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2023 : APGA Governorship Candidate’s Supporter Attacked In Ebonyi State (Photos)
Tweet Tweet Share Whatsapp reddit The opposition coalition CUPP Ebonyi state is alerted of the attack on supporters of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)In Ugwulangwu, Ohaozara LGA of the State by thugs alleged to be loyal to the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Opposition Coalition CUPP is saddened that scores of attacks on members of the opposition and their campaign materials in the state has remained unabated and in strongest term wishes to outrightly condemn this latest attack in Ugwulangwu. Available information revealed that the Guber Candidate of the party, Prof Bernard Ifeanyichukwu Odo visited the community and in a crude attempt to validate stronghold, the thugs mobilized and attacked a chieftain of the party in the area, Mr Ikenna Eze. At the mome...
Wike Shuts Down Atiku Campaign Office In Rivers
Tweet Tweet Share Whatsapp reddit The Rivers State government has shut the campaign office of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. It was learnt that the Rivers State government sealed off the campaign office based on Executive Orders 21 and 22. The office was said to have been shut for producing noisy political activities in residential areas without approval from the State government. The Rivers State PDP presidential campaign council, which made this known, noted that the office which is located in GRA Port Harcourt was sealed off in the early hours of Friday. The PDP Presidential Campaign Council in Rivers said it had written an application seeking approval to use the office premise for its political activities. The application had been ignor...
How Can You Use ₦2.5 Billion Naira For Christmas Party While Ebonyi Civil Servants Are Crying? – Odoh Fumes
Tweet Tweet Share Whatsapp reddit The Governorship Candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Professor Benard Odoh has assured civil servants in the state that he will put smiles on their faces come 2023. Odoh made this known in an interview granted to a radio station in Ebonyi State. Odoh said Ebonyi has what it takes to take care of the welfare of the civil servants in the state but misplaced priority is what is killing the state. Recall that recently, Ebonyi State mapped out billions of Naira for Christmas Party in the State. Odoh, however, said in his administration, that the welfare of civil servants in Ebonyi State will not be jeopardised. According to him “How can the state government map out 2.5 Billion Naira For Christmas Party while civil servants in the state have not ...
Afroman Running for President to Be “Pot Head of State”
The artist behind “Because I Got High” is now seeking a higher office: Afroman has announced that he’s running for president in the 2024 US election. “There comes a time in the course of human events when change must be affected,” his campaign manager Jason Savage wrote on Instagram. “That time is now. Americans are suffering, and the status quo is no longer acceptable.” The 48-year-old Afroman, born Jason Foreman, broke out in 2001 with The Good Times, which included the hit songs “Because I Got High,” and “Crazy Rap,” also known as “Colt 45 and 2 Zig-Zags.” He has now released 18 studio albums, most recently 2022’s Lemon Pound Cake. Advertisement Related Video Alongside the announcement, Afroman outlined eight key platforms of his presidential campaign. These include norma...
Journey’s Neal Schon Hits Bandmate Jonathan Cain with Cease and Desist over Mar-A-Lago Performance
Journey’s Neal Schon has hit bandmate Jonathan Cain with a cease and desist over Cain’s performance of “Don’t Stop Believin’” at Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort. In November, Cain participated in a singalong of “Don’t Stop Believin’” with Trump sycophants Marjorie Taylor Greene, Kimberly Guilfoyle, and Kari Lake. The performance struck a nerve with Schon, who fired off a cease and desist. “Although Mr. Cain is free to express his personal beliefs and associations, when he does that on behalf of Journey or for the band, such conduct is extremely deleterious to the Journey brand as it polarizes the band’s fans and outreach. Journey is not, and should not be, political,” Schon’s attorney wrote in a letter (via The Guardian). Advertisement Related Video “Mr. Cain’s unauthorized af...
Who has returned donations or contributions from FTX amid the firm’s reputational risks?
Before its downfall, crypto exchange FTX and its then-CEO Sam Bankman-Fried had been some of the most prolific spenders in the space, bailing out crypto firms and donating to political campaigns and media outlets. With more than 1 million FTX creditors looking to be made whole, what’s happening with these funds? Bankman-Fried said in May he had been willing to donate between $100 million and $1 billion to lawmakers as part of elections in 2024. Bloomberg reported on Dec. 12 — hours before SBF’s arrest in the Bahamas — that his total donations could be at least $73 million, given directly to candidates or through political action committees (PACs). Though many of Bankman-Fried’s and FTX’s donations to Democrats were noted with the Federal Election Commission as part of the public reco...
