‘Google, Facebook, Twitter are so biased’ – Donald Trump

President of United States of America, Donald Trump has again accused Facebook,Twitter and Google of being biased towards him.

Trump accused the America’s tech giants of having a liberal bias and claiming Twitter was making it more difficult for people to follow his account.

He laid the allegation in a post on his verified Twitter page on Tuesday.

Trump wrote: “Facebook, Twitter and Google are so biased toward the Dems, it is ridiculous.

“Twitter, in fact, has made it much more difficult for people to join Donald Trump. They have removed many names and greatly slowed the level and speed of increase. They have acknowledged-done NOTHING.”

MEDIA recalls that US congress summoned Google CEO, Sundar Pichai to explain why the photo of its president, Trump comes up when you type the word ‘Idiot’.

However, Pichai denied allegation of being ‘politically biased, saying Google has no manual control of its search results.

Meanwhile, Trump at the moment has over 56m followers on Twitter, his favourite platform and pundits say he may be angry that his predecessor Barack Obama has 104million followers.

Saraki reacts to death of Ex-Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh

Senate President, Bukola Saraki has reacted to death of Former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Sabundu Badeh.

MEDIA had reported that Badeh who rose to the rank of Air Chief Marshal in the Nigerian military, died from gunshot wounds he sustained after his vehicle was attacked while returning from his farm along Abuja-Keffi Road on Tuesday.

Reacting, Saraki, while commiserating with family of the the deceased, said Nigeria had suffered a great loss.

He, however, prayed that God grants him eternal rest.

He said, “Nigeria has suffered another great loss with the passing of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh.

“My heartfelt prayers go to his family and our Armed Forces at this tragic time. May the Almighty grant him eternal rest. Amin.”

Trevor Noah suffers vocal cord damage, postpones shows

Popular comedian, Trevor Noah has announced a break from stand-up comedy for the rest of the year.

The comedian who recently headlined Global Citizen festival in celebration of Nelson Mandela’s life said this on Wednesday.

Writing on his Twitter page, he revealed that he is suffering a damage to his vocal cord.

He, however, promised to come back stronger and work hard on rehabbing his voice.

Noah wrote: “Sad news that I don’t have a voice right now, I thought that my vocal cords were healed but according to the doctor, flying 36 hours and hosting a giant concert in South Africa didn’t help me.

“I hate canceling shows but I also hate the idea of losing my voice forever so I’m postponing all this year’s stand up shows.”

Noah, also a producer, political commentator, actor, and television host, is known for hosting The Daily Show, an American satirical news program on Comedy Central.

Biafra: IPOB slams Asari Dokubo for faulting Nnamdi Kanu

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has defended its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in the row he has with ex-leader of Niger-Delta militants, Asari Dokubo, over the boycott of 2019 elections.

IPOB deputy leader, Uche Mefor, in a statement yesterday said the pro-Biafra group was not interested in Dokubo’s ‘lectures’ on how to achieve its objectives.

Recall that Nnamdi Kanu had urged IPOB supporters and sympathizers in the two geopolitical zones of south east and south south to shun the 2019 general elections unless the Federal Government announced a date for Biafra referendum.

But Asari Dokubo expressed disagreement over the call for the boycott of the 2019 general elections by Nnamdi Kanu, arguing that heeding Kanu’s advice was suicidal since it would be tantamount to empowering those opposed to the Biafra aspirations with resources from the national treasury to frustrate the people’s struggle.

He went further to point out that pro-independent agitators in Spain, Ireland and Palestine contested elections and won seats into political offices in a bid to push their agenda rather than boycott general elections in their respective nations.

Picking holes in Dokubo’s argument, Uche Mefor, said: “Whether Catalonia, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Hamas, used election to control their territories or not, that is their business. Their examples are incongruent and serves no purpose in our circumstance as it stands. On our part, IPOB has taken a decision to use civil disobedience manifesting in so many ways including election boycott and that we must do.

“We do not believe in the recalibration nor extinguishing of our averred principles on the altar of political expediency and certainly, don’t need any lectures on what or how to go about the path we have chosen.

“Hamas started by fighting wars, IRA started by fighting wars and same with Catalonia and even Scotland and these violences gave rise to their attaining political statuses they have today. Why then are those who claim to be Biafra freedom fighters not fighting like Hamas, IRA, etc if citing them is a standard?”

2019: Oshiomhole carpets APC governors

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has described some state governors on the party’s platform as poor students of history.

Oshiomhole spoke after receiving the APC women leaders from Edo State and Abuja, who paid him a solidarity visit in his office in Aso Drive, Abuja.

Governors Rochas Okorocha of Imo, Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun and Abdul-Aziz Yari of Zamfara are aggrieved that their preferred candidates lost during primaries.

Oshiomhole said, “Those who think our political future is tied to them, they are poor students of their own political history.

“Some of these people who talk as if they are invincible, they have forgotten that they have run elections in the past and lost until they abandoned their parties and joined us. So if they return back, history will repeat itself.

“Whether you are a big or small man, the rules are not supposed to discriminate. Our popularity in Imo and Ogun today is much higher. It is not that once you are a governor you have high electoral value.

“Yes in APC, our governors have high electoral value but we also have a few who are electoral liabilities.”

The former Nigeria Labour Congress President said Nigeria needed to go back to the era where institutions were respected and protected and not powerful individuals.

He added that the actions of the two governors would not affect the fortunes of the party in the elections.

“In Imo state today, APC will win more votes. My focus is on ordinary Imo voters because on that day, the governor would have only one vote, his son-in-law would have only one vote while his Commissioner for Happiness would have only one vote.

“But artisans, traders, teachers and workers whose salaries are not being paid have the same weight of vote and they are excited about the renewed possibility of a new government coming with fresh ideas free of all the encumbrances of the present system. So in Imo I’m very confident.

“Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is from Ogun State. The state is one of the most enlightened States in Nigeria. They have a huge history; they are not in a political kingdom headed by one person.

“If they were looking for true reconciliation, they wouldn’t have done what they did (defection of aides). That is not how democracy works. Nigeria must grow beyond this syndrome ‘I’m the governor, I will decide.’ You have only one vote. With due respect, I was once a governor. Overall APC is much stronger now”.