Politics
Edo guber: Imo governor in Benin, mobilises Igbo for APC
The Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, Saturday stormed Benin City, capital of Edo State where he mobilised the Igbo in the state to vote for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. Uzodimma sought sipport for Ize-Iyamu when he was honoured by the Igbo Youth Union (IYU) in Benin, which is a youth wing of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndi Igbo in Edo State, Speaking on the occasion, the Imo State Governor described Governor Godwin Obaseki’s tax policies as anti Igbo, therefore, urging Ndigbo in Edo State vote for Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to him, “Obaseki and his PDP have been blackmailing the APC, alleging that we want to rig election. Meanwhile, that is exactly what he is p...
Republican Party Senator Lightly Smacks Hand Of President Trump Over COVID-19 Response
Source: Portland Press Herald / Getty President Donald Trump and his handling of the coronavirus pandemic has surfaced in the news of late, especially as journalist Bob Woodward preps a potentially damaging book release. While many in the Republican Party have yet to lambaste Trump over COVID-19 concerns, one senator in the party broke with her side to do just that. albeit gently. The Hill reports that Sen. Susan Collins of Maine made one of the more pointed statements regarding Trump and the pandemic, which as of Saturday (Sept. 12) has taken the lives of 193,000 Americans. In Woodward’s upcoming book Rage, Trump played down the coronavirus in a bid to not stoke the fears of residents but perhaps to the detriment of all. Collins, who was in Maine for a Senate debate Friday, said, “I belie...
Andrew Gillum Talks Hotel Scandal with Tamron Hall: “I Wasn’t Even Sure That I Wanted To Live”
Source: Johnny Louis/WENN.com / WENN Former Democratic hopeful and Florida Governor Andrew Gillum is speaking out about the hotel scandal that demolished his 2020 political aspirations. Kicking off the second season of her talk show, The Tamron Hall Show, the in-depth interview between Tamron Hall and Andrew Gillum sheds light on the incident that left the young husband and father of three unconscious in a Miami Beach seedy motel with bags on crystal meth on the scene. Gillum was found in this state alongside two other men, one of which who overdosed and been identified as a gay male escort who claimed that he and Gillum were friends. While many debunked the photos that were being posted online as the former presidential hopeful, Gillum reveals that in real life he was in a bad space deali...
INEC: Fire incident won’t affect Ondo election
Ahead of the October 10 gubernatorial election in Ondo State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday in Abuja said despite the fire incident that destroyed Card Readers meant for the election, the governorship poll will still go ahead as planned. The commission has also said it is not contemplating postponing the September 19 Edo election. INEC National Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this in Abuja during an interactive session with stakeholders and Civil Society Organizations, convened by the National Peace Committee. He said the 5100 Card Readers programmed for use for the election were razed in the inferno that on Thursday night, adding that investigation is on to unravel the cause of the fire. Yakubu said: “we received the sad news last night of fire inc...
Ondo INEC fire: l suspect foul play, our fate in God’s hand – PDP candidate
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede, says he suspected foul play in the mysterious fire that gutted the state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Over 5,100 card readers meant for the October 10 governorship election stored in a container were burnt in the inferno on Thursday night. In a statement by his campaign organization in Akure, Jegede said; “We cannot rule out a foul play in the mystery fire that completely razed down the state INEC office; now, our fate is in the hands of God. The Head, Media Research for the organisation, Mr Samuel Fasua, in the statement said, “For a while now, our main rival in this race has been in the eye of the storm over accusation that it was using loan assistance decoy to collect the pin code...
Ondo governor visits INEC office, describes fire incident unfortunate, shocking
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State Friday visited the state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) gutted by fire and described the incident as unfortunate and shocking. The fire incident, which gutted the office at about 8:30 pm burnt over 5,114 card readers meant for the October 10 governorship election in the state. Akeredolu who paid an unscheduled visit to the Alagbaka office of the commission in Akure said it was not only an unfortunate incident but equally shocking especially when the governorship election in the state is at the corner. He charged the commission to unravel the cause of the fire incident. Akeredolu, however, commended the determination of the commission to still conduct the forthcoming governorship despite the ugly incident and assu...
