This is in response to reports suggesting that the institution was renamed to honour the late monarch and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland.

The ICC sentenced Yekatom to 15 years behind bars for 20 war crimes and crimes against humanity including murder and torture.

He believes that, with more time, the performance of President Bola Tinubu will attract those who previously left the APC back to the party.

Yilwatda stated this on Channels Television's Politics Today programme hours after his emergence as APC chair in Abuja.

He said all opposition parties failed in off-season governorship polls post-2023 general elections in Edo, Ondo, Kogi and Imo states.

The celebration, which began shortly after the news broke, saw a massive turnout of party supporters and well-wishers in the state capital.

Tinubu's closest rivals Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar top members of the ADC coalition that has vowed to unseat him in the 2027 election.

Hogan -- known for his towering 6'7" (two-meter) physique, bandana and distinctive blond handlebar mustache -- died at his home in Florida.

The Spanish champions signed Espanyol goalkeeper Joan Garcia this summer, who is expected to become the team's first choice, with Wojciech Szczesny as back-up.

The NLC called for a centralised databank to document cases of violations and convictions, stressing that there must be ...

At the meeting which held in Abuja on Thursday, the party fix November 15 and 16 for the convention in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.