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

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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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Edo NLC Crisis: Caretaker Committee Drags Rival Exco, Govt To Court

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May 6, 2026

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The division in the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), took a new dimension on Wednesday as Prof. Monday Monday Lewis Igbafen-led caretaker committee approached the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Benin Judicial Division, seeking to affirm its authority and restrain a rival executive from parading itself as the council’s leadership.

Joined in the suit are the Edo State Government, the Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, and the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice.

In a suit marked: NICN/BEN/12/2026, and filed before the court in Benin, the claimant, Igbafen, acting for himself and on behalf of the NLC Caretaker Committee in Edo State, is challenging the continued occupation of the union’s secretariat and control of its assets by members of the Bernard Egwakhide-led factional State Executive Council.

The claimants are asking the court to declare that the caretaker committee (Igbafen-led faction), constituted on August 11, 2025, by the NLC national leadership, remains the only lawful authority to administer the affairs of the Edo State Council pending fresh elections.

They further seek a declaration that the continued occupation of the NLC secretariat located at No. 1 Teboga Road, Benin City, as well as the retention of union assets, financial records, and official instruments by the defendants, is illegal and void.

The suit also prays for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from parading themselves as officials of the NLC Edo Council or interfering with the functions of the caretaker committee.

In addition, the claimants are seeking a mandatory order compelling the defendants to immediately hand over the secretariat, vehicles, financial documents, cheque books, and all other properties belonging to the union.

The caretaker committee further urged the court to restrain the state government and its officials from interfering in the internal affairs of the union, alleging undue support for the dissolved executive.

The claimants further demand N50 million as general and exemplary damages against the defendants for alleged unlawful usurpation of office and acts prejudicial to the administration of the council.

According to court documents made available to our correspondent, the crisis followed the dissolution of the Edo State Council by the NLC National Executive Council on February 27, 2025, over allegations of misconduct, anti-union activities, and constitutional violations.

However, the matter has yet to be assigned a hearing date.

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Transfer: Premier League Clubs Scramble For Dele-Bashiru

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May 6, 2026

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Lazio midfielder, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru is a subject of interest from three Premier League clubs, according to Sky Sports.

Lazio reportedly rejected offers from Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth for the Nigeria international in January.

La Biancolesti are bracing for more interest in Dele-Bashiru ahead of the summer transfer window, according to Sky Sports.

The 24-year-old has two years left on his contract with the Serie A club.

The attacking midfielder joined the Rome-based club from Turkish Super Lig outfit Hatayspor in 2024.

He has been a regular feature for Lazio this season.

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Xenophobic Attacks: Nigerian Students To Picket MTN, MultiChoice, Other Businesses

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May 6, 2026

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The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS South-West Zone D, has announced plans to picket South African companies in Nigeria following the ongoing xenophobic attacks in the country.

DAILY POST reports that some Nigerians were recently killed in South Africa over the violent attacks.

A statement issued to newsmen by Comrade Adeyemo Josiah Kayode, Coordinator, NANS South-West, Zone D, said that the association is mobilizing to take decisive and lawful action by organizing peaceful picketing and mass advocacy against South African business interests operating in Nigeria.

“We categorically state that the continued targeting of Nigerians under any guise is unacceptable and must come to an immediate end.

“This will include major corporations such as MTN Group and MultiChoice Group. It is morally indefensible for businesses to thrive in an environment where the lives of Nigerians are protected, while Nigerians are subjected to fear and violence elsewhere.

“This contradiction will no longer be tolerated,” the statement said.