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The Ekiti South chapter of the All Progressives Congress has adopted the Senate spokesman, Adeyemi Adaramodu, as its consensus candidate for the 2027 senatorial election. The decision was contained in a letter and minutes of a stakeholders’ meeting made available to journalists in Abuja on Saturday. Adaramodu, who is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, currently represents Ekiti South in the Nigerian Senate. The endorsement letter was addressed to the Ekiti State APC chairman and members of the State Executive Council. The correspondence was jointly signed by the Senatorial District Chairman, Akindele Olusola, and other…
Maktown Flyers’ hopes of reaching the Basketball Africa League play-offs suffered a major setback on Friday after a 86–77 defeat to Club Africain left the Nigerian side on the brink of elimination with one game remaining, Saturday PUNCH reports. The loss marks a third consecutive defeat for the Flyers, who have now fallen to a 1–3 record in the Sahara Conference and sit fifth in the standings, outside the top four required to qualify for the Kigali playoffs. Maktown had started brightly and produced one of their strongest opening quarters of the campaign, racing into an 18-point lead (27–9) as…
Eight-year-old Hafsat Adamu, who has never been to school, suddenly found herself in a crowded Gombe IDP camp, where she now teaches hygiene to children after thousands of families fled violent bandit attacks in neigbouring Bauchi State, reports CHIMA AZUBUIKE Eight-year-old Hafsat Adamu stood at the centre of a small circle in the crowded camp in Kashere, carefully demonstrating how to wash hands. A plastic container of water sat beside her as she rubbed her palms together, letting the water flow slowly over them, while a small group of children watched her every move. Aid workers nodded approvingly — Hafsat…
From Lou Gehrig in 1939 to Eric Dane in 2025, celebrities have publicly dealt with what is now known as ALS for decades. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a terminal neurodegenerative disorder. The disease causes the individual to gradually lose control of their muscles, beginning gradually with muscle stiffness or twitches and evolving to completely eliminate their ability to eat and breathe. Since Gehrig’s death in 1941, dozens of additional public figures battled the disease. American physicist Stephen Hawking first started exhibiting symptoms of ALS in 1963, and, despite being given only two years to…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Lau Local Government Council of Taraba State has called on farmers and herders to prioritise peace and mutual respect as the 2026 rainy season begins, warning that renewed agricultural activities could heighten tensions if caution is not observed. In a statement issued on Saturday by the CAN Coordinator in the council, Pastor Zephaniah John, the association urged both groups to avoid actions that could trigger conflict as they return to farmlands and grazing routes across the area. He noted that coexistence remains essential for survival in the agrarian communities of Lau, stressing that…
A former member of the House of Representatives, Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, said there was nothing wrong with seeking political support from Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and former governor of Rivers State. DAILY POST reports that Ogbeide-Ihama, an aspirant for the Edo South Senatorial District, stated this on Saturday, May 2, 2026, while addressing APC leaders and chieftains in the South Senatorial District during his formal declaration to contest for the Senate in the 2027 general election. Ogbeide-Ihama, who represented Oredo Federal Constituency in the 8th and 9th National Assembly, noted that alliances are part of the political…
Former England midfielder, Paul Merson, has said the Premier League is Arsenal’s to lose. Merson was speaking on Sky Sports, following the Gunners’ 3-0 win over Fulham on Saturday. Viktor Gyokeres scored a brace, while Bukayo Saka also got on the scoresheet, as Mikel Arteta’s men ran riot in the first half. The win sees Arsenal go six points clear at the top, although Manchester City now have two games in hand. But Merson said: “Looking at Arsenal today, you would expect them to comfortably see off West Ham at the London Stadium next week. “They might be out of…
President Bola Tinubu has rescheduled the commencement of his planned three-nation trip to Sunday, instead of Saturday as earlier announced. The development was disclosed by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, via his official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Saturday. Onanuga wrote, “President Tinubu has rescheduled his three-nation trip to begin on Sunday, rather than Saturday as previously indicated.” No reason was immediately given for the change in schedule. Recall that Tinubu was scheduled to depart Abuja on Saturday for official visits to France, Kenya and Rwanda. According to a statement released on Friday by Onanuga,…
Mother tongue is sweet. I know because mine is. The honey in the mother tongue oozes from its picturesque encapsulation of nature’s simplest wonders to life’s most complex pursuits, passing down wisdom from generation to generation, like no other tongue. The sweetness of mother tongue is the reason why teaching, learning and research jump to life inside vernacular classrooms. However, when Nigerian ethnicities such as Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba, etc., impose English on their mother tongue, and speak with nose-in-the-air authority, the letter ‘m’ becomes ‘emu’, ‘country’ becomes ‘kwantiri’, and ‘chair’ becomes ‘sia’, echoing regional linguistic peculiarities. Every tongue has its…
All Progressives Congress leaders in Taraba State have purchased the party’s governorship nomination form for one of its chieftain, David Kente, ahead of the 2027 elections. Taraba APC leaders presenting the governorship form to David Kente. Photo: David Kente campaign organisationThe form was presented to Kente on Saturday on behalf of the leaders by the former APC State Secretary, Godwin Villannah, at his residence in Jalingo, according to a statement issued on Saturday by Kente’s campaign organisation. Speaking at the presentation, Villannah said the decision to purchase the form was driven by the need to encourage broader participation within the…
