Tag: Nigeria Elections 2023

  • Chioma Akpotha and Georgina Onuoha continue to fight on Instagram over election

    Chioma Akpotha and Georgina Onuoha continue to fight on Instagram over election

    During the election, Chioma alleged that she was “abused and beaten” after thugs had disrupted the process at her polling unit in Eti-Osa LGA, Lagos.

    Veteran Nigerian actresses, Georgina Onuoha and Chioma Akpotha are at loggerheads.

    The actresses have resumed their fight on Instagram over last Saturday’s presidential election.

    During the election, Chioma alleged that she was “abused and beaten” after thugs had disrupted the process at her polling unit in Eti-Osa LGA, Lagos.

    Georgina, however, tackled Chioma, saying she has no right to complain. 

    She also alleged that during the 2019 election, Chioma warned her against sharing posts on people lamenting about rigging and violence at polling units.

    Georgina said it led to a now 4-year-old rift between the pair. She also referred to Chioma as a “cow shouting” over electoral violence.

    But in a fresh altercation between the actresses, Chioma described Georgina as an “enemy within” in an Instagram post.

    Chioma dared Georgina to provide evidence of payments she allegedly received from politicians to campaign for them in 2019 or face legal action.

    She also shared a screenshot of the messages she sent to Georgina four years ago. 

    “The enemy within,” she wrote.

    “I am using this medium to ask Georgina Onuoha to present evidence that any politician on the face of the earth DEAD OR ALIVE paid me to campaign for them 4 years ago and even this year as she has constantly insinuated. Failure to do so, she will be hearing from my lawyers. God bless Nigeria. 

    “My correspondence with her from 4 years ago will be in my next post.”

    “You can feel or fool people who just got to know you today, yesterday or they know your social media handle and they don’t know the real you. You are a grifter. You are very supercilious,” she said.

    “I’ve always known you to be a lover of money. You have character and integrity hence I redefine our friendship.

    “You are only loyal and care for people or others when it is financially beneficial to you. We call that Social climbing. I bet I have known you way better than anyone you are hanging around with today.

    “They will have a taste of the real you someday.

    “I will advise against bringing in family, kids, and marriage, it will not go well for you as many people know you well before this repackaged Chioma.

    “Thank your God my old account was hacked, the world would have known what a callous person you are.”

  • Voilent scenes from Nigeria’s 2023 presidential elections

    Voilent scenes from Nigeria’s 2023 presidential elections

    Nigeria’s 2023 presidential elections that begun yesterday has recorded violence in some states.

    Even though videos circulating on social media does not come as a surprise, the world was somewhat anticipating Nigeria will for once be said of conducting elections void of violence.

    But the evidence on netizans has not changed the status quo attributed to Nigerians.

    Here are tweets of the chaos and violence that ensued yesterday;

  • Nigeria Elections 2023: The US embassy warns Nigerian citizens about potential protests

    Nigeria Elections 2023: The US embassy warns Nigerian citizens about potential protests

    The United States Embassy in Nigeria has alerted its citizens in Nigeria on possible protests and restricted movements on February 25 and March 11.

    In a notice on its website, the Embassy advised its nationals to avoid rallies as “they can turn violent with little or no notice”.

    The Embassy also advised American citizens in Nigeria to have three days of food and water at home in case movement restrictions are extended beyond election days.

    The notice was titled, ‘Security Alert – Possible Protests Leading to Elections and Restricted Movements on Election Days’.

    “The Government of Nigeria will restrict the movement of all personal vehicles on election days across the country,” it read in part. “Information from the Government of Nigeria indicates that only law enforcement personnel and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)-accredited election observers will be allowed to move freely along the roads.”

    “Based on past election practice, we anticipate personal vehicles will be blocked from any and all attempted road movement from 00:00 until 18:00 February 25 and 00:00 until 18:00 March 11.

    “Please be advised that movement restrictions may be extended at any time. Be alert to Government of Nigeria information about the restrictions.”

    Protests broke out across states in Nigeria amid scarcity of new naira notes and petrol last week. Banks and Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) were vandalised by frustrated Nigerians whose moneys are trapped in the banking system.

    Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari last Thursday banned old N500 and N1,000 notes and extended the validity of old N200 notes till April 10, 2023 but at least 10 governors have approached the Supreme Court to step aside the directive of the President in the case set to hear on February 22.

    Source: channelstv.com