The Edo State, Labour Party Candidate, Olumide Akpata who attended the debate organized by the Edo State Council, Nigeria Union of Journalists, over the weekend, berated the candidates of the All Progressives Congress, Monday Okpebholo and his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart, Asue Ighodalo, for not showing up for the debate.
Akpata called on Nigerians to insist that those aspiring to govern them must be made accountable to them.
He described the failure of both candidates to honour the invitation to debate, as an outright disregard for the people of Edo State.
The Edo State Government on Tuesday, raised alarm over the arrest of the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party..
The state’s commissioner for Communication and Orientation, claimed that the arrest was the handiwork of the All Progressives Congress adding that over 10 PDP leaders, including the Chairman of Esan West Local Government Area, Collins Aigbo-gun were being kept in dungeons on the orders of the APC.
In a video that has now gone viral, the Police were seen trying to forcefully arrest a PDP leader in Ikpoba Okha Local Government of the state.
Asue Ighodalo has jumped on the Collabo Challenge
In a video posted on the PDP governorship candidates X account, Ighodalo friends including, his wife were seen introducing themselves.
In Lagos State, Nollywood Actress, Kate Henshaw has berated the actions of some police officers who tried to arrest her, after accusing her of driving against traffic.
In the wake of the humanitarian crisis in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, caused by the devastating flood that has claimed over 30 lives, and displaced over One million people, the leader of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Tuesday, donated 50 million naira, to the victims of the floods.
Peter Obi made the donation when he visited the governor of the State, Professor Babagana Zulum. He said that he is committed to providing relief and assistance to those affected.
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, In a series of posts via his official X handle on Saturday, debunked allegations that he has expressed readiness to become Vice President to another candidate in the 2027 general election.
President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina and his colleagues celebrated the occasion of the bank’s 60th anniversary last week.
The commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the bank, was held in Abidjan Cote’Ivoire from the 9-10th of September. A video of Adesina and members of the bank’s board, showing off their dance skills to mark the milestone has made a rounds on social media.
In the United States, Music Mogul, Sean Diddy Combs on Tuesday was denied bail and taken into custody after pleading not guilty in a federal court to charges of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking.
Prosecutors argued that the music mogul should not be released because he had previously reached out to witnesses and victims.
Prosecutors allege that Combs created and ran a criminal enterprise through his business empire that engaged in crimes including sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice.
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