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Idiat Adebule, the incumbent Senator representing Lagos West All Progressive Congress (APC), has been endorsed as the party’s candidate in Agege Local Government for the 2027 senatorial elections. Mrs Adebule, a former deputy governor of Lagos State, won all the 11 Agege Wards with affirmation votes during the APC primary elections held at Agege Stadium on Wednesday. She was elected unopposed. The Returning Officer of the APC primaries for Agege senatorial district, Olugbenga Nola, also a Lagos APC chieftain, said that Mrs Adebule won through affirmation as the sole aspirant for the party’s primary through direct primary system. Ganiyu Egunjobi,…
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has trained 31 lecturers of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Bichi, Kano State, on Artificial Intelligence (AI), blockchain technology and digital research tools. The one-day capacity-building workshop, held on Monday at the college, was aimed at improving academic research, transparency and knowledge verification. The training exposed participants to the use of AI in academic research, digital tools for data management and blockchain applications in higher education. Speaking at the programme, CITAD Executive Director, Y. Z. Ya’u, represented by the organisation’s Communication Officer, Ali Sabo, said the initiative was aimed at addressing the growing…
Former Zamfara State governor and Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Muhammad Matawalle, has arrived in Gusau ahead of the APC primaries in the state. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Ahmad Dan-Wudil, Media Adviser to Bello Matawalle, and shared on Facebook. “Today, the former Governor of Zamfara State and current Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Muhammad Matawalle, MON, arrived in Gusau, Zamfara State, ahead of the APC primaries in the state.” The statement added: “On arrival, the Honourable Minister, alongside the Executive Governor of Zamfara State, His Excellency Dauda Lawal, held a meeting with…
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, is set to leave the Premier League club at the end of this season, according to the Daily Mail. Guardiola will end his decade-long association with the Etihad side this weekend. This means his last game in charge will be on Sunday, when City host Aston Villa in their final league fixture. Since he arrived at the club, Guardiola has won 20 trophies, including the Carabao Cup and FA Cup this season. In total, the 55-year-old has led City to six league titles, including an unprecedented four in succession, and took the club to its…
Workers of the West African Examinations Council have suspended their nationwide protest over alleged unfair labour practices and welfare concerns, but warned that fresh industrial action could be launched if their demands are not addressed. The workers, under the aegis of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, had staged a three-day protest that disrupted activities at the council’s national office in Yaba, Lagos, which ended on Friday. Speaking after the suspension of the protest, Chairman of NASU-WAEC, Mr Kayode Ogunyade, said the union had streamlined its agitation to a single demand — the removal of the Head…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Edo State Command, have destroyed two cannabis plantations in the Ago Forest area of Orhionmwon Local Government Area of the state. The State Commander, Mitchell Ofoyeju, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday, saying the destroyed cannabis farms had an estimated yield of 1,388.42 kilogrammes. He added that four suspected drug traffickers were arrested during separate operations carried out across the state within the past week. “In a sustained offensive against drug trafficking and abuse, the Edo State Command has destroyed two cannabis plantations with a yield of 1,388.42kg and arrested…
A corpse ordinarily has no life and should therefore be allowed to rest in peace. Some corpses would, however, not be allowed to rest in perfect peace as a consequence of the evil they perpetrated while revelling in dishonour among the living. Such were the fuel subsidy scam corpses, which were buried in spectacular but shameless fashion during former President Goodluck Jonathan’s era and subsequent administrations in Nigeria until President Bola Tinubu angrily ended the carnage of fraud on May 29, 2023, during his presidential inauguration. Last week, Long Range examined a quote (author unknown) about a nation that rewards…
The Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has declared Prince Alex Mbata winner of the party’s senatorial primary election for Imo East Senatorial District ahead of the 2027 general elections. Mbata emerged victorious after polling 121,680 votes in the exercise conducted by the party in the state. The result was announced on Monday by the Chairman of the House of Representatives Primary Elections Committee, Rear Admiral Kayode Williams (retd.), who also served as the returning officer for the election. Declaring the outcome of the primary, Williams said Mbata satisfied all the constitutional and party requirements for the contest…
League One club Barnsley have confirmed that Nigeria international Kelechi Nwakali will remain at the club following the conclusion of the 2025/26 season, as part of their retained and released list released on Sunday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The club announced a series of decisions on player futures, including the activation of contract options for several players. Barnsley confirmed that Nwakali is among a group of players retained under contract, alongside Luca Connell, Josh Earl, Kacper Lopata, Corey O’Keeffe and Jackson Smith. Nwakali’s future has been the subject of uncertainty over the past year after a turbulent spell at the…
In terms of spelling, meaning, and word class, ‘loose’ and ‘lose’ have different orientations. As a result, they can be difficult to handle. They are like ‘choose’ and ‘chose’ as well as ‘lie’ and ‘lay’. Handling them carelessly will invoke errors, especially the lie, lay, laid, and lain ‘gang’. ‘Loose’ and ‘lose’ should not be mixed up. Where you want to say you don’t want to lose something, you shouldn’t say you don’t want to loose it. Where you mean something is loose, ‘lose’ becomes odd. The confusing nature of the words is part of the reason they recur in…
