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A group, Northwest Youth for Progressive Change (NYPC), has appealed to Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello to contest the 2023 presidential election. Its chairman, Comrade Aliyu Usman, in a statement on Friday, said Nigeria needs a young, youth-friendly President like Bello to arrest the massive unrest among the teeming young population. It said the level of youth unemployment and restiveness across the nation is overwhelming, assuring Governor Bello will arrest the tide easily as President. The group said it is time to hand over governance of the country to youths, which constitute over 65-70 percent of the population. It said Governor…

Veteran Nollywood actor, Bruno Iwuoha, has died at the age of 68, after a prolonged battle with diabetes. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Director of Communications, Actors Guild of Nigeria, Monalisa Chinda Coker. The statement read: “It is on a sad note that we announce the passing away of our elder colleague and active member of AGN Abuja, Bruno Obinna Iwuoha. “He died in the early hours of this morning after a prolonged battle with diabetes. “Bruno Iwuoha hails from Ehime Mbano Local Government Area in Umunumo Umuanunu kindred, Imo state. He was aged 68 years,…

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its strike, which started on April 1, 2021. President of the NARD, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, said that the suspension was based on some good comebacks from the negotiations with the government. He however gave the government a four-week ultimatum to meet their sundry demands. Ekiti first-class monarch narrowly escapes gunmen attack He said: “The strike has been suspended. The government gave us some good comebacks from our negotiations. “We had an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting an hour ago, and we decided to suspend the strike for four weeks.”

Real Madrid moved top of La Liga with victory over Barcelona in an El Clasico played in torrential rain at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium. Karim Benzema broke the deadlock with a sublime near-post flick – his ninth goal in his past seven La Liga games. Real doubled their lead before half-time through Toni Kroos’ deflected free-kick. Liverpool edge past Aston Villa to end streak of Anfield defeats Oscar Mingueza pulled one back for Barca before Madrid’s Casemiro was shown a late red card. The result takes Real level on points with Atletico Madrid and Real go ahead of their…

Suspected kidnappers have ambushed a first-class traditional ruler in Ekiti State, the Elewu of Ewu-Ekiti, in Ilejemeje local government area, Oba Adetutu Ajayi. Newsmen gathered that Oba Ajayi was waylaid on Friday evening while traveling to a neighboring Ayetoro-Ekiti when the arm-wielding attackers suddenly came out from the bushes, raining bullets on his official vehicle. Ekiti monarch narrowly escapes death A source told newsmen the first traditional ruler, who sustained gunshot injury, narrowly escaped death. He is said to have been hospitalized in one of the private hospitals in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. Kidnappers collect food, drinks, money to release…

An impressive Chelsea moved back into the top four of the Premier League with a dominant victory at Crystal Palace. Beaten 5-2 at home last weekend by struggling West Brom, the Blues quickly set about making amends, scoring twice in the opening 10 minutes, during which the overwhelmed home side barely got a kick of the ball. Kai Havertz curled in the first before turning provider to set up Christian Pulisic to fire the second into the roof of the net from close range. Kurt Zouma all-but ended the game as a contest on the half-hour mark, rising highest to…

Abductors of a family of five have released them after collecting ransom. The kidnappers reportedly collected money, drinks, cooked food, wine, suya and other edibles before their victims were released. The family of five, consisting Mr Olisa Ibrahim, his wife and three children, was kidnapped along Ajowa-Ayere Kabba road while returning to Abuja after the Easter break. Why I criticize my husband’s government -Aisha Buhari Sources said the family returned to Ajowa Akoko after regaining freedom. Ondo Police spokesman, ASP Tee-Leo Ikoro, declined comments saying the kidnap took place in Edo State territory.

Trent Alexander-Arnold scored an injury-time winner as Liverpool came from behind to beat Aston Villa and end a run of six consecutive defeats at Anfield. Ollie Watkins – who scored a hat-trick in Villa’s 7-2 win in the reverse game – fired the visitors ahead with a shot which squirmed through Alisson. Liverpool were denied an equaliser by an extremely tight video assistant referee offside decision. Roberto Firmino fired home from close range but a long VAR review ruled that Diogo Jota was just offside in the build-up. They did eventually equalise when Mohamed Salah headed into an empty net…

Leeds played the whole second half with 10 men as they secured an outstanding win in stoppage time to slow Manchester City’s charge to the Premier League title. https://twitter.com/LUFC/status/1380877580757254145?s=20 https://twitter.com/ManCity/status/1380875636986806273?s=20 Stuart Dallas put Leeds ahead against the runaway leaders in the first half with a shot that went in off the post. Skipper Liam Cooper was then sent off for a challenge on Gabriel Jesus. Ferran Torres equalised but Leeds celebrated a famous win after Dallas scored an 91st-minute winner. Man Utd to swap Lingard for Rice, as Chelsea target Aguero Despite a first defeat since 7 March, City are…

Gun salutes were fired across Britain on Saturday to mark the death of Prince Philip as tributes flooded in for a man who was a pillar of strength for Queen Elizabeth during her record-breaking reign. Members of the public laid flowers outside royal residences, paying their respects to the 99-year-old prince who spent more than seven decades at his wife’s side. https://twitter.com/TowerOfLondon/status/1380842219377156102?s=20 On its official Twitter feed, the royal family put up a tribute paid by the queen to her husband on their 50th wedding anniversary in 1997. https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1380820453665730562?s=20 “He has, quite simply, been my strength and stay all these…