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  A number of Ugandan government officials and ruling party members have had their Facebook accounts shut down over accusations they are seeking to manipulate public debate ahead of elections  The  East African nation will cast their votes on Thursday, January 14,  to elect a new president and parliament amid a tense and bloody electoral campaign, with incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, 76, facing a stiff challenge from singer -turned-politician, Bobi Wine, 38.   “Given the impending election in Uganda, we moved quickly to investigate and take down this network,” Facebook said in a statement on Monday, adding the decision was linked to the government ministry of information and communications technology. “They used fake and duplicate accounts to manage pages, comment on other people’s content, impersonate users, re-share posts in groups to make them appear more popular than they were,” it added. Judith Nabakooba, Uganda’s minister of information, told Reuters ...

  Multiple reports in US media are stating that democrats have drafted the single article for US President Donald Trump's impeachment which will be formally introduced on Monday January 11.   To succeed, two-thirds of senators would have to vote to impeach him. The impeachment article already has 180 co-sponsors as of Saturday afternoon.   The article reads in part; "In all of this, President Trump gravely endangered the security of the United States government. He threatened the integrity of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful transfer of power, and imperiled a coordinate branch of government. “He thereby betrayed his trust as president, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States. Wherefore, President Trump, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security, democracy, and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law...

  Donald Trump has said he will not attend Joe Biden's inauguration come January 20.   Hours after finally promising a peaceful transition of power, Trump took to Twitter to write: "To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th."     There have been discussions at the White House about Trump leaving Washington on Jan. 19, a source familiar with the matter said. He is expected to travel to his Florida resourt, the source said.   Trump will be the first incumbent president since Andrew Johnson to skip his successor's inauguration.

  President Donald Trump has reportedly told close aides he plans to pardon himself and his family members in the final days of his White House administration amid calls for his removal from the Oval Office.   The news comes as Democratic and Republican lawmakers condemned the president’s conduct after his supporters stormed the Capitol building during the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 elections on Wednesday.    According to the New York Times, Mr. Trump has specifically asked about the legal implications of giving himself a presidential pardon before leaving the White House.    The president has also reportedly considered issuing pardons to his family members, including Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump, and Donald Trump Jr, as well as aides like Jared Kushner and his personal attorney, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.    Mr. Trump suggested to advisers he was concerned about the incoming administration potentia...

  Many Nigerians have described the Vice President Nigeria as a coward for refusing to stand up like Mike Pence against the injustices meted on the people. VP, Yemi Osinbajo   Nigerians on social media have roasted Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for not standing with the constitution and the people the way United States Vice President Mike Pence defended his country's constitution against his own party yesterday.   Recall that Mr Pence had taken a stand against the wishes of President Donald Trump urging him not to certify the election of President-elect Joe Biden.   He followed the constitution and certified Biden's win against the wishes of his party and that of President Trump, proving that institutions are stronger than individuals.   Unlike in America, Nigerians slammed Mr Osinbajo for his alleged cowardice to go against his boss, President Muhammadu Buhari, in standing up for Nigerians and the Nigerian Constitution to end the administration’s alleged impunit...

  President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to ask his supporters to “stay peaceful” after they stormed the U.S. Capitol building and violently clashed with police in an attempt to stop President-elect Joe Biden's certification.      Vice President Pence, who was in the Capitol when the building was breached, tweeted for an end to violence and for people to respect law enforcement and leave the building.    “The violence and destruction taking place at the US Capitol Must Stop and it Must Stop Now. Anyone involved must respect Law Enforcement officers and immediately leave the building,” Pence tweeted.    He continued: “Peaceful protest is the right of every American but this attack on our Capitol will not be tolerated and those involved will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”     Trump also shared a video urging his supporters to stand down; “This was a fraudulent election, but we can’t play into the hands of these ...

  U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday January 6, told supporters that he would never concede the 2020 presidential election to President-elect Joe Biden as Congress convened to affirm the Democrat's victory in the November election.   “The media is the biggest problem we have,” Trump said in the opening moments of his address to a crowd of tens of thousands in the National Mall at the “Save America” rally. He once again falsely accused “the media” of helping to “rig” the election results in favor of his Democratic challenger, President-elect Joe Biden.   “We will never give up. We will never concede,” Trump said. The rally crowd at times chanted “USA! USA! USA!” After Trump used the vulgarity, the chant shifted to “Bullshit! Bullshit! Bullshit!”   He urged Vice President Mike Pence to help overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the November election when Congress sits later to certify the Electoral College votes.   “If Mike Pence does the right thing we win the el...