Department of Justice Argues TikTok Employee Can’t Stop Trump’s ByteDance Ban
The Department of Justice argues a TikTok employee’s fear that the executive order banning transactions with Beijing-based parent ByteDance will keep him from getting paid isn’t enough to warrant a temporary restraining order that would keep the Department of Commerce from enforcing it. President Donald Trump on Aug. 6 issued an order that would bar “any transaction by any person” with ByteDance or any of its subsidiaries. TikTok on Aug. 24 sued, arguing its due process and first amendment rights were being violated. The same day, a technical program manager named Patrick Ryan sued Trump and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross Jr. arguing that the vaguely worded ban on transactions between U.S. persons and ByteDance could mean that he can’t get paid. Earlie...
Snoop Dogg Slams President Trump For Disrespecting ‘Every Color in the World’
Snoop Dogg calmly listed the very long roster of people that Donald Trump has disrespected during his presidency in a new Instagram video, uploaded in the wake of reports that the commander in chief made disparaging remarks about military veterans. “So, me and my homeboys sittin’ up here talkin’ about all the people that President Trump disrespected… Women, gays, transgenders, Blacks, Mexicans, Asians, and now veterans,” Snoop said in the video posted on Wednesday (Sept. 9). “Hmmm. Seem like he’s disrespecting every color in the world and everything that ain’t what he is, which is a racist,” he added. According to Snoop, those who voted for the president “got exactly what they wanted. He gave them what he said he was gonna give ’em.” Rapper/producer Fred...
Ondo guber: Governor Akeredolu notorious for having loose tongue – deputy
Deputy Governor of Ondo State and governorship candidate of the Zenith Labour Party, Hon Agboola Ajayi, has lambasted Governor Rotimi Akeredolu for describing him as a betrayal, neophyte and a nincompoop. Ajayi while responding to Akeredolua in a statement by his Media Adviser, Allen Sowore, in Akure said governor Akeredolu ”reckless gaffe is a continuation of his fruitless and sterile efforts to demean the constitutionally established office of the Deputy Governor and his person. “The Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, is not surprised at this latest castigation of his person by Mr Governor. “This has been the favourite tactics of Akeredolu and now that he’s frustrated by the people’s obvious rejection of his reelection bid, it’s expected that he would not desist on the road to infamy and pe...
PDP, APC dead in Ondo – deputy governor
The governorship candidate of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) and Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Agboola Ajayi, on Tuesday, stated that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) would be defeated in the forthcoming governorship election in the state Ajayi who stated this while receiving PDP defectors from Okitipupa Local Government led by a governorship aspirant, Banji Okunomo, former chairman of the local government, Mr Solomon Bitire, said the ruling APC has failed the people of the state. He noted that the lacklustre performance of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has contributed to the dwindling fortune of the APC in the state while the PDP has no structure to win the election in the state. Ajayi said the party has breached the zoning arrangement in the state and v...
Ace Frehley: “Trump Is the Strongest Leader That We’ve Got on the Table”
Ace Frehley insists he doesn’t like to talk about politics, but the former KISS guitarist has gone ahead and talked about politics. In a new interview, he declared President Trump “the strongest leader that we’ve got on the table.” While speaking on The Cassius Morris Show, the guitar legend remarked, “I don’t think politics and rock ‘n’ roll mix — in my opinion. And I try to stay away from that as much as I can. I mean, once in a while, I’ll make a crack. I will say I’m a Trump supporter.” He added, “All the politicians have had skeletons in the closet. But I think Trump is the strongest leader that we’ve got on the table.” Frehley’s comments don’t come as a major surprise. He previously said during a 2018 appearance on the Juliet: Unexpected podcast, “Let me say this about Trump. Whether...
Ondo guber: We’ll stamp out kidnapping in Akokoland – PDP candidate
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede, has assured residents of the border communities in Akokoland of adequate protection against kidnappers, if elected governor. Jegede gave the assurance while on a campaign visit to Ikakumo, in Akoko North-East local council area of the state. Recall that majority of the abduction cases in the state took place along Owo/Ose/Akoko highway. While lamenting the ordeals of the locals in the hands of kidnappers and other criminals, Jegede said the scenario would become a thing of the past, once PDP is given the mandate to govern Ondo State. “We are highly concerned about your welfare and are worried about the onslaught of kidnappers and other criminals in Akoko border communities...
