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APC Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Prove Your Worth, Activist Challenges CAN, PFN

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3 years ago

July 14, 2022

An Edo-based human rights activist, Pastor Moses Onodua, Thursday, said the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) can only prove that they are against the Muslim-Muslim ticket by voting against the All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Ahmed Bola Tinubu in the forthcoming presidential election.

He said this while fielding questions from newsmen in Benin City.

Pastor Onodua said that APC as a party has made its choice of who flies its ticket, adding that nobody can question it aside voting against the party and its presidential candidate.

He added that it behoves on the Christian bodies to decide whether they are going to mobilize their followers to vote for or against the party which flies the Muslim-Muslim ticket in the forthcoming election or not.

“My advice for Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), of which are also a voluntary organizations for individuals who came together, is very simple, APC have made their choice of what is best for them, then, CAN and PFN should also make their choice. Then, we will now test our might in the 2023 general elections”, he said.

Onodua said the APC did not put the interest of other religious groups into consideration in its quest of getting its presidential running mate knowing that Nigeria is a secular country.

“According to statistics, Nigeria is dominated by christians and muslims. I don’t have the figures now but by some projections that I was made to understand, that as at today, the population of christians are more than muslims in Nigeria.

” So, in other words, Nigeria is not a muslim country neither can it be a christian country.

” So, Nigeria is a secular country. So, if you want to aspire to become the leader of Nigeria, you must do everything humanly possible even though it is not constitutionally enshrined, to make sure that you carry the two major religious groups along in your decisions in order to appear to be fair to everyone in this country.

“But what the APC has done, is that they have now decided that they don’t have the interest of the entire nation’s at heart rather they are concerned with a particular segment of the Nigerian society, which is the muslim community.

“So, they have decided to please them. So, we will see what comes out of the ticket, 2023 is around the corner”, he said.

He accused the APC of polarizing the country and also indirectly trying to islamize the country.

“But let me make it abundantly clear, the APC muslim muslim ticket is dead on arrival.

” It cannot fly because what the APC is trying to do, is to polarize the country, to divide the country.

“That ticket gives us an idea that what people have been talking about since during these years of Buhari’s administration, Islamization of Nigeria is actually the truth.

” That means, from the onset, this Buhari’s administration has been laying a foundation to Islamize Nigeria, to make sure that Nigeria becomes a 100 percent a Muslim country which is not going to be possible.

“It may have happened in other countries because while studying church histories, I read in a place that, the present day Turkey and some other muslim countries today, were once 100 percent christians countries but today, they are now more or less 95 percent muslim, some 85 percent muslim that were once 100 percent christians.

“That is exactly the same agenda that Buhari’s government and this APC is trying to impose on Nigerians which will not fly”, he said.

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Gombe Wins Northeast Quiz Competition On Legislature, Democracy

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11 hours ago

October 31, 2025

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Gombe State has emerged as the winner at the 2025 North East Zonal Quiz Competition on legislature and democracy organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) for senior secondary schools across Northeast on Friday.

Speaking before the commencement of the 2025 edition of the zonal debate which focuses on the legislature, democracy and governance, the Director-General of NILDS, Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman, said the exercise was to deepen the knowledge of legislative and democratic governance among secondary school students and youth.

According to him, it was also to broaden their knowledge on the history, practice and procedure of the legislature and encourage deeper understanding of civic and democratic governance.

The competition, he added, would stimulate the interest of the young students in politics and make them more proactive in matters relating to the legislature and democracy.

He explained that enhancing the knowledge of young Nigerians in the legislature would not only foster an inclusive and participatory legislature in Nigeria but would also serve as an avenue for citizen engagement in the legislative process.

Represented by Mr Jeremiah Agada, NILDS Northeast Zonal Quiz Coordinator, Sulaiman added that the quiz competition would take place in all the six geo-political zones and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

“It is also to inspire young Nigerians to cultivate the interest to participate in legislative governance.

“This 10th edition of the competition is therefore the fourth time the competition has been held at the national level.

