Game Theory: Why do US sports owners spend millions on politics?
US sports team owners include some of the wealthiest people in the world, and many spend millions of dollars on US politics. But why? Ahead of the US midterm elections, Al Jazeera’s Samantha Johnson follows the money to explore why sports owners spend millions on politics.
The Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, has urged newly appointed commissioners and special advisers to serve faithfully, uphold integrity and discharge their responsibilities without fear or favour. She reminded the appointees of the significance of the Oath of Allegiance and Oath of Office prescribed by the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, saying the oaths carried obligations to the government and people of Kaduna State.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced a nationwide demonstration on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, to demand the dismissal of Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and investigations into controversies surrounding an evacuation exercise and the issuance of passports. Mr Yakubu said demonstrators would assemble at 6:00 a.m. at Villaggio, near the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange and opposite Accra Mall.
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In my last article I called Nyesom Wike the El-Terrible of Nigerian politics. Peter Obi like him or hate him has been able to firmly plant himself into the conversation
The operation, carried out by a team headed by a Deputy Superintendent of Police, began at around 7 a.m.
Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Takoradi, has called on the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) to adequately resource Assembly Members to undertake weekly sanitation exercises in their respective electoral areas. Mr Okyere Darko-Mensah also advocated direct elections of MMDCEs, arguing that citizens should have the opportunity to elect their local government leaders, just as they elect the President, Members of Parliament and Assembly Members.