The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has cautioned his supporters to be tolerant of other viewpoints. This appeal comes days after Obi’s supporters had attacked the Senior Pastor of Covenant Christian Centre, Poju Oyemade over his social media post. Also, Obi’s supporters have come under scrutiny in the past weeks because of their hateful comments, abusive and insulting words at anyone who campaigns for their own candidate. On his verified Twitter account, (@peterobi) , Obi urged his supporters to be “tolerant of other people’s views, dissent and divergent opinions & possibly learn from them.” He advised them to channel their energy to ways of selling his candidacy to his critics to attain the ultimate goals for the country. “While the frustration and anger in the country are understandable, we must strive to channel that energy positively in ways that will earn the support and collaboration of others. “Even as our message continues to gain broa...
If you’re expecting this article to be about rugby, I’ll have to disappoint you. This is a tale of the most lopsided competitive international football match in history, one with a scoreline so extraordinary that it has taken on its own urban legend to the extent that the first result Google returns for the search term ‘31-0’ is a Wikipedia article pertaining to the day in April 2001 that American Samoa made worldwi to FIFA only giving Oceania a play-off berth in qualification for the finals, rather than one automatic passage. As if the Australians needed any more of an advantage, they got one in the form of a customs oversight which restricted all but one of the American Samoa senior squad from travelling; as the vast majority of the squad held passports for Samoa, a sovereign state with its own FIFA affiliation, they were ineligible to feature. Goalkeeper Nicky Salapu had the dubious honour of being permitted to travel. Also, with most of the nation’s under-20 squad in the middle o...