The ruling All Progressives Congress has appointed Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, and former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, to superintend the Ondo governorship primary election slated for Saturday. Ododo will head the seven-man Primary Election Committee set up to conduct the shadow poll while Omo-Agege will serve as the Secretary. Other members are a…
Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya and his United States counterpart, Shawn Martinez, are both attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. The challenge, which has currently exceeded 23 hours, as at the time of writing this report, is underway at New York City’s iconic Times Square and is scheduled to…
Internet giant Google, has fired 28 employees following a disruptive sit-down protest over the tech giant’s contract with the Israeli government, a Google spokesperson said Thursday. The Tuesday demonstration was organised by the group “No Tech for Apartheid,” which has long opposed “Project Nimbus,” Google’s joint $1.2 billion contract with Amazon to provide cloud services…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, wanted for offences relating to economic and financial crimes. This was contained in a notice posted on the commission’s official Facebook page on Thursday. “Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, is wanted by the EFCC for offences relating to…
A man in his 30s has been arrested in Blackburn on suspicion of trying to sell UK residency to an asylum seeker living in Northern Ireland. It follows allegations an individual working for the Home Office contacted an asylum seeker and asked for £2,000 in return for approving his refugee application. In a statement, Lancashire…
Interim UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall says he will fight at UFC Manchester this summer. UFC president Dana White said last week a pay-per-view event was being planned and he wanted to put Aspinall and welterweight champion Leon Edwards on the card. Speaking on his TikTok, Aspinall said: “I had a meeting with the UFC….
Former Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger says he was banned from first-team training by manager Jose Mourinho during his time at the club. Schweinsteiger made 31 appearances under Louis van Gaal in 2015-16. He played only four games under Mourinho the following season before joining MLS club Chicago Fire in 2017. “I was very sad…
The National Assembly has again postponed its resumption to April 30, to allow for the full renovation of both main chambers. The Senate and House of Representatives had shifted resumption after its Easter and Eid recess to April 23, but on Thursday, it announced a rescheduling of its plenary resumption. The notice of postponement of…
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has asked the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to surrender himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The AGF, in a statement on Thursday, warned that the anti-graft agency should not be obstructed from performing its…
An alligator kept in a home “since the 1990s” has been seized by authorities in New York – but its owner vowed to fight for its return. Environmental officers seized the 340kg, 3.4m/11ft-long alligator called Albert from a home in Hamburg, south of Buffalo, where they found a swimming pool for the 30-year-old gator. According…
