At The Centre Of Our Campaign Will Be A Strong Desire To Serve The People - Obi

 Labour Party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi has said that a strong desire for service to the people and a firm commitment to nation building will be at the centre of the party's campaign, IGBERETV reports.

He said this while addressing party candidates in Anambra State on Friday.

He wrote on his Twitter handle;

"Yesterday, I shared great moments with all the candidates of our great party, LP, in Anambra State, both at the Federal and State level. I reminded them that at the centre of our campaign will be a strong desire for service to the people and a firm commitment to nation building. 

"We must build a better nation for ourselves and for the future generations. Once again, I congratulated our candidates who won various elective posts at the Federal Level, and encouraged those contesting at the State level to give in their best.

"I listened to their challenges and wished them well. They shall succeed. A New Nigeria is here. -PO"

Wike: Why Peter Obi left PDP for Labour Party

 The Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, has explained that the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, left the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the Labour Party, because of moves by some politicians in the PDP to ensure power remained in the north.

Wike, who said he feels satisfied that power has moved to the south insisted that he never worked against Obi in the 25th February 2023 presidential election.

Wike spoke, Thursday, when he hosted on a courtesy visit, the National Executive Committee of Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo Worldwide, at Government House in Port Harcourt, according to a statement by the governor’s assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri.

He said he was a major proponent of a Southern president, explaining Obi’s decision to leave the party when Sule Lamido told him (Obi) that power would remain in the north in 2023.

Wike said: “I supported that power must come to the south. When Obi came here, I gave him all the logistics; vehicles, and other support and paid for the stadium, but some other persons applied and I refused. You should know me too well by now.”

“Obi was running with us. I knew when Obi left. He was principled and he said he can’t stand it, people should say the truth. He went to see Sule Lamido in Jigawa, not in Dutse, but in a village that will take you more than four or five hours drive from Dutse the capital.

“You know what he told Obi? He didn’t tell him that look, you came late and I have chosen somebody. He said it is the north that will produce the next president. That was how Obi left saying why is he wasting time. Ask him, that’s how he left PDP.”

“And that was what I saw at the convention ground. Within minutes, knowing that I was going to win, your sons were all the ones who did everything and sabotaged me. I said ok, no problem.

“But I still maintained that look, if you have taken the presidential candidate you can’t take chairmanship again, give us back the chairman and I still stand by that and if you don’t do that whatever you see you take.”

However, the Deputy National Legal Adviser of Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo Worldwide, Dr. Peter Anele said Igbos have long sought to produce the president of Nigeria and they saw the last presidential election as an opportunity to clinch it.

GVR Visits Makoko Slum In Lagos

 Picture Slides from Labour Party Gubernatorial Candidate For Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour's visit to the Riverine Areas of Lagos State.

Desmond Elliot: I Apologise For Calling Everybody Children

 Popular Nigerian actor turned politician, Desmond Elliot has again tendered a public apology for his insensitive comments about the youths during October 2020 EndSARS protest.

Recall that the Lagos lawmaker representing the Surulere I constituency at the State legislature was dragged on social media after referring to Nigerian youths who reacted to the shootings at the Lekki Tollgate as children. He had pushed for the regulation of social media after the protest.

However, in a swift response, Elliot had in October 2020 issued a statement in which he apologised to those whose toes he stepped on with his comments.

The lawmaker, during his recent interview on TVC’s ‘Your View’, offered clarity on the matter, insisting he wasn’t referring to all youths on social media as children but those who were cursing Lagos House of Assembly Speaker, Mudashiru.

He said: “What I can say is, I think forgiveness is divine. I mean, no one owns it all. Something can be your truth, and to another person, it might not be. I do not think going back to bring out those sensitive moments would do anything.

“I think at the end of the day, I apologised, and I’m still apologising to those who must have misconstrued what I said. I said I was taken by emotions, but in the end, it still didn’t take away from the fact that the hatred was too much. The polity, the hatred is too much. We are all built on love. We can change things through love.”

Meta Set To Develop Twitter-like App

 

Tech giant, Meta, has kickstarted plans to give Twitter a run for its money.

The parent company of several social media platforms announced that an app that will have similar features to the microblogging site is in the works. 

In a statement shared with Reuters, a Meta spokesperson said, “We’re exploring a standalone decentralised social network for sharing text updates.

“We believe there’s an opportunity for a separate space where creators and public figures can share timely updates about their interests.”

The said application would mirror the framework that powers Mastodon, a Twitter-like service which was launched in 2016.

