Fury Over Election Rice + Aregbesola Denies Extramarital Affair+Lagos’ Violent Beggars-Anieze Osakwe

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:41:18 +0000

An intense wave of pre-election protests hit Osun State on Monday, with local women taking to the streets to demand an end to political intimidation and call for an impartial, transparent voting process.

The tension heightened as a viral video exposed an Osun businesswoman, Alhaja Falilat Yusuf, openly distributing branded election rice on TikTok and ordering potential voters to back APC candidate Bola Oyebamiji.

Adding to the political drama in Osogbo, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar declared that the best minds reside within the ADC, rallying the electorate behind Najeem Salaam.

While ADC National Secretary Rauf Aregbesola thrilled the crowd by dancing on stage with Dino Melaye and making bold public assertions about his marital fidelity.

Meanwhile, early campaign maneuvering triggered legal questions in Abuja after a convoy of Renewed Hope campaign buses, reportedly funded by Delta-based businessman Tompolo, was spotted ahead of INEC’s official August 19 campaign kick-off date.

In Kano State, a massive ₦1.5 billion mass wedding sponsoring 1,500 couples sparked fierce online debates regarding state spending priorities over pressing local infrastructure and education crises.

On the international front, an emotional viral video showed Uzoamaka, a Nigerian woman serving in the U.S. Army, desperately weeping on TikTok as she begged President Donald Trump for an immigration waiver to bring her severely ill daughter from Nigeria to the United States for life-saving medical care.

Closer to home, severe environmental and social issues continue to impact residents.

In Port Harcourt, a heartbreaking video emerged of a heavily pregnant woman standing in knee-deep floodwaters outside her home, desperately crying out for humanitarian intervention.

In Lagos, a viral video racking up over a million views exposed how criminal syndicates are disguising themselves as violent street beggars, prompting a strong statement from Environment Minister Tokunbo Wahab, who urged the public to stop financially patronizing street beggars to curb lawlessness.

Conversely, the broadcast ends on a highly inspiring note as 16-year-old Nadia Zakaria, daughter of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, independently crowdfunded and commissioned a brand-new orphanage for the Oyiza-Salem Divine Home in Kogi State without a single Naira from her mother.

Media mogul Mo Abudu announced the official October countdown for the grand opening of EbonyLife Place London, the UK's first-ever cinema dedicated exclusively to African and Black cinema.

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