{"id":5440,"date":"2023-01-14T13:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T13:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/14\/todays-headlines-nigeria-under-a-curse-fr-mbaka-why-rigging-will-be-difficult-rotimi-akeredolu\/"},"modified":"2023-01-14T13:46:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T13:46:02","slug":"todays-headlines-nigeria-under-a-curse-fr-mbaka-why-rigging-will-be-difficult-rotimi-akeredolu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/14\/todays-headlines-nigeria-under-a-curse-fr-mbaka-why-rigging-will-be-difficult-rotimi-akeredolu\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Headlines: Nigeria Under A Curse \u2013 Fr Mbaka, Why Rigging Will Be Difficult \u2013 Rotimi Akeredolu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><strong>Nigeria under a curse \u2013 Fr Mbaka <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, Rev Father Ejike Mbaka has revealed that Nigeria is under a curse. Mbaka said Nigeria is cursed with bad leadership.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Daily Post Nigeria <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Delivering his first sermon at the Adoration ground on Friday, Mbaka said God has blessed Nigeria with everything despite the curse. \u201cNigeria is blessed with everything but cursed with bad leadership,\u201d he said.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/51c9095c7eaa4de192c5ed3756038256\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On his return from the monastery abroad, the priest said 2023 is a year of favor and prayed that his congregation would not labor in vain. Recall that the outspoken Catholic priest was moved out of the Adoration ministry following his suspension.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why rigging will be difficult \u2013 Akeredolu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Less than two months to the 2023 elections, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has said it would be difficult to rig the polls. Akeredolu said with the introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, rigging would be difficult.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/efa1166fed974880877cf68e8d682a96\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Daily Post Nigeria<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>He spoke in his office when he received in the audience the retiring Resident Electoral Commissioner in the State, Rufus Akeju. The Governor described the introduction of BVAS as a laudable development in Nigeria\u2019s electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>Akeredolu applauded the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for deploying technology to strengthen the electoral process and reinforce confidence. He noted that the introduction of technology has made rigging difficult, adding that it would ensure the All Progressives Congress, APC, will emerge victorious in every election.<\/p>\n<p><strong>APC support group says Tinubu\u2019ll do better than Obi, Atiku<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(17, 17, 17);\">A support group, Likeminds Initiative for Tinubu, says Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of All Progressives Congress(APC) is better qualified to lead Nigeria than any other candidate in Feb. 25 presidential election.<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/faa00666f8364545917fdd3ef2845ed0\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: rgb(17, 17, 17);\">Source: Vanguard News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(17, 17, 17);\">Mr. Augustine Esiekpe, the National Coordinator, LikeMinds Initiative For Tinubu, said this at a strategic meeting to mobilize voters for Tinubu\/Shettima for the general election in Abuja on Saturday. According to him, an Asiwaju as president will do a better job as president than Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar, he will be sagacious, strong will and effect the needed change in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(17, 17, 17);\">Esiekpe said that Tinubu had a better character than any other presidential candidate in the race. He said former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar shouldn\u2019t have joined the 2023 presidential race, because it was the turn of the South to rule. \u201cThe North as represented by President Muhammadu Buhari has had its eight years share, so what is Atiku looking for, where is he representing?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Opposition mobilizes Tunisians to protest against the president<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(17, 17, 17);\">Opposition parties and other disgruntled Tunisians staged a protest against the country\u2019s economic crisis on Saturday. The protesters registered their grievances against the president\u2019s increasingly authoritarian idea, to mark 12 years since Tunisian protesters unleashed Arab Spring uprisings around the region.<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/9969cfc3311349cea47ceaa8eb5d7f14\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: rgb(17, 17, 17);\">Source: Vanguard News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to VOA, the protest was launched against the disastrous parliamentary elections last month in which just 11% of voters cast ballots. The elections were meant to change and redesign a legislature that President Kais Saied dissolved in 2021. The second round has been set for January 29.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(17, 17, 17);\">It was staged in the capital, Tunis as the North African nation is going through a major economic crisis, with inflation and joblessness on the rise. 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