Biodun Olujimi sworn in as senator

Biodun Olujimi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday, took her oath of office to represent Ekiti South in the Senate. The swearing in was done by the Clerk of the Senate, Nelson Ayewoh, at the start of plenary. Her swearing in comes about week after the Court of Appeal in Kaduna declared her winner of the Ekiti South senatorial election held on February 23. She replaced the former Senate spokesperson, Adedayo Adeyeye. Mrs...

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APC has no governorship candidate in Bayelsa, court declares

The Federal High Court, Yenagoa, on Thursday declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) does not have a governorship candidate in the forthcoming election in Bayelsa State. This development is coming two days to the election. The court was presided over by Justice Jane Inyang. The court declaration, on Thursday, was part of its judgement in a case filed by Heineken Lokpobiri, one of the APC governorship aspirants. Mr Lokpobiri,...

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CJN leads Supreme Court panel on Atiku’s appeal

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammadu, is leading the seven-man panel scheduled to hear the appeals in respect of the case instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to challenge the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the February 23, 2019 poll. Justice Muhammad and other six members of the panel filed into the courtroom at about 9.09 a.m. on Wednesday set for the hearing. Other...

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How I rescued my family from poverty – Osimhen

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has narrated how his emergence as a professional footballer saved his family members from difficulties. The Nigerian striker, who plays for Lille in Ligue 1, said life was tough for his siblings after his mother’s death and father’s joblessness. According to him, his father lost his job three months after his mother died. To survive, Osimhen said his brother hawked sports newspapers, while sister sold...

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Abramovich rejects mega offer to sell Chelsea

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has reportedly resisted an opportunity to sell the club and insists the club is not for sale. A mega-rich Middle East consortium proposed a potential takeover offer but it was shrugged off by the Russian, according to the Telegraph. There have been rumours that the billionaire businessman was looking to sell since the UK tightened its regulations on visas for wealthy foreign nationals. He has since barely...

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EFCC tenders Naira Marley’s laptop, iPhone as evidence in court

The trial of musician Naira Marley for alleged credit card fraud opened on Wednesday before the Federal High Court in Lagos, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission tendering as exhibits an Apple laptop and an iPhone said to have been recovered from him. Naira Marley, whose real name is Azeez Fashola, released a song with the title, Am I a Yahoo boy? He is facing 11 counts before Justice Nicholas Oweibo. He pleaded not guilty...

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Police arrest suspected Imo pastor killer

Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Imo State Police Command, on Wednesday, arrested the suspected killers of a pastor, Austin Megwa. Until his killing in August, Megwa was a pastor with the Graceland Assembly Church, Okwuemeke, in the Owerri North Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, confirmed the arrest of the suspects. The police spokesperson said Moses Ijeoma,...

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Governor Fintiri shortlist Atiku's Son among his commissioners

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has forwarded a list of 23 commissioner-nominees to the state House of Assembly for screening and confirmation as commissioners. Prominent among the commissioner designates which is coming five months after Fintiri’s took the oath of office is Adamu Atiku, the first son of Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 general elections. Aminu...

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Chelsea vs Ajax: The Blues stars face acid test against youth kings

Chelsea’s young guns will test their run of form at one of the homes of youth development on Wednesday as they attempt to stop an Ajax team on course to replicate last season’s thrilling Champions League run. The Blues are on a five-match winning streak in all competitions after beating Newcastle United 1-0 at the weekend but come up against the Group H leaders in Amsterdam Ajax are averaging over three goals a game at home and abroad and...

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Kogi, Bayelsa elections: APC, PDP trade accusations over violence

The All Progressives Congress says it has uncovered a plot by the Peoples Democratic Party to unleash violence before and during the November 16 governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states. The party raised the alarm that the PDP was already creating an atmosphere of fear and stage-managed violence while playing the victim. Recall that the PDP in a statement on Sunday alleged that the APC thugs attacked its Kogi governorship candidate,...

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Police arrest Chadian, Nigerien kidnap suspects, recover N10m

The police, on Monday, in Abuja, paraded 81 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers and cyber scammers arrested in Taraba, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara states. Among the suspects were members of a gang made up of Chadian and Nigerien suspected kidnappers and six ex-convicts, who abducted a Sokoto businessman. They were apprehended by the Intelligence Response Team and the Special Tactical Squad of the Nigeria Police Force, which...

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UK donates £22m to tackle malnutrition in North-East

United Kingdom is to tackle malnutrition in troubled North-East of Nigeria with £22 million till March 2022, the United Nations Children Fund has revealed. Speaking to journalists in Maiduguri on Wednesday, Sanjay Das, Nutrition Manager, UNICEF said the funding followed the success of initial fund of $10 million which was expended on the treatment of 233,000 malnourished children in the North-East between October 2018 to May 2019. He said...

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APC cross-appeals tribunal judgment on Buhari’s election

The All Progressives Congress has filed a cross-appeal against the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal which affirmed the election of its candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari. Although the eventual judgment of the tribunal was in its favour, the party is by its cross-appeal challenging some aspects of the September 11, 2019, verdict of the tribunal. In its cross-appeal filed before the Supreme Court, the party...

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2023: PDP BoT banks on Jonathan, Saraki, Wike

The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Walid Jibrin, has said the PDP BoT will embark on strategic talks and engagements with former President Goodluck Jonathan; a former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido; and other presidential aspirants of the party to solidify and position the party to recapture power at the federal level in 2023. The presidential aspirants include a former Senate President,...

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