The move comes amid Meta’s efforts to retain users in its social networks, especially with an ageing user base and the rise of stiff competition like TikTok.

Forbes reported in February 2022, that Facebook, one of Meta’s platforms, lost approximately 500,000 daily users in the last three months of 2021.

If successful, the app by Meta will pose competition for Twitter which was recently acquired by Elon Musk.

Musk, who bought the plaform for about $43 billion dollars last year, resorted to cutting the cost of running the company by massive layoffs. His stance against censorship among other things has upset many and consequently led to advertisers pulling out their funds from the company.

INEC Chairman Threatens To Sue PDP For Defamation

 Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has advised officials of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP to desist from maligning his character in the media or risk being sued for libel.

Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi who was reacting to calls by the PDP on Prof. Yakubu to step down for his handling of the Presidential and National Assembly Elections, said the PDP should go to court and present the bagful of evidence it claims to have rather than subjecting the process to a media trial.

He said; “The latest call by the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, just like it did previously for the resignation of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC is misplaced.
Interestingly, the PDP did not provide any convincing evidence to back up all the spurious allegations it listed as Prof. Yakubu’s ‘infractions’.

“To be sure, the PDP failed to provide any evidence to substantiate the allegations of Yakubu’s ‘brazen violation of the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022, INEC’s Regulations and Guidelines, and criminal manipulation and alteration of election results’.


“The PDP also did not give the evidence to prove its claims that Prof. Yakubu ‘sabotaged the uploading and transmission of results from polling units.’

“Besides, the ‘several evidences’ that the PDP claimed ‘abound in the six geo-political zones of the country where winning figures scored by the PDP were switched in favour of the APC’ were also not laid bare.

“To be sure, the Commission does not rig elections. Rather, the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System BVAS has, since its introduction, among other innovations, ensured the integrity of the electoral process by ensuring that only properly registered voters are allowed to vote on Election Day.

“It is common knowledge that the PDP has rejected the outcome of the presidential election and has vowed to challenge it in court.

“The path of honour for the party, therefore, is to pursue its case in court, armed with all the evidences at its disposal and wait for the court’s decision.


“But going about canvassing the same issues the party intends to plead in court on the pages of newspapers and calling for the resignation of the INEC Chairman is like putting the cart before the horse.

“More importantly, the PDP is hereby reminded that making libelous allegations against the person of the INEC Chairman is actionable. The party should henceforth desist from the practice”.

Kemi Olunloyo To Tonto Dikeh: You Are A Despicable Liar & Emotional Child Abuser

 You are a despicable liar and emotional child abuser” - Kemi Olunloyo howls at Tonto Dikeh as she releases real photos of Churchill’s daughter and father.

Nigerian investigative Journalist, Kemi Olunloyo has once again called out Actress Tonto Dikeh over her fake and controversial claims against her ex-husband, Olakunle Oladunni Churchill. 

Following a post Tonto dikeh made claiming her ex husband is dead beat and doesn’t take care of his first daughter simply known as Bimbo, Kemi released photos and videos of his child with a disclaimer that the photo the actress had posted is fake and misrepresentation of another child. 

Kemi Olunloyo who called Tonto a despicable liar and serial emotional child abuser, wrote;

“Miss Tonto Dikeh after Pinocchio, has always been the Deputy Governor of lies misrepresenting people, things and events. When someone cannot move on and is obsessed with ruining her ex husband’s name posting the photo of some strange woman who people might attack now for misrepresenting another child. The lovely Miss Bimbo Churchill is Dr Olakunle Churchill’s oldest child and only daughter. The preteen is aware of this picture being depicted as her, an abandoned unkempt girl.”

She confirmed that the child and her mother live comfortably in the US and she comes to Nigeria to spend time with her baby brother King Churchill and step mom Rosy Meurer. 

The journalist also released a photo of Churchill’s father, Late Primate (ArchBishop) Gabriel OLADUNNI who was said to be wealthy and reputable yet Tonto claimed he was a gardener who worked for former President, Olusegun Obasanjo. 

“ Tonto is always misrepresenting people when she’s disgruntled. She is only trying to ruin him because he is doing well and she needs to stop misleading the public” she wrote.

Also, In a viral post shared on Instagram, Kemi labeled Tonto Dikeh, a drug addict who could have killed her houseboy in Ghana after getting hold of her ex husband’s unloaded gun and shooting at him, thankfully, it had no bullet. 

In the police report that was obtained the actress was almost prosecuted but Olakunle Churchill dropped all charges to save her.