  The World Health Organization has announced that China has blocked its team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, from entering the country. WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the announcement on Wednesday, January 6, saying two scientists on the United Nations team had already left their home countries for Wuhan when they were told that Chinese government had not approved the necessary permissions required for them to enter the country. WHO said the arrangements had been jointly agreed with China in advance. "I am very disappointed with this news," Tedros told a news conference in Geneva.  "I have been in contact with senior Chinese officials and I have once again made clear that the mission is a priority for WHO and the international team." Tedros said WHO was "eager to get the mission underway as soon as possible" and that he had been given assurances that Beijing was speeding up the internal procedure for "the...

  Chimamanda Adichie gave her opinion about Biafra during her interview with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu.   The renowned writer wondered how Igbos can achieve Biafra when they can't unite towards selecting a Nigerian president who is from the region.   The 43-year-old said Igbo people need to rethink how they strategise politically before talking about secession.   She said: "There is no Biafra. There are new movements but, for me, it’s a question of being practical. Where would the border be? What is propelling these movements is a sense of marginalisation, which I think is completely valid.   "But this idea that the answer is independence is what I’m not convinced of. Nobody has made a logical case for me. Quite frankly, I’ve observed the terrible leadership that we have in the southeast.   "Igbo people cannot unite if, for example, we say we want an Igbo president. And then we’re talking about Biafra. There is a lot of political work we need to do in the southeast...

  The Nobel Laureate said he would not like to talk about Buhari’s government because he imagined the regime doesn’t exist. Prof. Wole Soyinka Nigerian playwright, poet and essayist in English language, Prof Wole Soyinka, has stated that he would rather not talk about the Buhari-led administration for the sake of his sanity. Soyinka said this during a recent interview with Kaftan TV, the Nobel Laureate said he would not like to talk about Buhari’s government because he imagined the regime doesn’t exist. He, however, hailed the new Lagos-Abeokuta-Ibadan standard gauge train, describing it as marvellous and long overdue. When asked whether the new train was a plus to Buhari’s regime, he said, “I don’t want to talk about Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. I think it is best for my sanity just to avoid that overall question. I can take bits and pieces of Nigeria’s present predicament but I think for one’s sense of balance, one must forget the existence of the Buhari administration.” Th...

  Despite Seyi clearing the air, FFK said he has it on a good note that Tinubu is sick and sees no reason why it should be kept a secret. Femi Fani Kayode, Bola Ahmed Tinubu Femi Fani Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation has insisted that the National leader of APC,  Bola Ahmed Tinubu is ill and currently hospitalized. This is coming shortly after Tinubu's son and Tinubu's spokesperson, Tunde Rahman said the elderly politician has not contracted COVIC -19 and only in London for vacation. Recall news had earlier made the rounds claiming the APC leader is down with COVID -19 and getting treatment at a France hospital. Despite Seyi clearing the air, FFK at around 7:48pm said he has it on a good note that Tinubu is sick and he sees no reason why it should be kept a secret.

  Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Buhari has stated that the security situation in Borno state has greatly improved.    Appearing on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Adesina argued that people cannot use a few events to rate the government low in terms of securing the people.   He also averred that Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state will admit that the security situation in the state he governs is far better than what it was in 2015.    Adesina said;    “You don’t take one, two, three events, and then you conclude that it is all failure; you will get to some other parts of the North and they will tell you that things are a lot better. “Even Governor (Babagana) Zulum who is in Borno State which is like the epicentre of the insurgency will tell you that the situation in that state is far better than what it was in 2015."   He further insisted that the Buhari-led administration has done ...

  The Joe Biden vs Donald Trump electoral drama is showing no signs of stopping soon as nearly a dozen Republican senators and senators-elect announced Saturday, January 2, 2021, they will vote against counting electoral votes next week when Congress is expected to certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory -- despite no credible evidence suggesting widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. The 11 Republican lawmakers said they intend to support an objection to the Electoral College votes, if one is brought, and propose an election commission to conduct an "emergency 10-day audit" of the election returns in the "disputed states."  The group of Republican senators includes Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, James Lankford of Oklahoma, Steve Daines of Montana, John Kennedy of Louisiana, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Mike Braun of Indiana, Sens.-elect Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Roger Marshall of Kansas, Bill Hagerty of Tennessee and Tommy Tuber...

  A man of God has revealed what God told him will happen to the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2021. Muhammadu Buhari   A man of God has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari administration's will be full of regrets in 2021.   The founder and General Overseer of God’s Anointed and Blessed Church International, Pastor Toye Ebijomore, made the prophetic proclamation while releasing prophecies concerning Nigeria for the New Year.   According to him, God reaffirmed to him that the birth of the new Nigeria will be in 2021. “Then, I saw the Lord passed through the National Assembly, Aso Villa, and the judicial house of Nigeria for rearrangements,”  he said in a series of prophecies he made available to DAILY POST on Saturday.   Speaking about the next presidential election which comes up in 2023, Ebijomore said that God has already anointed the next man to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari. “I saw ten powerful aspirants for the next p...

