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JUST IN: Nigerians React As INEC Chairman Inaugurates Committees To Review 2023 Elections [PHOTOS]

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11 months ago

May 17, 2023

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has inaugurated two internal committees to review and document the activities of the 2023 general election.

The committees, according to the electoral body, are the committee to conduct post-election reviews arising from the conduct of the 2023 general election and a 2023 general election report writing committee.

The commission made this known on its Twitter handle on Wednesday amid repeated adjournments of presidential election petitions by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja.

The INEC boss on March 1, 2023 declared Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the president-elect after the collation of results for the February 25 presidential election.

Yakubu in his declaration of the election results amid controversy and rejection of the election outcome by some Nigerians, declared that Tinubu, a 70-year-old former Lagos State governor polled a total of 8,794,726 votes to win the 2023 presidential election.

However, a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who came second and the former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) who came third, have filed petitions to challenge the process and outcome of the election.

Reacting to the announcement on INEC’s Facebook page, one Mercy Okonkwo said the committees should hand over the mandate to the winner of the 2023 Presidential election after the review.

She wrote: “The committe should review the election and let the mandate be handed over to the owner.”

Another commentor, Mazi Chekwebe Okechuku Mbaneme, said the electoral body told the Labour Party to go to court, hence, they should provide them all the documents they need to retrieve their mandate.

“INEC provides all the documents labour party needs to retrieve their presidential mandate. Remember you tell the labour party to go court,” Mbaneme said.

While Victor Emeka alleged that the INEC chairman and his team compromised the conduct of the 2023 general election and will for the injustice.

“Prof and his cohorts will pay for the injuries and injustice meted out on Nigerians and Nigerian electoral system by their compromised INEC,” Emeka stated.

Another Facebook user, Harrison Philip Marshall, said the committees was inaugurated to look into the wrongness for the purpose of record.

He said: “A typical Nigerian will not do the right thing. But would prefer to do the wrong thing and set a committee to look into the wrongness for the purpose of record. This is madness.”

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Group Of Top Male Footballers ‘Planning To Come Out As Gay Next Month

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2 hours ago

April 25, 2024

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A group of top male footballers ‘are planning to come out as gay on May 17.

German outlet Preussische Allgemeine Zeitung claims a group of professionals across the country will declare publicly their sexual orientation.

The date in question is of particular reference as it is the International Day Against Homophobia.

It is believed that all of the clubs the reported players are aware of the planned proposals.

However, Preussische Allgemeine Zeitung adds that some players still have reservations about revealing their homosexuality and could still make a U-turn in doing so.

Marcus Urban is a former footballer in Germany who came out as gay in 2007, 16 years after quitting the sport. Urban, now 52, is the co-founder of Diversero, a global community for diversity, and hopes next month’s plans do come to fruition.

‘I think they are respected and celebrated for that. Not by everyone, that’s clear. But hate speech cannot be a criterion for a life,

‘May 17 is an offer,’ he told the Editorial Network Germany (RND). ‘A date that you could use as a guide and get together as a group.

‘There is controversy there. Do I still want to wait until the world of football becomes the way I want it to be? Why should I wait? An interesting dynamic has come into play, you can see that people’s minds are starting to move and are thinking about whether it really makes sense to continue to hide and deny themselves.

Urban went on to reveal that there are gay couples playing in the Bundesliga too – declaring it would be ‘liberating’ if they came out.

‘There are also gay Bundesliga couples who are in hiding,’ he continued.

‘That would be so liberating. What’s wrong with it.’

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Saudi Arabia Opens First Alcohol Store, Nigerian Muslims React

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April 25, 2024

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Nigerian Muslims have gone on X to express outrage after it was announced that Saudi Arabia has opened its first alcohol store in Riyadh.

Alcohol consumption is against the teachings of Islam and Saudi Arabia, a Muslim country, has always obeyed to this law by forbidding the operation of alcohol stores in the country.

However, for the first time, the country opened its first alcohol store in the diplomatic quarter of its capital Riyadh.

After it was announced on X, Nigerian Muslims took to the platform to express their displeasure.

“Disgraceful,” one Nigerian Muslim wrote on X. “They’re slowly turning Saudi Arabia into Las Vegas and it’s making me mad. At the rate they’re going , very soon they’ll legalize prostitution and same sex marriage in our most sacred city.”

Nigerian Muslims read the riot act after Saudi Arabia opened its first alcohol store.

Another said: “It’s baffling and disgusting to see that Saudi Arabia has opened the first alcohol store in Riyadh.

“I wonder why the current crown prince is going against the teachings of the holy prophet by accommodating western cultures in a country like Saudi Arabia where the two most holy mosque are situated.

“This is an insult to the religion of peace and the entire Muslim ummah. It’s disgraceful.”

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VIDEO: Meet Nigerian Pastor Who Predicted World Will End April 25

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April 25, 2024

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An unidentified Nigerian pastor has stirred reactions on social media by following a prophetic revelation that the world would end on the 25th of April 2024.

In a video which has since gone viral, the pastor disclosed that God informed him of the end of the world during a prayer session.

The pastor emphasised that he clearly saw the date and that God mentioned it to him twice.

He said, “By the 25th of April, the world is going to end. If you like take this serious, if you don’t like don’t take it serious.

“But this is real, rapture is coming, on the 25th of April 2024, I saw it very clear, do you understand? I saw the date very clear and the lord ministered to me. He mentioned it twice, it has happened twice.”

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VIDEO: Nigerian Pastor Claims World Will End April 25th
An unidentified Nigerian pastor has stirred reactions on social media by following a prophetic revelation that the world would end on the 25th of April 2024.
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