogbu nsogbu push you finish.

Everything will be ironed out in few weeks and children of bitterness will be put to shame.

BloomingDale:
No need to apologize for the truth. Anytime I go out and come down from my AC car within Lagos, the smell hits me like a sledge hammer and I feel dizzy for a few minutes before recovering. You can never fortify/brace yourself against that kind of stench, so don’t bother.

9jatriot:
Apparently, the air in Lagos is not good for her health, NYSC should in good conscience relocate her to Bornu or Anambra, the air in those places may be better suited for her

Ikaeniyan0:
The way they complain about Lagos smelling, is now becoming chidish. They complain about Lagos smelling yet, they are still coming in their millions. Enough of this dumb blackmail against Lagos state.

I want to first of all state that I AM SORRY to the people who were born and raised in Lagos if you feel offended by what I said,” she wrote.

As a visitor here, I could tell there was a difference in the atmosphere and quality of air. If the way I put it triggered emotions and your love for your birth state, I am sorry. I didn’t mean to talk down on Lagos.

papyjaypaul:
In 1972, Lagos was described as the dirtiest capital city in the world. In 2025, they have used tribalism and division to divert you from the real issues. Mega city indeed. Both residents and governments are to blame.



Throwback: Lagos Described As "Dirtiest Capital City In The World" In 1972 - Politics - Nairaland
https://www.nairaland.com/5946867/throwback-lagos-described-dirtiest-capital

I hope authorities step up to their responsibility and stop these mindless blame game. This is an inspiring video from Bangladesh where the youth decided to clean up the city. They have corrupt and irresponsible politicians who like to pass the buck. It starts with you and I, we are all responsible for taking care of our environment.

Image123:
Drama kings jumping at every thing antigovernment is not opposition. The corps member goes through orientation and signs and pledges to abide by the rules, under the sun or in the rain. Taking lawyers for bragging is utmost foolishness. You'll rightly lose in court and complain about how Tinubu bought them. Illiteracy is indeed a disease, school has not passed through majority.

Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has commissioned the first-ever public hospital in Onitsha South Local Government Area of the State.

The newly built General Hospital, located in Fegge, marks a significant milestone in the government's commitment to improving healthcare infrastructure in the state.

The commissioning of the facility was disclosed in a post on the official X handle of the Anambra State Government on Friday, March 14.

The post reads: "The first-ever public hospital in Onitsha South. Soludo has delivered a brand new General Hospital, in Fegge, Onitsha South LGA."

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Colombian authorities, in collaboration with the FBI, have arrested a Nigerian national, Joseph Chinedu Okparaejesi, alias Alen, a suspected transnational drug trafficker, at El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá.

Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama, a security pundit, that Okparaejesi, who had been residing in Colombia for over 12 years, was apprehended upon arrival from São Paulo, Brazil, following an intensive investigation led by the Dijín (Colombian police intelligence unit) and the Attorney General’s Office.

The suspect posed as a businessman in the beauty industry but was allegedly coordinating large-scale cocaine shipments to Spain.

Authorities revealed that Okparaejesi financed drug procurement and oversaw operations involving human couriers and specially designed double-bottom suitcases to smuggle narcotics. His arrest was facilitated by intelligence from a detained drug mule en route to Spain, who disclosed details of the Nigerian’s network.

As a result of this breakthrough, 15 other individuals linked to his operations have also been arrested.

Investigations indicate that Okparaejesi married a Colombian woman in 2012 at the Nuestra Señora de Fátima parish in Bogotá.

He reportedly ran a business dealing in hair extensions, named “Nigeria African,” located near Ciudad de Cali Avenue.

A close associate of the suspect told El Tiempo that the Nigerian rarely left Colombia, travelling to Africa approximately every two years to visit his family. “The last time we spoke, he told us he was in Ghana,” the associate said.

The Colombian National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (INPEC) has confirmed his detention, with charges of drug trafficking, production, and distribution filed against him.

Bashir El-Rufai, one of the sons of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has made veiled threats against residents of Southern Kaduna in an online spat with an X (formerly twitter) user.

Bashir El-Rufai in response to a quoted post by a handle called AIG (@qykali), said:

It is your stupid mother that is an elephant. And Southern Kaduna residents will keep seeing sheghe if they continue to attack indigenous Fulani herdsmen. Oloshi

Bashir El-Rufai had earlier made a post in which he said, “conspiracy theories flying about Pablo’s former ties with SDP, then that must mean he/they have moles within the party already to sabotage the process. It is lie. This is not Labor Party. They cannot pull it off.”

In response, the handle @qykali posted:

“Look at this Giraffe neck calling the president Pablo whereas your midget Dad is a Fulani irredentist who engaged in industrial scale ethnic cleansing of people of southern Kaduna for the eight years he was Governor.”

On Monday, Bashir’s father and former FCT Minister, Malam Nasir El-Rufai ended months of speculation when he finally announced his defection to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) after resigning from the APC. El-Rufai weeks ago had earlier stated that the distance between him and the APC keeps getting wider.

One of the talking points of El-Rufai’s 8 years of stewardship in Kaduna state has always been recurring crisis and killings in the Christian-dominated southern Kaduna. Critics accuse the former governor of not doing enough to bring about solution to the issues fueling repeated cycles of killings in Southern Kaduna.

Bashir El-Rufai’s insinuation that the residents of Southern Kaduna will keep seeing “shege” if they continue to attack Fulani herdsmen is already being interpreted by some people to mean at best a tacit support for a side in the conflict and at worst threats of instability in Southern Kaduna by the son of the former governor.

Since the assumption of office of El-Rufai’s anointed successor, Gov. Uba Sani, there has been a relative peace in Southern Kaduna. The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa is also from Southern Kaduna.

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betbaron:

Better than skull mining

Hundreds of women from Eha-Ohala in Isi-Uzu local government area of Enugu State staged a peaceful protest against incessant herdsmen attacks and killings in their communities.

Eha-Ohala is made of Mgbuji, Umujiove, and Abor autonomous communities.

The women, who started the protest by 8:30am, blocked the Nkalagu-Eha-Amufu-Ikem-Obollo-Afor Federal Highway, calling on the Enugu state government to intervene and find a lasting solution to the crisis.

The protesters condemned the inaction of security agencies, accusing them of protecting the invaders.

They shared harrowing accounts of women being raped, beaten, and mutilated by suspected herdsmen.

In a video clip SaharaReporters obtained on Tuesday, the protesting women lamented that residents have been prevented from accessing their farms, exacerbating economic hardship and food insecurity.

"Our women are being raped by Fulani herdsmen; our husbands don't go to their farms again. Our sons don't go to the farm again. When women go to their farms, they will be beaten and raped by Fulani herdsmen, who also insert a stick inside their private parts," the protesting women lamented.

SaharaReporters, which has been covering attacks in Eha-Amufu, a border community with Benue State, reports that at least 150 people have been killed, and 28 farm settlements have been sacked and occupied by herdsmen between 2020 and 2025.

Efforts by SaharaReporters to reach the Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe, for comments on the incident were unsuccessful, as he did not respond to calls.

Similarly, the Enugu State government has remained silent on the protest, with Governor Peter Mbah’s media unit yet to issue a statement on the matter.

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