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Senator Binani makes history beats Ribadu, others to clinch Adamawa APC guber ticket
History was made in Adamawa on Thursday when Senator Aishatu Binani defeated all the male contestants in the APC guber race in the state to clinch the APC ticket for the 2023 polls. Binani against all odds defeated former Commissioner of Police and EFCC boss, Nuhu Ribadu and former governor of the state Mohammed
JUST IN: Abaribe joins APGA, resigns as Senate Minority Leader
The haemorrhage of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which started on Wednesday with the exit of one of its presidential aspirants, Mr. Peter Obi, continued on Friday when Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe also dumped the opposition party. Abaribe has now joined the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), on which platform he intends to recontest for
Alleged fraud: Court rejects Rochas Okorocha’s bail plea
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, refused to admit Sen. Rocha’s Okorocha, who is currently in the EFCC’s custody, to a bail. Justice Inyang Ekwo, instead, ordered Okorocha, through his lawyer, Ola Olanipekun (SAN), to put the anti-graft agency on notice. Olanipekun had, in an ex-parte motion marked FHC/ABJ/CR/28/2022, prayed the court to grant Okorocha bail
Int’l friendlies: We’ll make the best of what we have – Peseiro
*Ekong, Simon, 18 others in Dallas for Mexico, Ecuador games Coach José Santos Peseiro has opted for positivity and pragmatism as he starts his managerial stint with Nigeria having to deal with the forced absence of a number of key players, including Captain Ahmed Musa, from the prestige friendly games against Mexico and Ecuador in
Court declares Jonathan eligible to contest 2023 presidency
A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa on Friday declared former President Goodluck Jonathan eligible to contest the 2023 presidential election. Jonathan was inaugurated as Nigeria’s President in 2010 following the death of his principal, late Umaru Yar’Adua in 2007. In 2015, while running for another term, a court ruled that Jonathan was eligible to contest
N6bn Defamation Suit: Supreme Court dismisses Dakuku Peterside’s appeal against Odili
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal brought before it by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 general election, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, seeking to set aside a judgment of lower courts on the N6 billion defamation suit filed against him by a former governor of Rivers State,
PDP aspirant demands transparency in primary re-run
A Lagos State House of Assembly aspirant under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Adewunmi Adebayo, has demanded a level playing field following last Sunday’s primary election which ended in a stalemate. Adebayo, an aspirant in the Somolu Constituency, secured eight votes in the primary, the same as his closest challenger, while
Alleged N96bn Fraud: You have case to answer, Supreme Court tells Amaechi
Tunde Oyesina, Abuja The Supreme Court on Friday ordered a Presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi to go and face the Commission of Inquiry set up by the Rivers State Government to investigate his complicity in an alleged N96 billion fraud and alleged fraudulent
JUST IN: Multiple accident on Otedola Bridge
…fully loaded tanker, 4 vehicles involved Muritala Ayinla Motorists on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway may experience an unusual traffic jam Friday following an early morning multiple accident involving a tanker conveying 45000 litres and four other vehicles. New Telegraph learnt that the accident left the tanker overturned while it spilt its contents on the ever busy
UEFA League: Courtois ready for penalties against Liverpool
Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has said he will not be afraid to take a penalty if their Champions League final against Liverpool goes the distance on Saturday. Courtois has an impressive record saving penalties this season, having stopped three of his five faced, including one from Lionel Messi against Paris Saint-Germain in the
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