The former Kogi State Governor’s female police aide-de-camp has been detained | TMI SOCIALS
1. Tributes poured in quickly on Saturday as renowned Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya set a new 60-hour Guinness World Record for the longest marathon chess at the Times Square, New York.
Onakoya embarked on his marathon session hoping to raise $1m for underprivileged children’s education across Africa through the record attempt.
The 29-year-old played chess for 60 hours, from Wednesday, April 17 to 20, surpassing the current chess marathon record of 56 hours, nine minutes and 37 seconds, achieved in 2018 by Norwegians Hallvard Haug Flatebo and Sjur Ferkingstad.
2. Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akure, the Ondo State capital, took to the streets on Sunday to protest what they termed irregularities and biased conduct of the ward primaries across the state on Saturday.
The ward primaries meant to produce the governorship candidate of the party for the November 16, 2024 governorship election in the state has been marred with non-availability of election materials.
The protesters called for the cancellation of the ward primaries.
3. The governor of Ondo State Lucky Aiyedatiwa has been declared the winner of the APC ward primary and the candidate of the party in the coming governorship election in the state
Aiyedatiwa amassed a total of 48,569 votes in the primaries while fellow contender, Mayowa Akinfolarin, polled 15,343 votes, with Olusola Oke coming in third position with 14,865 votes.
He was declared the winner by the Chairman of the Governorship Primary Election Committee and Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Ododo, in the early hours of Monday, who also noted that the electoral process went ”smoothly” with little skirmishes recorded
4. The police have detained a female police officer who was the aide-de-camp to the embattled former Kogi State Governor, Mr Yahaya Bello, over allegations of being part of the security aides that obstructed the arrest of the former governor in Abuja.
The ADC was arrested alongside other police officers attached to Mr Bello. They are being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department in Abuja.
Sources within the Police say their arrests and detention followed an order by the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, directing their immediate withdrawal from the former governor.
5. According to media reports, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is set to appoint former Barcelona star Emmanuel Amuneke, as the next Super Eagles head coach, replacing Jose Peseiro who left his role in February.
After screening applications from foreign and indigenous coaches over the past few weeks, the NFF has reportedly settled for Amuneke, who led Nigeria’s U17 to glory at the FIFA U17 World Cup.
Reports claimed that NFF’s decision to hire Amuneke, an indigenous coach, is due to the inability of the federation to pay a foreign manager.
An official announcement is expected from the NFF regarding the appointment of a new Super Eagles head coach
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