“As the 2025 NILDS Zonal quiz competition is declared open, I therefore urge all competing students and their teachers to abide by the rules of the game so that the desired objectives of the competition are achieved,” he said.

Also speaking, the Bauchi State’s Commissioner for Education, Dr Muhammed Lawal, said the exercise was a welcome development in the circle of education, adding that it was a ground where students in the zone could be tested among other students in the country.

“This will enable us to improve the quality of our delivery in our various schools to our teeming students across the zone.

“I want them to take it upon themselves that in an engagement like this, there is no loser. You put in your best, and if at the end of the day, you don’t make it up to the top, your efforts will be crowned.

“I hope this will be well covered because it will stimulate other schools to be part of and perform better so that they can come up to this level as well,” he said.

Mohammed appreciated the commitment of teachers and moderators who coached the students to fully participate in the competition and reaffirmed the government’s commitment to revamping the education sector under Gov. Bala Mohammad’s leadership.

Announcing the winner of the competition, the Quiz Master Mr. Lucky Tongs, announced Gombe State as the overall winner of the debate with 75 points

He also announced Taraba State as the first runner up with 55 points and Yobe State as the third position with 50 points, adding that the winner is expected to represent the Northeast sub-region at the National competition in Abuja.

Other states that participated in the competition included Adamawa and Bauchi.

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Police Arrest Nollywood Production Manager For Assaulting Crew Member

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14 hours ago

October 31, 2025

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The Lagos State Police have arrested a Nollywood production manager, Anierobi Courage, for allegedly assaulting a crew member.

Anierobi Courage, better known as Nwa South, reportedly assaulted the head of makeup, Mary Chizzy Eze, on October 28, 2025, while on the set of the film “Lagos to Opulence.”

A trending video of the physical altercation showed the production manager pressing Mary’s throat after slapping her, an act that has sparked widespread outrage on social media.

Reacting to the public condemnation, the Nigeria Film Crew Community (NFCC), in a statement released on Thursday, described Courage’s actions as “animalistic behaviour.”

Announcing his arrest, NFCC called on Nollywood producers and other stakeholders to blacklist Courage across all productions.

“The production manager violently hit and strangled Mary Chizzy Eze for speaking up against unequal treatment among the crew. While she has received medical care, he has been arrested.

“This level of disregard for human dignity is unacceptable. We stand firmly against all forms of abuse, assault, and crew maltreatment,” the NFCC said.

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‘EFCC Collected N10m Before They Released Me’ – Oladips Alleges [VIDEO]

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15 hours ago

October 31, 2025

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Popular Nigerian singer, Oladips has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of collecting N10 million from him.

The rapper made this known nearly a year after he was arrested by EFCC during a midnight raid in his estate.

Oladips was arrested with some of his neighbors for alleged fraud in November 2024.

He was released after spending five days in detention.

Speaking about his experience with the EFCC, Oladips in his latest interview on Trending podcast, stated that nothing was found on him after the EFCC investigations.

While revealing that the EFCC collected N10 million from him before his release, he lamented that “Nigeria just happened to me”.

“It’s just one smelling place like that. They just packed us there like sardines and they gave us nonsense food. Funny enough it was Zlatan that was sending me food. Zlatan is not even a friend, that’s my blood.

“He was sending someone to buy good food for me because the food there is bad. They just packed us there like sardines. I’m not even supposed to be there first of all. Like, why did I spend four to five days there when you people (EFCC) didn’t find anything on me, not even a single thing. And they still collect N10 million from me before they released me.”

When asked “Is it a thing you can take up against the EFCC later, or you will just allow the sleeping dog lie?”, the singer responded “Who is my father?”

“Who is my father now? At the end of the day, who is my father? It’s just me and my truth. It’s not something I will want to. I don’t just know how the system works. I for dey their page now if to say I dey do Yahoo. They didn’t find anything on me. If they are watching this, they know that I’m saying the truth.

“They collected money from me before they released me. They didn’t find anything on me. So, what was the money for? What was all that stress and suffering for? It’s just Nigeria. Nigeria just happened to me,” he said.

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