  Nigeria's President has been given a stern warning by Father Mbaka after foreseeing a bleak 2021 for the political class. Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka   Fiery man of God, Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka has warned of an end to President Muhammadu Buhari's administration if the political class continue to plunder the system.   According to the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministries, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), the youths of the country will collapse Buhari's regime and any attempt to stop it will not work if the President doesn't act fast to turn things around.   This he said depends on Buhari’s ability to act fast and save his government from looming extinction.   Mbaka spoke at the 2020 edition of his popular annual December 31 Crossover Night ministration, advising the federal government to take swift moves to create jobs to prevent Nigerian youths from embarking on restiveness that may consume the regime.   The event, which held at the AMEN Arena, Enugu, was tagged,...

  #FreeSowre is trending on Twitter following reports Omoyele Sowore and other activists were brutalised and arrested by security forces in Abuja.   Sowore and other activists were reportedly carrying out a peaceful procession to mark the New Year. The activists were almost done with their crossover procession when about seven loaded vans of the Nigerian security forces swooped on them, brutalising everyone at sight, SaharaReporters reports.     The publication adds that eyewitnesses say police officers suspected to be the Rapid Response Squad stormed Gudu junction in Abuja, wounding Sowore before whisking him away with other activists from the location.   They were taken to Abattoir police station of the allegedly disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit in Abuja, where they are allegedly being tortured and detained.   Journalist/activist Oluwatosin Adeniji tweeted: "UPDATE: It has been confirmed that @PoliceNG abducted @YeleSowore and a few others...

  Officials of the Kaduna State Urban State Urban Planning Development Agency (KASUPDA) have demolished the building that was to host the maiden edition of the Kaduna sex party.   The building located at Sabon Tasha a suburb of Kaduna metropolis was demolished this afternoon December 31.   On Tuesday, December 30, the Kaduna State Police Command arrested the organizers of an event tagged "Kaduna Sex Party". The event promoted on social media platforms was slated to hold last Sunday, December 27, 2020, at an undisclosed location in the state capital.  According to details on the invite, participants were expected to be completely nude at the party slated to start from 8:pm till daybreak. Some of the attractions included outdoor and indoor sex, public nude dares, games, food, movies.    

  Solomon Valentine, a public speaker and youth advocate shared photos of the woman with a bleeding face. It has been alleged that Hon Solomon Akongfe Aboh, the Cross River State media aide, has sexually molested and assaulted a woman in search of a job. Solomon Valentine, a public speaker and youth advocate told the story and shared photos of the woman with a bleeding face. He wrote:  "She was brought to Calabar by the  SA @AbohHon on the grounds that he will give her a job with cali air. "He now kept her and started making sexual advances at her when  she refused this is the result. This is not the first." Sharing a photo of the media aide's ID card, Solomon added:  "She has been sexually molested by her boss severely when she requested for money to enable her travel back to Lagos where her parents stay @AbohHon Hon.Aboh,Solomon attempted to kill her. The ID card belongs to the boss for reference purpose." Hon. Aboh is yet to respond to the allegations. S...

  The aggrieved youths accused the former Akwa Ibom state governor of bringing his own brother to run the affairs of the commission while calling for his resignation. The youths On Monday,  December 21, aggrieved youths of  Ijaw community stormed the Niger Delta Development Commission's office seeking for the immediate resignation of Godswill Akpabio as Minister of Niger Delta Affairs. The youths accused the former Akwa Ibom state governor of bringing his own brother to run the affairs of the commission. One of the youths who spoke during the protest at the NDDC office said; "We are here in the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs to tell Godswill Akpabio that he did not put his blood for the Ijaw nation or the Niger Delta. We the Ijaw people put our blood and our sweat for the Ministry of Niger Delta to come into play. So he cannot undermine the Ijaw people in the Niger Delta who are the largest population in the Niger Delta. He cannot do that. It is unacceptable. That is the...

  Igwe said this on Tuesday, December 29, when he led members of the state executive council to visit Umahi in his hometown at Uburu, Ohaozara local government area (LGA). Governor David Umahi and deputy, Kelechi Igwe Mr Kelechi Igwe, the deputy Governor of Ebonyi state has asked his boss, Governor David Umahi to run for Presidency in 2023. Igwe said this on Tuesday, December 29, when he led members of the state executive council to visit Umahi in his hometown at Uburu, Ohaozara local government area (LGA). Speaking during the visit, the Deputy Governor said the council members will maintain their loyalty to his administration. Igwe said; “This particular visit is unique because it is the first time since our participation in government that we are determining as a people to change the political gear. “When you announced that it was time to move on, a lot of us were foot-dragging, wanting to make consultations but at the end, decided to move with you. I must confess that some of us...