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A Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, on Friday, adjourned until May 20, to deliver judgment in the case of a Danish, Peter Nielsen, accused of killing his Nigerian wife and daughter. Nielsen, 54, is standing trial on a two-count charge of murder. The defendant is accused of killing his wife and singer, Zainab, and their three-year-old daughter, Petra. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile had on March 1, after adoption of final written address by both prosecution and defence, reserved judgment for Friday (May 6). However, on Friday, the court did…
The Chairman of the Yoruba Ronu Group (YRG), Prince Diran Iyantan, on Friday expressed support for calls that Presidency should be zoned to the South in 2023. Iyantan, who stated this in a statement in Akure, cautioned politicians promoting the concept of a northern presidency. He said that the call for a northern presidency could be viewed as an attempt to heat up the polity and to “further polarise the country for more troubles than the ones on our hands at present.” Iyantan, a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Ondo State, alleged that Nigerian political elite…
Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp on Friday questioned the validity of tickets allocation for the 2021/2022 UEFA Champions League final match scheduled for Paris. The German expressed his concern after the club received less than 20,000 for the May 28 showpiece against Real Madrid. The Stade de France holds more than 81,000 but both clubs have received just 19,618 apiece –— well below half the capacity of the ground in Paris. There are a total of 75,000 tickets available, with 12,000 on general sale via a ballot which closed last month. Prices range from 50 pounds (62 dollars) to 578 pounds.…
Former Governor of Zamfara, Sen. Ahmed Yerima, has joined the presidential race, after disclosing his intention to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Nigerian leader received the former governor few minutes after returning from a two-day working visit to Ebonyi on Friday. Speaking to State House correspondents after the closed door meeting with the president, Yerima said he would be seeking the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to enable him contest the forthcoming 2023 presidential election. Speaking about his plans to set things straight for Nigeria, Yerima said he would be focusing on…
Governor of Lagos State Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy Obafemi Hamzat today got an endorsement from National leader of the All Progressive Congress Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The endorsement put paid to speculations that have gone rife that Sanwo-Olu May have been dumped for another choice said to be retired Permanent Secretary Olorunfemi Mustapha.
Former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Friday purchased his presidential nomination forms ahead of the May 30 primaries of the All Progressive Congress. Also, the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has on Friday obtained the N100 million Expression of Interest and Nomination forms of the APC. Their entry into the race as well as that of a senator Ajayi Borofice from Ondo State have created new ripples within the APC as the party matches ahead for its primaries. NPO had earlier reported that some associates of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria,…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Godwin Emefiele has formally ended all speculations over his 2023 presidential ambition. A group of professionals on Friday purchased his form to contest the ticket of the All Progressive Congress. Also, some Niger Delta agitators said Emefiele is the best man for the job just as they canvassed for support for him. The nomination and expression of interest forms were said to have been paid for on Friday. However, no confirmation of the development has been heard from the CBN Governor. Speculations had been rife over his ambition for months. He…
President Muhammadu Buhari has met leaders of the pan-Igbo socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Ebonyi on Friday. The president also met other opinion leaders from the region over the rate of insecurity in the region. Top on the issues for discussions was said to be the security situation in the region and the case of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Buhari was received by Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State and some other governors of the APC, including the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, at the Akanu…
Presidential aspirants from the South-West are approaching today’s meeting of leaders of the All Progressive Congress with some elders of the party from the zone with uncertainties over its possible outcome. Former interim chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande and former Ogun State Governor, Aremo Segun Osoba, had called for the meeting of all aspirants who have declared interests so far to contest the ticket of the party ahead of the 2023 poll. Already, there are the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former Governor Bola Tinubu, former Governor Ibikunle Amosun, serving Governor Kayode Fayemi who have all purchased the N100m…
Sen. Ken Nnamani, an All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, says it will amount to injustice for the party to jettison zoning in the 2023 general elections. He said this on Thursday in Abuja shortly after picking his Nomination and Expression of Interest form for the 2023 presidential race. The former Senate President said that zoning had become a reality in the nation’s political history. He said that the agitation about zoning by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, an apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, was a justifiable one. He said that he would endeavour to reach out to his political brothers and sisters…