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POLITICS2023: South East not meant for running mate – Gov Uzodinma on Muslim-Muslim ticket

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma has said the South East was more interested in producing the next president of Nigeria than angling to be a candidate’s running mate.

Uzodinma stated this on Tuesday, while speaking to State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja

The Governor, however, said the choice of the running mate would be decided by APC presidential ticket, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and not governors.

Fielding a question on Muslim-Muslim tickets and the choice of a running mate, he said: “There are internal characteristics that the decision-maker may consider in the process of making his decision. The decision whether to choose Mr A or Mr B to be a running mate to a candidate is entirely that of the candidate.

British man accused of murdering his terminally ill wife after 56 years together 'terrified' ahead of trial in Cyprus

David Hunter faces trial in Cyprus on Thursday over the death of his wife Janice. After a request for a charge of "assisting su***de" was rejected, their daughter tells Sky News she is urging the judges to show "compassion" and insists her father is "not a risk to society".

Cost of living: Eight million households to start receiving support payments in July

Low-income households on benefits will get £326 next month as part of a £21bn support package to help with soaring bills, which was announced last month.

Eight million households will start receiving cost-of-living payments from 14 July, the government has said.

Low-income households on benefits will get £326 next month as part of a £21bn support package to help with soaring bills, which was announced last month.

Another £324 will hit their accounts in the autumn, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.

Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey said: "With millions of the lowest-income households soon seeing the first of two cash instalments land into their bank accounts, we are taking action to directly help families with the cost of living."

She said the payments - totalling £650 - are part of the government's plans to put an extra £1,200 "into the pockets of those most in need".

Nigeria Army Says Its Troops Killed Several Boko Haram Terrorists In Borno, Recovered Vehicles, Arms

The Nigerian Army has said troops of the 115 Battalion on Thursday neutralised some members of the deadly Boko Haram/Islamic State West African Province terrorist group. This was made known in a statement on the official Twitter account of the Nigerian Army on Friday.

The Nigerian Army has said troops of the 115 Battalion on Thursday neutralised some members of the deadly Boko Haram/Islamic State West African Province terrorist group.

Five people died and more than 100 police officers were injured during the Capitol riot last year - but was it orchestrated from inside the White House?

When the historians come to write this chapter of America's history, they'll find a good chunk of their work is being done for them over the next few weeks.

Last night we got the first glimpse of what these extraordinary hearings will look like.

For the first time since the Nixon's Watergate scandal, a conspiracy is being exposed to the American public, if they choose to tune in.

From a committee room in a building just a block from where the chaos unfolded on that day last January, never-before-seen footage was beamed live on primetime TV.

We heard from one-time Donald Trump loyalists, and we listened to the former president's own daughter.