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  The recommendation that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP should throw the race for its 2023 Presidential ticket open to all Nigerians has been opposed by a pressure group. A review committee led by Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State made the recommendation in it’s report last week. In a reaction at the weekend, a group, PDP Youth Vanguard berated the committee for not considering the interest of zones yet to benefit from zoning in its The group in a statement by its National Chairman, James Efe Akpofure, said the recommendation is inimical to the unity of the party. The group said it is selfish of the committee to have thrown open the ticket, adding that the other zones that have not tasted it will not be happy, as such action is not for the good of the party. The PDP Youth Vanguard said: “The message our party is sending out by this recommendation will either help or destroy us. We should be mindful of the feelings of other members before adopting any recommendations. “We a...

  Former Arsenal boss, Arsene Wenger, has said that Spanish giants, Real Madrid were demanding too much from Zinedine Zidane and he should remain as their coach. While Zidane has managed to get Real’s season back on track, there remains the possibility of ending the campaign trophyless. But Wenger insists the Frenchman should keep his job, telling TF1: “When you are successful as a coach, you are a bit of the victim of that. “We never ask him for less because he has had put the club at such a level that to come back and do so well is impossible.” Real Madrid are in the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the first time in two years.

  The Super Eagles camp in Lagos is already bubbling with some early arrivals ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations Cup (AFCON) qualifying matches against the Benin Republic and Lesotho. According to the updates from the Super Eagles official Twitter handle, six of the invited players for the March 27 and 30 games are already in town with a handful more expected on Monday. The national team captain, Ahmed Musa is among the early birds along with the England-based trio of William Troost-Ekong, Ola Aina, and Semi Ajayi. The Galatasary duo of Henry Onyekuru, as well as Oghenekaro Etebo, have also arrived at the Super Eagles camp in Lagos ahead of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying double-header against Benin and Lesotho. More players are expected to arrive at the team’s camp on Monday as they look to begin preparations for the qualifiers. Coach Gernot Rohr originally invited 24 players for these two games in Porto Novo and Lagos. The Franco-German has, however, had to make some ch...

  The Judaism Fellowship Initiative (JFI), an umbrella organisation of all the Jewish synagogue in Nigeria, has accused Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), of feeding gullible minds with wrong doctrine of Judaism. Chief Arthur-Regis Odidika, President of the Nigeria Judaism Community, said this at the 10th anniversary of JFI in Ihiala, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra, on Sunday. Odidika said Kanu had become a threat of the true Judaism religion because he had embarked on mass evangelisation and conversion which was not part of the Jewish movement more so with erroneous teaching. He said Judaism in Nigeria, which was growing organically, had experienced the influx of a large number of followers of Mazi Kanu who knew little or nothing about the religion. He regretted that the IPOB leader had decided to adopt Judaism, a religion of peace for his separatist agenda and called on the Federal Government to save the movement by supporting ...

  The of Appeal, division has fixed July 5 for hearing in property suit lodged against a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), J.B. Majiyagbe by Mr Samuel Nwosu. At the resumed hearing on Monday, the three-member panel of the granted an application seeking to substitute the name of Skye Bank for Polaris bank, which is the bank’s new name. Consequently, the ordered that all processes relating to appeal number CA/A/541/2018 be amended to reflect the name of Polaris Bank. The court further made an order directing that fresh hearing notice be issued on the second respondent, Polaris Bank, was not represented in court. Earlier, counsel to the appellant Mr Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume, SAN, tendered a letter from the Deputy Registrar of the court confirming that the correct number of the appeal was CA/A/541/2018 and not CA/A/112/2017. Newsmen report that on the last adjourned date, a three-man panel of the appellate court headed by Justice Abubakar Yahaya, ordered Ume, G. O. A. Ogunyomi and Oluwase...