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Adamu Abubakar, son of former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has emerged winner of the All Progressives Congress House of Representatives primary election for Chanchaga Federal Constituency in Niger State. The primary election was held on Saturday. The Returning Officer, Mr Dan Islam, said Abubakar polled 30,650 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mr Nmaa Ahmed, who secured 1,271 votes. Islam added that another contestant, Mr Shuaibu Mairago, scored 311 votes in the exercise conducted across the 11 wards of the constituency. He declared Abubakar winner of the primary election and returned him as the APC candidate for the 2026…
World record holder Tobi Amusan finished third in the women’s 100m hurdles as the 2026 Diamond League season opened in Shanghai on Saturday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Nigerian, who arrived in China fresh from winning gold at the African Senior Athletics Championships in Ghana earlier on Wednesday, clocked a season’s best of 12.41s behind Olympic champion Masai Russell and Bahamian star Devynne Charlton. Russell produced a dominant display to win the race in a meeting record and world-leading time of 12.25s, improving on her previous world lead of 12.40s. Charlton, the reigning world indoor champion, finished second in 12.38s…
Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest bank, more than doubled its crypto exposure in the first quarter of 2026, with holdings climbing from approximately $100 million at the end of 2025 to around $235 million as of March 31.The growth was driven by expanded Bitcoin positions, with the bank adding to positions in both the ARK 21Shares BTC ETF and BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF. It also entered Ethereum for the first time through BlackRock’s iShares Staked Ethereum Trust, and picked up a fresh stake in Ripple’s XRP via the Grayscale XRP Trust ETF, worth approximately $26 million, according to a report…
Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! Romance is a state of mind, if you ask stars like Sarah Jessica Parker. The star, best known for portraying Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City, just stepped out in a lace-trimmed camisole—a style that might seem simple, but can instantly elevate your outfits this summer. Parker stepped out in a lace-trimmed white camisole while out in New York City for Primark’s grand opening. Her low-cut version was worn beneath an oversized gray suit, which was accessorized with open-toed…
The House of Representatives primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State have returned several sitting lawmakers, consensus candidates and political heavyweights for the 2027 general elections. Among the winners are the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, former federal lawmaker Samaila Suleiman, and Sadiq Abdullahi, son of elder statesman and former Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Ango Abdullahi. The results were announced on Saturday at the APC state secretariat in Kaduna by Yakubu Hosseini, chairman of the House of Representatives Primary Election Committee. Mr Hosseini said the exercise was conducted in accordance with the…
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Championship winners, Coventry City, have confirmed that Super Eagles midfielder Frank Onyeka could remain at the club permanently following their long-awaited return to the English Premier League after 25 years away. The Sky Blues officially announced their retained and released list for the conclusion of the 2025/2026 season, with Onyeka’s situation among the biggest talking points after an impressive loan spell during the second half of the campaign. Coventry sealed promotion back to the Premier League after securing a decisive 1-1 draw against Blackburn Rovers on Matchday 43, sparking celebrations across the club as they completed a remarkable rise under…
The Federal Government has launched a new National Policy on Alternative Learning Pathways to expand access to education for out-of-school children, youths and adults across the country. The Director of Literacy and Development, National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, NMEC, Dr John Edeh, disclosed this in Abuja. Edeh, who also oversees the commission, said the policy, recently unveiled by the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, was designed to close long-standing gaps within Nigeria’s non-formal education system. He explained that the policy focuses on mainstreaming learners, improving certification processes and creating flexible pathways that allow beneficiaries to…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Assembly Primary Election Committee for Taraba state, Mr. Tsenongo Abancha, has attributed the delay in the commencement of the party’s primary election exercise in the state to transportation difficulties from Abuja and the late arrival of election materials. Abancha disclosed this over the weekend while speaking with journalists in Jalingo, where he apologized to party members and residents for the delay. “I want to first of all apologize to the people of Taraba for arriving very late. It was not intentional because Taraba is quite far from Abuja and we could not come…
Bayern Munich striker, Harry Kane, on Saturday, joined Inter Miami striker, Luis Suarez, in an exclusive record after his side’s Bundesliga 5-1 win against FC Koln. The England captain scored a hat-trick as Bayern Munich claimed all three points against the visitors at the Allianz Arena. However, according to OptaJoe, Kane has now netted 58 goals in all competitions this season, the most by a player from Europe’s big-five leagues (EPL, Serie A, Bundesliga, LaLiga and Ligue 1) since Suarez in the 2015-16 season for Barcelona (59 goals). Kane joined Bayern Munich from Tottenham Hotspur in 2023, and he has been…
