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Ademola Adeleke, the Osun West senator renowned for his dance moves, Saturday, won the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State by the slimmest of margins. Similarly, Adegboyega Oyetola has won the Osun State All Progressives Congress (APC), primaries, ahead of the governorship election in September. Adeleke, who became senator after winning a by-election after the death of his brother in April 2017, polled 1,569 votes. His closest challenger, Akin Ogunbiyi, polled a total of 1,562 votes, meaning Adeleke won by seven votes. Fatai Akingbade placed third with 52 votes, while Nathaniel Oke made up the…

Chelsea forward, Eden Hazard has concluded plans to quit the club this summer, according to Bleacher Report. Hazard, the captain of Belgium team in the just-concluded World Cup competition in Russia, took the decision because this could be his only chance to join Real Madrid. He is on the La Liga giants’ list of targets following Cristiano Ronaldo’s mega-money move to Juventus. And he is said to be keen to swap Stamford Bridge for the Bernabeu following six years in West London. The newspaper reports that the Belgium international has come to the conclusion he needs to move now because…

The personality altercation between heavyweight music divas, Tiwa Savage and Yemi Alade has deepened as both singers have stopped following each other on social media. The cold war recently began when Yemi Alade rated herself equal to Tiwa Savage, Wizkid, Davido, Olamide and other A’list music acts ruling the Nigerian music scene during a radio interview. To worsen matters, Yemi Alade refused to defend Tiwa when the Radio Presenter simply known as Misi, said unlike Yemi who is a good singer, Tiwa only shouts. Obviously pained by Yemi Alade’s betrayal by refusing to defend her, Tiwa wasted no time in…

A nursing mother in her mid thirties and 154 Nigerian football fans who were stranded in Russia after the 2018 FIFA World Cup arrived the country on Friday night. The 155 out of 230 stranded football fans came through Ethiopian Airline flight number ET-ALP that touched down at Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport Abuja at about 9.12 p.m. Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who was at the airport to monitor their arrival, lauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s effort to ensure their safe return. Onyeama commended President Buhari who directed immediate repartriation of Nigerians who were stranded in Russia after…

Angry reactions from within and outside Nigeria, have continued to trail the current plot by Imo State House of Assembly to impeach Prince Eze Madumere, the Deputy Governor. The latest reactions came from Emeka Ihedioha, the former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Sir Felix Chidi Idiga, Owerri Indigenes in Boston, United States of America and the League for Equity and Justice. For Ihedioha, “this unfortunate development is particularly alarming and indeed worrisome, to all advocates and defenders of democracy and rule of law in Imo and the nation at large.” The former Deputy Speaker said it was “incontrovertible that this…

An Ethiopian prophet who failed to resurrect a dead man has been apprehended by the police. Getayawkal Ayele had lied on the corpse of Belay Biftu trying to revive to him and repeatedly yelling “Belay, wake up.” BBC News reported that the incident was filmed and has since gone viral on social media. When he failed, the enraged family members began to attack Mr Getayawkal. He was saved when police arrived shortly afterwards – although it did not mean he was out of trouble. Abusing dead bodies is a crime under Ethiopian law and a local police commander has told…

Two Nigerians who allegedly concealed substances believed to be narcotics in stockfish were, Thursday, arrested in Ghana by the nation’s Narcotics Control Board. It was alleged they were apprehended by the eagled-eyed security operatives of the country when they made attempt to traffic the narcotics through the General Post Office in Accra to Philippines. The suspects- Theophilus Biney, alias Godwin Orji, a. k. a ‘Goody’, 37 years and Jeff Nnaana-K, 36 years- both residents in Ghana were picked up by officials of NACOB at different locations for their involvement in an attempt to traffic Methamphetamine a narcotic drug to the Philippines.…

New Liverpool midfielder Fabinho says the club have the depth and talent to challenge champions Manchester City for the Premier League title this season. Liverpool’s 84 league goals were bettered only by City last season but defensive inconsistency cost them dear as they finished fourth in the league and were beaten by Real Madrid in the Champions League final. In addition to Brazilian Fabinho, manager Juergen Klopp has also added fellow midfielder Naby Keita, forward Xherdan Shaqiri and goalkeeper Alisson Becker to the squad. “We have a very good team and we will be able to fight for the title…

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former World Bank Vice Chairman and Robert Zoellick have joined Twitter as directors as the communication giant reshuffled its board. Marjorie Scardino will step down from the Board for personal reasons at the end of the year. Scardino joined Twitter in 2013 and became the first female board member. Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala is also a one-time Nigerian finance minister who diligently served under the administrations of ex-President Olusgun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan. “Ngozi and Bob are distinguished leaders with unparalleled global perspective and policy expertise,” said Omid Kordestani, Executive Chairman of Twitter. “We are confident they will be…

Complaints of alleged lopsided appointments into federal boards and parastatals by President Muhammadu Buhari sharply divided Senators along the North and South political blocs in the country, thus throwing the Senate into a rowdy session. For more than half an hour, the hallowed chamber, Thursday, temporarily turned market over alleged bias by President Buhari in his federal appointments, just as he was accused of favouring Northerners, particularly Katsina State extraction, his home state. Subsequently, the Senate mandated its Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs, led by Senator Tijani Yahaya Kaura, APC, Zamfara North, to probe all appointments of the…