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Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections and leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator RabiThe post Northern elders influence in fielding candidates undermining democracy Kwankwaso appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.

During 2024, Steven Davis and Jonny Evans, first and fourth on the Northern Ireland men’s team’s all-time appearance list, hung up their boots, although the latter continues to play on for his club Manchester United. In addition Stuart Dallas, another key player and one of the few in the squad with significant Premier League experience, was forced to retire through …

A man from Northern Nigeria has said that he cannot live in the North if Nigeria splits and the North becomes a country of its own.  He shared this in reaction to an X user who claimed northern Nigeria would have been more developed if it was a country on its own.  Disagreeing with the original poster, the X user …

The former Millwall player has scored two international goals, having previously played for Northern Ireland at Under-21, U19 and U17 level. His final season with Rotherham was marred by injury. “I’m delighted to be coming home and once I had spoken with Tiernan and heard his plans for the club, it was a simple decision,” Ferguson told the Derry City …

  A suspected terror!st was arrested while trying to illegally cross the northern border in the US. Mohammad Hasan Abdellatif Albana, 41, was booted from the US on Nov. 15 after Border Patrol agents caught him near the northern border in Lynden, Washington, where he was caught sneaking into the country, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement. ICE Enforcement and …

While Nelson is excited for the future, all eyes are firmly on Friday’s first leg at Inver Park. Playing in a game of this magnitude will be a new experience to many of Oxtoby’s squad, with only 11 of those who featured at Euro 2022 involved in the current squad. The arrival of Oxtoby in the summer of 2023 has …

Goalkeeper Jackie Burns says Northern Ireland want to show they can compete with the best teams and prove their Euro 2022 qualification “wasn’t a fluke”. Northern Ireland will be huge underdogs as they face Norway in a play-off for a place at the Euro 2025 finals in Switzerland. The first leg takes place at Inver Park on Friday before the …

The Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) has expressed strong opposition to the Tax Reform Bill, describing it as a policy “conceived in bad faith” that could jeopardize Nigeria’s unity.   The forum, in a communiqué issued on Saturday, November 23, after its Board of Trustees’ second bi-annual meeting in Abuja, criticized the bill’s implementation process, accusing its proponents of sidelining critical …

Having ended an otherwise disappointing Euro 2024 qualifying campaign on a high note when beating Denmark at Windsor Park 12 months ago, Michael O’Neill’s side carried that momentum into this year. An away win in Scotland followed by a credible draw in Romania showed signs of the solidity that was such a cornerstone of the former Stoke City manager’s first …

A sign of the improvement from the young squad even from a month ago was their second half display against Belarus at home. In the away game in Hungary, Northern Ireland started the first half well, squandered chances and then ran out of steam in the second period as they were held to a frustrating stalemate. At Windsor Park however, …