Why Doyin Okupe cannot be accused of any corruption – Deji Adeyanju
Tweet Tweet Share Whatsapp reddit Who right activists, Deji Adeyanju has said that Labor Party campaign Director General, Doyin Okupe wasn’t guilty of corruption labeled against him by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC. Via his Facebook page, Deji said: “I have now studied excerpts of My Lord, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu’s judgment in the Okupe’s case and can confirm it is a sound decision. The basis of her conviction of Okupe is on the issue of receiving cash above the prescribed N5m for individuals as stipulated in Money Laundering Act. I insist that Okupe wasn’t in a position to know whether the money from ONSA was from illicit act & such no burden can be placed on him because the duty of care will always be on Dasuki who ought to know. However, a crime was committed by ac...
Peter Obi’s Campaign DG, Doyin Okupe Resigns After Being Convicted By Court
Tweet Tweet Share Whatsapp reddit The Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe, has resigned. Okupe’s resignation followed his conviction by a court for offences bothering on money laundering on Monday. The EFCC had arraigned Okupe, in 2019 on a 59-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering and diversion of funds to the tune of N702 million. He was arraigned alongside two companies – Value Trust Investment Ltd and Abrahams Telecoms Ltd. Okupe was said to have received cash from the office of the national security adviser (NSA) while Sambo Dasuki, the NSA at the time, was in office. He was convicted of money laundering and sent to two years imprisonment. He was however given an option of N13 million fine, with a deadline to pay by 4:30pm on Mon...
Coke or Crack?: DOJ Revises Drug Case Rules To Combat Racial Disparities
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Pete Marovich / Getty The Department of Justice is now moving to right a historic wrong by instructing prosecutors to eliminate racial disparities in cases in drug cases at the behest of U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. On Friday (Dec. 16th), Garland issued directives to federal prosecutors to pursue the same charges and establish equivalent sentencing for both cocaine powder and crack cocaine. The current law sees people who are convicted of possessing 28 grams of crack cocaine receive a mandatory sentence of five years in prison. That same sentence is only given to those who are convicted of possessing nearly twenty times that amount in the powdered form of cocaine. The previous situation highlighted how Black and Latinx defendants were unfairly g...
Woman Questions Gov Candidate, Frank Nweke, In Market
Tweet Tweet Share Whatsapp reddit The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Enugu State, Frank Nweke Jnr, was subjected to questioning by a woman who wanted to know his plans for unemployed graduates. According to the former minister, who shared the video on his Twitter handle on Saturday, the questioning happened at the 9th Mile Market in the state. .ued85a1b8e68c53afca2193c841271c4e{padding:0;margin:0;padding-top:1em!important;padding-bottom:1em!important;width:100%;display:block;font-weight:700;background-color:inherit;border:0!important;border-left:4px solid #16A085!important;box-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.17);-moz-box-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.17);-o-box-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.17);-webkit-box-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.17);text-decoration:none}....
Woman Questions Gov Candidate, Frank Nweke, In Market
Tweet Tweet Share Whatsapp reddit The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Enugu State, Frank Nweke Jnr, was subjected to questioning by a woman who wanted to know his plans for unemployed graduates. According to the former minister, who shared the video on his Twitter handle on Saturday, the questioning happened at the 9th Mile Market in the state. .ued85a1b8e68c53afca2193c841271c4e{padding:0;margin:0;padding-top:1em!important;padding-bottom:1em!important;width:100%;display:block;font-weight:700;background-color:inherit;border:0!important;border-left:4px solid #16A085!important;box-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.17);-moz-box-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.17);-o-box-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.17);-webkit-box-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.17);text-decoration:none}....
High Court In Orlu, Imo Set Ablaze By Armed Men
Tweet Tweet Share Whatsapp reddit Armed Men on Saturday have set ablaze the building of Imo State high court in Orlu LGA, part of the structure housing sensitive documents, files and valuables were razed down by the inferno. The development came barely few days after some gunmen attacked the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Owerri, which was alleged to be carried out by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). .u9693b3093a655ecda2fd7f28c697b6c4{padding:0;margin:0;padding-top:1em!important;padding-bottom:1em!important;width:100%;display:block;font-weight:700;background-color:inherit;border:0!important;border-left:4px solid #16A085!important;box-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.17);-moz-box-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.17);-o-box-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,...
