Kazakh club, Kairat Almaty knocked Celtic out of the UEFA Champions League qualifiers and secured their first-ever group-stage appearance on Tuesday night, August 26. Kairat Almaty frustrated the former European champions across two cagey legs that ended goalless, before winning a tense shootout 3-2 in Almaty. The night belonged to 21-year-old goalkeeper Temirlan Anarbekov, who pulled off decisive saves and emerged as the unlikely hero of a generation-defining win. Anarbekov had already kept Celtic at bay late in extra time, palming away Luke McCowan’s fierce 112th-minute effort to drag the contest to penalties. From there, Celtic cracked under pressure, missing…
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The Governor Ademola Adeleke-led Osun State government is set to depose the Apetu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede, following his sentencing for more than four years in prison in the United States. According to Leadership, the Osun State government had weeks ago said it will only decide the monarch’s fate after his trial in the US. Oba Oloyede was on Tuesday jailed 56 months by a US District Judge Christopher A. Boyko over $4.2m COVID-19 fraud. The monarch, 62, was convicted on charges of conspiracy to exploit COVID-19 emergency loan programmes created for struggling businesses. Oloyede holds dual U.S. and Nigerian…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano, Abduljabbar Rufai, has stated that Atiku Abubakar’s dominance during the past primaries prevented other northern leaders from contesting under the party. Rufai stated this in an interview with Vanguard, reacting to the resolution of the PDP National Executive Committee at its 102nd meeting on Monday, which zoned the 2027 presidential ticket to the South. Naija News reports that the NEC also retained the current National Working Committee headed by Ambassador Umar Damagum. Rufai noted that Atiku’s influence in PDP’s internal politics had long discouraged other northern aspirants. He said, “For…
The Arewa Youth Assembly has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of losing credibility in the North after abandoning its power rotation principle during the 2023 general elections. Leader of the group, Salihu Mohammed Danlami, made this known in an interview with Vanguard while reacting to the PDP National Executive Committee’s resolution at its 102nd meeting in Abuja on Monday that the party’s 2027 presidential ticket be zoned to the South. The NEC also resolved to retain the current National Working Committee headed by Ambassador Umar Damagum. Danlami argued that the crisis rocking the PDP stemmed from its refusal to…
Former National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Iyiola Omisore, has stated that President Bola Tinubu should not be blamed for the withheld local government funds in Osun State. Speaking during an appearance on Arise Television, Omisore warned the Osun government not to politicise the situation. He stressed that the problem was between the state government and the local government workers. According to him, “This thing is not concerned with the general election. It’s not concerned with the president at all. It has to do with local government and the state. So don’t blame the president…And don’t blame the…
The Joint Action Committee of Northern Youth Associations (JACON) has condemned the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to the South, warning that the move amounted to “political marginalisation” of the North. Addressing journalists in Kaduna on Tuesday, the group cautioned that the decision could have “grave consequences” for the PDP in the forthcoming general elections. Naija News recalls that the PDP’s National Executive Committee, at its 102nd meeting in Abuja on Monday, resolved that the party’s next presidential candidate should emerge from the South. But JACON argued that the decision was unjust,…
The Minister of Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, has dismissed petitions from some members of the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State, who are demanding his removal from office. Describing the petition as “frivolous and baseless,” Ekpo said it was the handiwork of disgruntled individuals bent on tarnishing his reputation. A group of APC stalwarts from 29 of the state’s 31 local government areas had written to President Bola Tinubu, accusing the minister of betraying the party and undermining its growth in the state. The petition, endorsed by leaders including Michael Essien (Ini LGA), Obong John (Itu), Victor Okon…
The Osun State Government has filed a fresh suit at the Supreme Court against the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), over what it described as the unlawful withholding of statutory allocations due to its 30 local government councils since March 2025. Naija News reports that the new legal action, instituted on Monday, comes months after the state applied to withdraw an earlier case on the same subject. In the originating summons, filed by the state’s Attorney-General with a legal team led by Mike Ozekhome (SAN) and Musibau Adetunbi (SAN), Osun is asking the apex court to compel the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed allegations by businessman, Abdullahi Bashir Haske, son-in-law to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, that his rights were violated while in the agency’s custody. Haske had claimed in an interview with The Africa Report that he collapsed during interrogation at the EFCC and was hospitalised. He has since filed a lawsuit against the anti-graft agency over the alleged violation. Reacting to the report on Tuesday, the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said the commission had not received any court processes regarding Haske’s claims. “The EFCC has not been served…
The Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Braima Camara, was on Tuesday rushed to hospital in neighbouring Senegal after collapsing during an official ceremony. Naija News reports that Camara, 57, who was appointed prime minister in early August, slumped while President Umaro Sissoco Embalo was delivering a speech at the presidential palace. According to eyewitnesses who spoke with AFP on the incident, the prime minister initially stood up before suddenly collapsing, prompting immediate medical intervention. “At the end of the ceremony, he felt unwell and fainted,” a source close to his office told AFP. Camara was evacuated aboard a Senegalese army plane…
