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24-hours ago, Oby Ezekwesili announced her withdrawal from 2019 presidential race saying she has opted to help build a coalition to defeat the APC and PDP in the February 16, 2019 election. (Read  HERE ) Though INEC has rejected her withdrawal (Read  HERE ), Senator Ben Bruce in a subtle way  also described Ezekwesili as a 'Yahoo Boy' by retweeting a message that reads,  'declare for President. Collect donations into millions. Refuse to campaign. Quit race. Become richer. Madam Oby Ezekwesili is a yahoo boy'.

Venezuelan President  Nicolás Maduro  said his government was breaking relations with the United States and gave diplomatic personnel 72 hours to leave the country after  President Donald Trump  on Wednesday backed the country's opposition leader,  Juan Guaidó , as interim president.   Hours later, Secretary of State  Mike Pompeo  issued a statement saying the U.S. does not recognize the Maduro regime as the country's government.  "Accordingly the United States does not consider former president Nicolas Maduro to have the legal authority to break diplomatic relations with the United States or to declare our diplomats persona non grata."   Guaidó, 35, the leader of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, had earlier declared himself interim president as hundreds of thousands marched in Caracas demanding an end to Maduro's government. In a statement, President Trump said: " In its role as the only legitimate branch of government duly el

Hours after she announced her withdrawal from the Presidential race in order to form a coalition with other political parties, the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN)  which is the political party of former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili, says it will be supporting President Buhari’s re-election bid. The national chairman of the party and Ezekwesili's running mate at the time, Gani Galadinma, spoke to newsmen this morning and said Ezekwesili only wanted to use the ACPN platform to negotiate to become a finance minister whenever a new government assumes office later in the year.  Galadinma added that she never informed the party of her decision to withdraw from the presidential race. He said the party may take her to court as it is obvious to them that she was never serious all along. Galadinma added that Ezekwesili paid N100, 000 for the party's presidential form which was put at N10.5million.  “The reason for calling this press conference is to let t

Nigerian journalist based in Ghana, Tope Aileru has just shared an interesting perspective on the 2019 general elections in NIgeria. According to him,  'the elections on February 16 and March 2, 2019 will not hold on social media. If you don't have business with voting (politics), stop wasting your data'. He went on to say, 'I can't deal with the energy I see people waste on unnecessary arguments and fights on social media over this elections, when indeed those stuffs would eventually count for nothing. More than 50% of those exchanging rants and bats on social media don't even have PVC, not to talk about having any influence they can pull on votes. And yet, they are the ones who do more than 10 political posts per day. Politics is business and if you don't have anything to buy or sell in that market, I advise you spare your time and data on how to make your life better, personally.

South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority has withdrawn corruption charges against former   President Jacob Zuma ’s son   Duduzane   because the allegations against him are being handled in another inquiry. The case was due to be heard in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Thursday. Duduzane is accused of helping to organize a meeting with Mcebisi Jonas, then deputy finance minister, in which a member of the Gupta family, who are friends with the Zumas, allegedly offered him the post of finance minister in exchange for a bribe.   Jonas has testified at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry, whose investigations into state corruption include the Guptas allegedly using their relationship with Jacob Zuma to influence government appointments. Zuma and the Guptas deny any wrongdoing.   The prosecuting authority states in the letter that is was “not in the interests of justice” to continue with the case against Duduzane because Jonas’s evidence before the Zondo

Presidential candidate, Fela Durotoye, has rejected vehemently suggestions that himself and other presidential candidates should form a pact with PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. He said this on Instagram while replying a user who made the suggesstion. See their exchange below.

The All Progressives Congress candidate for the Edo State House of Assembly, Michael Ohio-Ezomon, has been abducted by unknown gunmen from his house at Eme-Ora, Owan West Local Government Area of the state. Confirming the incident, the state police commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu, said Ohio-Ezomon was asleep in his home when the gunmen forced their way in and abducted him at about 1am today. His orderly was killed during a fire exchange with the gunmen.  The police boss said no contact had been established with the gunmen. Meanwhile, the body of the orderly has been deposited in a mortuary in the area.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the withdrawal of Oby Ezekwesili as presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN). According to the electoral commission, it is too late for any candidate to withdraw from contesting any position in the upcoming elections. Ezekwesili announced her withdrawal this morning saying she wanted to give room for a coalition against candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC). But reacting via a statement, Rotimi Oyekanmi, chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, said November 17 was the last date for withdrawal.   The statement read: “It is impossible for any presidential candidate to withdraw from the race now. According to the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2019 General Elections, the last day for withdrawal by candidates or replacement of withdrawn candidates by political parties was 17th November, 2018 for Presidential and N

On Thursday morning, Oby Ezekwesili announced her withdrawal from 2019 presidential race saying she has opted to help build a coalition to defeat the All Progressives Congress and the People’s Democratic Party in the February 16, 2019 election. (Read   HERE ) As expected, her decision is generating mixed reactions among Nigerians and while many applaud her decision others feel she has just dashed the hopes of Nigeria having a female president at this time. Suzzette @queensuzzette Oby Ezekwesili bows out of Presidential Race, Madam Oby has just destroyed the hopes of Nigeria having a female president 24 7:58 AM - Jan 24, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 31 people are talking about this Mohamed Salah @Moko_polo Madam oby I saw this coming that why I leave you to campaign for # SoworeRufai2019 2 8:10 AM - Jan 24, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy See Mohamed Salah's other Tw