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Actor Yul Edochie has shared yet another personal opinion about politician, Peter Obi. In a post shared on X this morning, Edochie opined that Obi is not a ‘’true igbo man' as he doesn't have the spirit of Ndi Igbo in him.His post which has generated mixed reactions online, reads‘’Peter Obi is not a true Igbo man.He does not have the spirit of Ndi Igbo in him.He’s not a leader.The true spirit of Ndi Igbo is 'onye aghana nwanne ya'.As you rise you lift others.How can you spend many years in power, many years as a successful business man, yet nobody can say he's successful today because of you.You can't even lift your family members.In Nollywood, there are people who will tell you they’re successful today because of Yul Edochie.Not on...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has updated its official records to reinstate Senator David Mark as the National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, alongside other key members of the party’s National Working Committee.Checks on the INEC website showed that the leadership details for the ADC, showed Mark as chairman and former Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, as National Secretary.Others re-listed include Dr. Mani Ahmad as National Treasurer, Akibu Dalhatu as National Financial Secretary, and Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor as the party’s National Legal Adviser.The commission had earlier in April removed their names from its portal in compliance with a Court of Appeal directive, a move that sparked protests from the Mark-led faction and opposition figures. ...

US President Donald Trump said Thursday he wasn’t keen on wearing a bulletproof vest despite multiple alleged assassination attempts, as he is worried it may make him look fat.“I don’t know if I can handle looking 20 pounds heavier,” Trump told reporters when asked if there were discussions about him wearing a protective vest. Reports in US media said the measure was under consideration following the latest alleged attempt to kill the 79-year-old president at a Washington gala on Saturday.“I’ve been asked about that. I guess it’s something you consider. In one way, you don’t like to do it because you’re giving in to a bad element. And so, I don’t know. But I have been asked about it,” he added.A man has been charged with trying to assassinate the Republican on Saturday night at...

The governor of Edo state, Monday Okpebholo, has claimed that Peter Obi won in the state during the 2023 presidential election, because of the failure of the previous administration.Accordinf to him, Obi does not have the capacity to win the state in 2027.Speaking on Channel Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, Okpebholo also reaffirmed his earlier pledge to deliver 2.5 million votes to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the next general election.He argued that growing public support for the president and the ruling All Progressives Congress would translate into electoral gains in Edo State.“Peter Obi defeated (Tinubu) last time because the governor was not working. The governor then was not working,” he said, attributing the 2023 outcome to what he described as governance ...

The body of a missing American politician has been found de@d inside a truck in rural Oklahoma.Barry Christian, a 54-year-old Republican Senate candidate for District 38 in western Oklahoma, was discovered de@d on Thursday, April 30, after he mysteriously vanished just two days prior, his campaign said in a news release obtained by KOCO.The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation confirmed to the outlet that Christian’s 2024 charcoal gray Ram truck was found just off Highway 30, south of Erick, with a body inside.The truck was located by a ravine near the Sandy Sanders Wildlife Management Area. Because of where the vehicle is located, officials are unable to remove his body, delaying identification, the outlet reported.A large campaign sign for Christian, however, was photog...

The Ondo State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a man who reportedly fled after allegedly k!lling his wife, Mrs Christianah Kutelu, in Ikare-Akoko, Akoko North-East Local Government area of the state. It was gathered that the deceased, who was a staff member of a special needs school, d!ed on Sunday, April 26, 2026 under circumstances suspected to be linked to domestic violence. The suspect allegedly took the victim’s body to a morgue shortly after the incident before disappearing to an unknown destination.Family sources said the matter was reported to the police, raising suspicion over the husband’s involvement in the woman’s d3ath.The spokesperson for the State Police Command, DSP Jimoh Abayomi, confirmed the incident.“The Ondo State Police Command ...