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Month: May 2026

Olise included in Champions League Best XI, Yamal left out

UEFA has unveiled its official Champions League Team of the Season for the 2025/26 campaign, with Paris Saint-Germain dominating the selection after their triumphant run to the European title. The Team of the Season was chosen by the UEFA Technical Observer Group and features five PSG players, the highest representation from any club. Among those…

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2027: Odii remains Ebonyi PDP governorship candidate – Idika

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  and factional National Ex-Officio member of the party, Mazi Moses Idika, has dismissed calls for the party’s 2027 governorship candidate in Ebonyi State, Chief Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii, to step down on the grounds of zoning, insisting that the businessman and philanthropist remains firmly in the race. Idika argued…

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2027: Nafiu Bala ADC faction elects Prof Chris Uba as presidential candidate

A faction of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, led by Nafiu Bala, has declared a businessman, Prof Chris Uba, as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections. DAILY POST reports that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar last week emerged as the presidential candidate of the party after beating ex-Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and…

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Eno wrong on aspirants living in rented apartments — Activist

By Uko Etim UYO — A political activist and public affairs analyst, Dr. Tom FredFish, has criticised Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, over comments suggesting that governorship aspirants living in rented apartments are not qualified to govern the state. FredFish, in a statement issued on Sunday in Uyo, described the governor’s remarks as a…

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2027: Forgive our shortcomings, support APC again – Nwifuru

By Jeff Agbodo ABAKALIKI — Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has appealed to the people of the state to forgive the shortcomings of his administration and those of elected lawmakers, urging them to support the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2027 general elections. Nwifuru made the appeal during a democracy thanksgiving service held…

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Biafra Day: We need structured national dialogue on Igbo question — Soludo

By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA — Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has called for a structured national conversation on the place of the Igbo in Nigeria, urging stakeholders to embrace intellectual engagement and constructive dialogue rather than agitation. Soludo made the call during a stage performance titled The Tale of Two Nnamdis, written by Tobe…

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2027: Senate seat not for business moguls, says Senator Nwebonyi

…Declares No Rival in Ebonyi North By Jeff Agbodo, Abakaliki ABAKALIKI — Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate and Senator representing Ebonyi North Senatorial District, Senator Peter Onyekachi Nwebonyi, has said that the Senate is not a platform for business moguls, but for individuals with intellectual capacity to make laws for the country. Nwebonyi also…

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Monthly sanitation exercise has come to stay – Lagos govt declares

.Seeks public collaboration By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government has vowed to intensify its advocacy to ensure residents embrace voluntary cleanliness of their environment, saying the monthly environmental sanitation exercise has come to stay in a bid to ensure a cleaner city. The state government stated this, weekend, during the second edition of the reintroduced…

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Neymar fit for ‘first or second’ World Cup match – Ancelotti

Brazil star Neymar is on course to shake off a calf strain and could even be ready for their opening match of the World Cup, coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Saturday. After reports the 34-year-old forward could be out for three weeks, Ancelotti instead insisted Neymar was working well towards fitness for the June 13…

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Police arrest two for attempted theft of two-week-old baby in Abia

Abia State Police Command says it has  arrested two suspects for conspiracy, attempted child theft and possession of hard drugs. The Command which made this known on Saturday, named the suspects as Nzubechi Chinagorom and Chinonso Chibundu, indigenes of Olokoro,  Umuahia South LGA of the Abia State. In a statement signed by DSP Maureen Chinaka, the Police Public…

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