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Turkish authorities have detained 18 people as part of an investigation into referees suspected of betting on football matches, the Istanbul prosecutor’s office confirmed on Friday. According to the statement, 21 arrest warrants were issued — including for 17 referees and the president of a first-division club — as investigators probe alleged match-fixing and abuse of power within Turkish football. The scandal follows last week’s decision by the Turkish Football

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deepened on Monday as loyalists of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, forcefully took over the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja — escalating the internal power struggle between the Wike-backed camp and the PDP governors. The takeover occurred in the absence of National Chairman Umar Damagum and other members of the National Working Committee (NWC), who are believed to

The Presidency has dismissed reports claiming that President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to visit the United States this week for a meeting with US Vice President J.D. Vance. In a statement shared via X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, Temitope Ajayi, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, described the report—first published by Sahara Reporters—as false and misleading. Ajayi said the story had triggered unnecessary speculation and