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BREAKING: Tribunal Affirms Ihedioha’s Election As Imo Governor The Imo State Election Tribunal has affirmed the election of Emeka Ihedioha as governor of the state. The chairman of the tribunal, Justice Umar Dogondaji, in his ruling on Saturday, dismissed the petition of Senator Hope Uzodinma because he did not discharge the burden of proof of the allegation that his results were excluded from the final results of the election. He also dismissed the petition of the All Progressives Grand Alliance and its governorship candidate Senator Ifeanyi Arareume for lacking in merit as well as that of the candidate of the Action Alliance Party, Mr. Uche Nwosu, for incompetence. The witnesses were discredited under cross-examination. They all confirmed that there was no signature of the presiding officers on the documents they tendered as the results of the election in the various units in the state. The judgment was delivered at the FCT High Court in Jabi, Abuja after a brie...

Chukwueze started the game on the bench and took the place of Moi Gomez in the 66th minute. Veteran Spanish midfielder, Santi Carzola put Villarreal ahead from the spot in the 7 7th minute. Javi Ontiveros netted the second goal a minute from time with Chukwueze providing the assist. Chukwueze has so far scored once and recorded an assist in four league appearances for the Yellow Submarines. Villarreal’s next league game is against Barcelona at the Nou Camp on Tuesday

Daily Trust reports that Alhassan popularly known as Mama Taraba made this revelation during a stakeholders meeting of her former party, United Democratic party (UDP), Mama Taraba was a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress while she served as minister under the Muhammadu Buhari administration. At the stakeholder’s meeting, it was disclosed that an opinion poll of the UDP conducted after the 2019 general elections indicated that members of the party from 168 wards in 16 local government areas of the state agreed to decamp to PDP. She said she had no choice but to accept the decision of the party and join the PDP. While serving as minister, Alhassan caused a stir when she was caught on video saying she would support Atiku Abubakar presidential candidacy. Meanwhile, Buhari said it would have been traumatic if he had lost the tribunal. The tribunal had dismissed the petition filed by Atiku of the PDP on Wednesday, September 11.

For asking Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to apologize to Nigerians rather than appeal his loss at the election tribunal, Lai Mohammed, Information Minister, has been told that he’s smoking weed. Mr Abubakar lost his case at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) where he challenged the outcome of the election that ushered in President Muhammadu Buhari into his second and final term as a democratic leader. In delivering judgement Wednesday, the tribunal struck out the entire petition of the former vice president for failing to prove beyond reasonable doubt why the PDP candidate and his party should be declared winner of the February 23 exercise. Reacting to the decision of the PEPT, Mr Mohammed urged the PDP candidate, popularly known as Atiku, to apologize to Nigerians and shelve reported plans to challenge the decision of the tribunal at the highest court in the land. Although he is yet to react to the judgemen...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has explained that he congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari after the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal confirmed his election because it is better to offer public congratulations than visit the President at night. Governor Wike said that unlike some Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) who visit President Muhammadu Buhari at night, he made his declaration public because it came from the heart. He spoke at the Funeral Service in honour of Late Madam Blessing Awuse, Mother of Onha Sergent Chidi Awuse, at the St Luke's Anglican Church, Emohua on Thursday. He said: " I am sure all of you are surprised that I congratulated Buhari. Is it not good for me to congratulate him, than to go to his house in the night?" "So many PDP Govenrors go to see him in his house in the night. I have never gone and I will not go. I won't go." "We are the only state that the Federal Government refused t...

South African Returnees To Receive N40,000 Airtime, 9GB Data For 2 Months – NIDCOM Boss The Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said that the Nigerians returning from South Africa will receive sim cards with airtime worth N40,000 and 9GB of valid data for two months. Mrs Dabiri-Erewa disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement through Gabriel Odu for Media Unit of the Commission, when she received the first batch of 187 Nigerians on-board an Air Peace Flight at the Murtala Muhammed Airport. She also stated that returnees will receive transport stipend to convey them to their various destinations, as well as a soft loan from the Bank of Industry to support those interested in small trade and businesses. Mrs Dabiri-Erewa added that a program of reintegration will be put in place subsequently. Also officials of the Bank of Industry were on hand to brief them. Commending the Management of Air Peace for the kind gesture, the Cha...

Florentino Perez spoke at Real Madrid's General Assembly on Wednesday and spoke about signings including their attempts to sign Robert Lewandowski and Paul Pogba, departures and LaLiga television rights. "We went for Lewandowski in different years and they wouldn't sell," he said. "It was the same situation with Pogba." When asked about Kylian Mbappé, Florentino admitted that "obviously we like a French player and we will go for him but they won't sell him to us." On last season, Perez says "you have to be self-critical but also put value in everything that has been won. We won four Champions League." Madrid's president also has an issue with LaLiga trying to grapple control of their rights off them and balance the playing field. "They are trying to collectivize rights that belong to us. This kind of thing wouldn't even happen in Russia." Women's football at Real Madrid "Many members and fans wit...

In January of 2010, Roger Federer had 16 grand slams to his name and Rafael Nadal had six. Now, though, Federer is feeling the breath of Nadal behind him as that gap reduced to one this Sunday with the Spaniard's US Open victory over Daniil Medvedev. Only one title separates the two tennis greats after Nadal's fourth American major took him onto 19 grand slams, while Novak Djokovic is a little further behind with 16. The beginning of next season is exciting and the mid-January Australian Open will bring the story back into the limelight. It'll be the first time that the Spaniard will have had the chance to level with the Swiss, but Djokovic has warned that he wants to be in the conversation too. For now, though, it's Nadal and Federer at the top of the game. "I don't know if I'm going to win another one at 38," Federer said after falling out of this year's US Open. "I don't have a crystal ball."

