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Ringim and Taura Federal constituency aspirant, Bar. Firdausi Sunusi Umar has stepped down her ambition and declared support for the consensus candidate.Bar.Fiddaisi is among the eleven aspirants seeking the All progressives Congress, APC, ticket. All the nine aspirants excluding Bar. Firdausi had earlier stepped down for Yusha’u Muhammad who is considered as a consensus candidate. Hours to the primary election, .Firdausi announced her withdrawal during a courtesy call to Governor Umar Namadi in Government House Dutse. In a letter of her withdrawal addressed to the National party chairman, received by the state legal adviser, Bar. Baffa Alhassan, she said the…
Former Chelsea star, Chris Sutton, has predicted the FA Cup final between the Blues and Manchester City. Both Chelsea and City will clash in the FA Cup final on Saturday evening at Wembley Stadium. Providing his prediction, Sutton, writing in his column for BBC Sport, backed Pep Guardiola’s side to beat Chelsea 5-0. “Pep rested players in midweek when City beat Crystal Palace and left Erling Haaland out,” Sutton said. “Haaland will be back in the team at Wembley, though, and he will benefit from the rest, along with the likes of Rayan Cherki. “Chelsea have been patchy all season, and if…
Welcome to the PUNCH newspaper roundup of headlines for this Saturday morning. Developments in security, politics, crime and entertainment dominate today’s news. Leading the headlines is the report of a coordinated attack on three schools in Orire Local Government Area, as armed terrorists killed an assistant headmaster, abducted many pupils and teachers, and threw entire communities into chaos. Meanwhile, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has bowed to calls for investigations after some operatives of the agency allegedly attacked some medical workers at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital in Akwa Ibom State. The incident, which happened on Tuesday, triggered…
The All Progressives Congress has announced the rescheduling of its National Assembly primary election dates in Zamfara State. The party disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka. According to the statement, “the House of Representatives primary election will now hold on Monday, May 18, 2026, while the Senate primary has been fixed for Tuesday, May 19, 2026.” The APC announced that the state House of Assembly primary will still hold on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, while the governorship primary will hold on Thursday, May 21, 2026. The party added that the presidential…
Former Nigeria Premier Football League striker Sunday Adetunji has switched international allegiance to Sudan, opening a new chapter in the career of one of Nigerian club football’s most prolific forwards. Adetunji, 26, currently plays for Al-Hilal Omdurman in Sudan and is now eligible to represent the Sudanese national team at the international level, having established himself in the country’s domestic football scene. The forward made his only senior appearance for Nigeria on July 4, 2021, coming on as a substitute in a 4-0 friendly defeat to Mexico, and his switch of allegiance closes the door on any future involvement with…
Canadian rapper Drake has dropped a new album, with two more surprise companion albums to boot — a whopping 43 tracks that stretch over nearly two and a half hours. Drake — who has kept a relatively low profile since his diss battle with Kendrick Lamar ended with the American’s knockout blow “Not Like Us” and his lawsuit against his own label was dismissed — had announced the Friday release of “Iceman.” But along with it came “Habibti” and “Maid of Honour.” Future, 21 Savage and Sexyy Red are among the artists who were invited to collaborate with the chart-topping…
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) plans to release detailed tokenized securities rules in July as the country prepares to bring blockchain-based securities under its capital markets framework in 2027.The measures are expected to include a roadmap for tokenizing stocks, bonds and money market funds, possible changes to over-the-counter trading limits and rules allowing some fractional investment products to pool similar underlying assets, the FSC announced on Friday at the second meeting of its public-private tokenized securities council, which was launched in March to design issuance, trading, infrastructure and settlement rules before the framework takes effect in 2027.“The goal is…
Fans were rooting for Love Is Blind’s Chelsea Griffin and Kwame Appiah — but after four years of marriage, their romance came to an end. The season 4 couple, who tied the knot in May 2022, announced their split on May 15, 2026, in a joint statement. “It’s heartbreaking to share that our marriage is coming to an end,” Chelsea wrote in her part of the Instagram statement. “This is not the outcome I hoped for, and I entered this relationship with deep love, commitment and the intention of building a lasting life together.” Kwame acknowledged in his portion of…
The Anambra Head of Service (HoS), Ngozi Iwouno, on Friday, warned workers in the state public service against age falsification and other forms of malpractice. Mrs Iwouno gave the warning in Awka when the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) paid a courtesy visit to her office in Awka. She urged the workers to shun such unpatriotic acts that negatively affect the progress of the civil service and to embrace practices that enhance service delivery. “We have workers who submitted unverifiable credentials in the course of employment and those who make alterations on their credentials. “There are others who lied…
United States President Donald Trump has announced that American forces, in collaboration with the Nigerian Armed Forces, carried out a joint military operation that resulted in the killing of Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, identified as the second-in-command of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS, worldwide. In a statement posted on his Truth Social account on Saturday, Trump said the operation was the outcome of extensive intelligence gathering and strategic coordination aimed at tracking the activities of the terrorist leader in Africa. According to the US president, the mission targeted one of the most active figures within ISIS, whom he accused of…
