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Nasarawa Women Gather In Spiritual Rally Ahead Of Tribunal Verdict

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Nasarawa Women Gather In Spiritual Rally Ahead Of Tribunal Verdict....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

In anticipation of the upcoming governorship election petition tribunal verdict in Nasarawa State, a gathering of more than 1,000 women representing diverse religious affiliations, including traditional healers, from all 13 Local Government Areas of the state convened for a prayer rally on Sunday. The purpose of this rally was to seek a peaceful and righteous judgment in the state.

These women asserted their overwhelming support for Dr. David Ombugadu, the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), whom they claim to have wholeheartedly voted for during the March 18th election in the state.

It is worth recalling that during the rally, the women, clad in black attire and holding placards with various inscriptions, passionately sang in Hausa and engaged in heartfelt prayers, beseeching God to liberate the state from any form of oppression through a just and impartial judgment, devoid of ethnic, religious, or political biases.

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Following the prayer session in Lafia, Hanatu John, the leader of the Nasarawa Women Coalition for Justice, elaborated on the purpose of the rally. She emphasized that the rally aimed to invoke divine intervention in the legal case involving Dr. Ombugadu of the PDP and Governor Abdullahi Sule of the APC. Hanatu expressed unwavering faith that God would honor the sincere prayers of these elderly women, even under the scorching sun, by guiding the tribunal judges to dispense justice to the state’s residents on the judgment day.

Furthermore, Hanatu emphasized that all residents of Nasarawa State, including members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), were aware that the true winner of the March 18, 2023 election was the PDP candidate, Dr. David Ombugadu, as confirmed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). She noted that the unity of purpose demonstrated by these women, representing various faiths, from across the state, illustrated their commitment to ensuring that the tribunal and the judiciary acted justly by reviewing the election results from all 13 LGAs and declaring the genuine victor of the gubernatorial election.

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“Nigeria Celebrate Relay Triumph To Finish Fourth At African Athletics Championships”.

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Nigeria ended the 24th African Athletics Championships on a strong note as the women’s 4x400m relay team stormed to gold on the final day, helping the country finish with a total of 12 medals.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

The quartet of Esther Okon, Toheebat Jimoh, Jecinter Lawrence, and Patience Okon-George delivered a dominant performance to successfully defend their title, winning in 3:29.25 on Sunday and finishing comfortably ahead of Ethiopia and Kenya.

Nigeria controlled the race from the opening leg and crossed the finish line nearly 30 metres clear of their closest rivals, securing the country’s fourth gold medal of the competition.

Overall, Team Nigeria finished fourth on the medal table with four gold, five silver, and three bronze medals, behind Kenya, South Africa, and Ethiopia. Kenya topped the standings with 17 medals, including six gold, while South Africa also secured six gold medals, and Ethiopia claimed five.

Nigeria’s final-day silver medal came through Rosemary Chukwuma, who finished second in the women’s 200m with a time of 23.60s, behind Ivory Coast’s Maboundou Kone, who clocked 23.36s. Chukwuma ended the championships with three medals, having earlier won gold in the women’s 4x100m relay and silver in the 100m.

The country’s campaign was led by world record holder Tobi Amusan, who claimed gold in the women’s 100m hurdles with a time of 12.83s. The mixed 4x400m relay team of Ezekiel Asuquo, Toheebat Jimoh, Victor Sampson, and Patience Okon-George also secured gold in 3:16.44, while the women’s 4x100m relay team added another title in 42.94s.

Silver medals were won by Oyesade Olatoye in the hammer throw (69.60m), Divine Oladipo in the discus, and the men’s 4x100m relay team, which finished in 38.70s. Adaobi Tabugbo earned bronze in the women’s 100m hurdles with 13.26s, while Chidera Ezeakor also picked up bronze in the men’s 100m after running 10.31s, rounding off a strong outing for Nigeria.

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“You Were Not Arrested For Criticising Jonathan — Sowore Fires Back At Adekunle Gold”.

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Nigerian activist Omoyele Sowore has criticised singer Adekunle Gold over the legal case involving a young man identified as Adeboye Samuel.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

News reports that Adeboye was taken to court after making a social media post about the singer’s daughter.

Reacting to the development, Sowore referenced an old post by Adekunle Gold in which the singer had criticised former President Goodluck Jonathan.

He noted that the post, which circulated during the 2012 fuel subsidy protests, had gone unpunished as an expression of free speech. The post read: “Dear God, if you give us Dagrin back, we will give you Jonathan in return.”

Sowore wrote on X: “@AdekunleGold in 2012 openly criticising then-President @GoodluckJonathan. Back then, it was rightly called free speech, and if he had been arrested for those tweets, we would have been on the streets demanding his immediate release.

“How then does someone who benefited from freedom of expression turn around years later to use the police, courts, and the brutal cybercrime framework against ordinary Nigerians over online banter and social media exchanges?

“You cannot enjoy free speech when you are powerless, and criminalise it the moment you become influential. Freedom of expression must apply to everyone, celebrities, politicians, activists, and poor young Nigerians on social media alike.”

He further urged the Nigeria Police Force not to act as a “private army” for influential individuals, and called on the judiciary to avoid imposing excessive penalties on online speech cases that, according to him, should not be treated as criminal matters.

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“Peter Obi Is Very Popular In South, North — Kwankwaso Sparks Political Debate”.

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Rabiu Kwankwaso, a chieftain of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has called on Nigerians to move beyond ethnic and religious divisions ahead of the 2027 general elections.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

Kwankwaso made the appeal during an interview with Trust TV on Sunday, where he spoke on political alignments ahead of the polls.

The former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) said political success in Nigeria cannot be achieved by the North or Muslims alone without support from Christians and other regions.

“We must look beyond tribe and religion. We are Northerners and Muslims, and everybody knows that, but we can’t play politics without Christians, Southeast, South-South or South-west,” he said.

Kwankwaso also praised former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, describing him as a widely accepted politician across the country.

“If you look at it, Peter Obi is a very popular politician in the entire South and many parts of Northern Nigeria, and you cannot take that from him, the same with the Kwankwasiyya movement,” he said.

He further noted that supporters of the Kwankwasiyya movement are largely young Nigerians who are seeking better opportunities rather than ethnic or family-based loyalty.

“We are lucky that our supporters are mainly young men and women who are looking for a way out. They are not looking for their brothers or their sisters or somebody close,” he added.

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