It seemed that Rafael Nadal was cruising to victory in the 2019 US Open final against Daniil Medvedev, but the Russian came back from two sets down to force a fifth set and that's when the world number two eventually got the job done. Nadal won the match in New York 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, a contest that lasted four hours and 48 minutes. It was an incredible match, with Medvedev doing a brilliant job to stay in it after Nadal won a tight first set and a more comfortable second set. The Spaniard even led 3-1 in the third, but Medvedev was able to keep firing and he embarked on a run that took Nadal some time to stop. Nadal broke his opponent in a 28-shot rally to go 3-2 up in the decisive set, but the drama wasn't done there. They each lost their serve once more, before Nadal served for his fourth US Open championship - and eventually sealed the deal.

Have you heard of the new special data offer that gives 1GB for just N200 and 2GB for N500? This is by far the cheapest data subscription plan for the new month of August and it is coming from the second-largest telecom provider in Nigeria, Airtel. By the way, have you heard that Airtel is now the 2nd largest telecom provider in Nigeria? According to the latest report released by NCC, Airtel is now the second-largest Telecom provider in Nigeria, a position Glo occupied for years. July subscriber data released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Airtel gained a total of 906,400 customers in July to become second. Airtel currently has 123,327 subscribers more than Globacom that has occupied the position for years. Now that Airtel has acquired the position as the 2nd largest telecom provider in Nigeria, they’ll try all they can to maintain that position. So, if you are not eligible or no longer eligible for 1GB for N200 on MTN and 9mobile 1GB for N200, then it is the ...

Robert Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe with an iron fist from 1980 to 2017, has died aged 95, the country’s president announced Friday. First heralded as a liberator who rid the former British colony of Rhodesia of white minority rule, Mugabe used repression and fear to hold on to power in Zimbabwe until he was finally ousted by his previously loyal military generals. “It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing on of Zimbabwe’s founding father and former President… Robert Mugabe,” Emmerson Mnangagwa said in a tweet. “Mugabe was an icon of liberation, a pan-Africanist who dedicated his life to the emancipation and empowerment of his people. His contribution to the history of our nation and continent will never be forgotten.” Mugabe had been battling ill health, and his humiliating fall from office in November 2017, his stamina seeped away rapidly. He was hospitalised in Singapore for months for an undisclosed ailment, Mnangagwa had confirmed earlier this year. No...

Engr. Musa Wada has emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flag bearer for the November 16 governorship election. Musa Wada, a younger brother of the immediate past Governor Idris Wada, who also contested for the ticket, scored 748 votes to clinch the party ticket. He was closely followed by Abubakar Mohammed Ibrahim, the son of a former governor, Ibrahim Idris (Ibro), who polled 710 votes. The immediate past governor, Capt. Wada, came third with 345 votes while Senator Dino Melaye polled 70 vote to emerge fourth. Others include Aminu Suleiman- 55 votes, Victor Adoji-54, Erico Joseph- 42, AVM Saliu Atawodi (retd.)- 11, Emmanuel Omebije- 9 votes, Mohammed Shuaibi- 4 votes, Bayo Michael- 2 votes and Jabiru Haruna- 0. Counting resumed on Wednesday in the disrupted Kogi Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary. The exercise, which was ongoing ended abruptly in the early hours of Wednesday following the invasion of the Lokoja Confluence Stadium, venue of the...

Angry Nigerians went on rampage on Wednesday, September 4, in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, in protest against attacks on the country’s citizens in South Africa. The protesters, according to The Nation, blocked the roads, burnt tyres and attacked a mast belonging to one of the telecommunications companies operating in Nigeria. Premium Times further reports that the protesters stormed a business orgaisation with roots in South Africa forcing men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to mobilize to the scene. The report added that the protesters were prevented by the police from attacking the mall. It was earlier reported that some Nigerians staged a massive protest at Shoprite premises along the Lekki-Epe Expressway, which has led to huge traffic gridlock. The protesters are calling for a shutdown of all businesses that are owned by South Africans in the country. An alleged altercation with the police has reportedly claimed the live of one of the protesters. Over t...

The government of President Muhamadu Buhari, on Wednesday, September 4, recalled Nigeria’s ambassador to South Africa over the recent xenophobic attacks on Africans resident in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said this in a short report quoting a presidential source. “Nigeria recalls ambassador to South Africa, pulls out of World Economic Summit, demands full compensation - presidential source,” the report from the government agency said. It was earlier reported that angry Nigerians went on rampage on Wednesday, September 4, in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, in protest against attacks on the country’s citizens in South Africa. The protesters blocked the roads, burnt tyres and attacked a mast belonging to one of the telecommunications companies operating in Nigeria. They also stormed business organisations with roots in South Africa forcing men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to mobilize to the scene. The report added that the protesters were prev...

The Neymar saga is nearing its conclusion and the player isn't going to enjoy the happy ending he wanted. The player has given up and told Paris Saint-Germain that he'll stay at the club, given that they were holding out for much more than Barcelona were willing to offer. According to L'Equipe, Neymar has already told his family that he'll be staying in the French capital. His entourage has reportedly informed both the clubs involved that he's ready to continue at PSG.