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Rochas Okorocha Hails Court Judgement In His Dispute With Governor Hope Uzodinma Over APC Senatorial Primary In Imo West

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Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has hailed a court judgment in his dispute with Governor Hope Uzodinma over the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senatorial primary in Imo West, saying the ruling has vindicated him. Speaking to  journalists after the judgment, Okorocha said the court had upheld his claims and challenged any party dissatisfied with the decision to appeal. “All the court agreed with me,” he said. “But if they want to appeal, let them appeal. I’ll tackle them on it.” Okorocha alleged that irregularities in the Senatorial primary results formed part of the dispute, claiming that entries across the 12 Local Government Areas were made by one person. He also questioned discrepancies between ward-level results and figures recorded at the Local Government collation stage, alleging that some ward result sheets contained no scores despite figures appearing in the collation results. The former G overnor said he had remained silent while allegations of forgery circulat...
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“Governor Hope Uzodinma Remains Our Imo West Senatorial Candidate” – APC Insists Despite Court Judgement

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The Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has insisted that Governor Hope Uzodinma remains its candidate for Imo West Senatorial District in the 2027 general elections, despite a Federal High Court judgement declaring former Governor, Rochas Okorocha the winner of the party's senatorial primary. The court, sitting in Abuja, had on Thursday, October 29, 2026, declared Okorocha the winner of the primary and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognize him as the APC candidate for the district. However, the party’s state Publicity Secretary, Onwuasoanya FCC Jones, maintained in a statement that Uzodinma won the primary with the majority of votes cast. He said the party’s legal department would study the outcome of the court proceedings and take appropriate action. “The party wishes to state without any confusion that His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodinma, remains the candidate of our party for Imo West Senatorial Distr...
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Court Sacks Governor Hope Uzodinma As APC Senatorial Candidate For Imo West

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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, October 29, 2026, nullified the emergence of Governor Hope Uzodinma as candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Imo West Senatorial election slated to hold on Saturday, January 16, 2027. The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Obiora Egwuatu, held the evidence before it established that Governor Uzodinma was not the valid winner of the primary election the APC conducted in the senatorial zone on Monday, May 18, 2026, which was monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to the court, it was a former Governor of the state, Senator Rochas Okorocha, who garnered the highest number of votes cast at the primary election and therefore ought to have been nominated by the party. Consequently, Justice Egwuatu ordered INEC to forthwith recognise Senator Okorocha and publish his name as the authentic candidate of the APC for the senatorial poll. It further issued an order barring Governor Hope ...
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Nollywood Actress, Doris Ogala Accuses Pastors Jerry Eze And Johnson Suleman Of Having A Hand In Her Remand In Prison

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Nollywood actress and the governorship candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in Abia State, Doris Ogala, has accused Pastors Jerry Eze and Johnson Suleman of having a hand in her remand. It was gathered that Doris Ogala  was remanded in Ikoyi Prison on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, by the Lagos State High Court following her ongoing legal battle with Pastor Chris Okafor of Grace Nation Bible Ministry. The actress is facing a four-count charge bordering on harassment and cyberbullying, publication of the clergyman’s personal materials, attempted extortion  and dissemination of false information to incriminate the cleric. However, speaking from prison, Doris, in a post on her page, called out Chris Okafor and two other prominent Nigerian pastors, Jerry Eze and Johnson Suleman, accusing them of being responsible for her remand because of the alleged secrets she has about them. While urging the general public to hold the clergymen responsible should anything happen to her,...
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At Least 64 People Killed In Two Trains Collision In Spain

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At least 64 people have died on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, when two trains collided near Toledo, in central Spain, a representative of the regional government of  Castilla-La Mancha said. A train operated by state-owned Renfe and another by Iryo, Spain's first private high-speed rail operator, crashed shortly after 9 AM local time, causing at least two of the Iryo carriages to derail.  The incident also injured 80 people out of the more than 540 passengers. Videos broadcast on the regional Castilla-La Mancha TV showed ​a derailed train with at least one carriage ‌remaining on an elevated section ⁠of track while twisted metal, ​broken panels and wreckage could be seen strewn across an ​embankment beneath the line. The collision comes nine months after an accident between high-speed trains belonging to the same operators on the same line that killed 46 people. Both accidents  occurred on the line running south from Madrid and involved state-owned train operator Renfe and ...
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Court Dismisses Emeka Ike’s ₦10 Billion Data Privacy Suit Against Wike’s Aide, Lere Olayinka And INEC

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The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a ₦10 billion suit filed by veteran Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike, against the Senior Special Assistant to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, Lere Olayinka, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the publication of his voter registration  details. Justice Salim Ibrahim, in a judgment delivered on Wednesday, upheld the preliminary objections raised by the respondents, holding that the suit was incompetent and improperly constituted. The court also  dismissed the substantive suit for lack of sufficient proof. Ike had sued Olayinka and INEC as first and second respondents in suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1272/2026, alleging that the publication of his voter registration information on X violated his fundamental right to privacy and protection of personal data. The actor, who had sought to contest the AMAC/Bwari Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives in the 2027 general electi...
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[FULL LIST] Harry Kane Wins 2026 Ballon d’Or

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England captain and Bayern Munich striker, Harry Kane has won the 2026 Ballon d’Or, becoming the first Englishman to claim football’s most prestigious individual award since Michael Owen in 2001. The England  captain was crowned at the 70th edition of the ceremony at the London Palladium on Monday, October 26, 2026, capping a remarkable 2025–26 campaign for club and country. Kane scored 61 goals in 51 appearances for Bayern during the season, helping the German club win the domestic league and cup double. His overall tally, including international matches, reached 73 goals. The 33-year-old also scored six goals at the World Cup, where England reached the semi-finals. Kane’s  triumph marks the end of a long wait for an English winner. Owen was the last player from England to receive the award, winning it in 2001. Kane had earlier won the men's Striker of the Year award at Monday's ceremony. The Ballon d’Or recognizes the outstanding individual footballer of the year with journa...
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