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e-sports live Coalition of Opposition Lawmakers have raised the alarm over alleged plot by some governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and members of the National Working Committee (NWC), to keep the acting national chairman, Umar Damagun, in office till 2027 in order to weaken the party. The group stated this on Sunday evening during a world press conference held in Akokwa, Imo state. According to the group’s spokesperson, Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, some prominent members of the party have planted 24 PDP state chairmen that will endorse President Bola Tinubu before 2027 and keep Damagun in office as national chairman till after the elections. Describing them as impostors, he vowed that their plan won’t work as structures were being put in place to ensure it doesn’t happen. “Today our nation is facing different challenges both economic, political. But there’s something that’s missing in all these problems and that’s a vibrant and responsive and responsible opposition. Today, we have a political party People Democratic Party, PDP that’s supposed to lead the opposition, but what do you have? But we have political charlatans hijacking the heartbeat of the opposition party and turning it to an errand platform for the ruling party. “Some of you called me yesterday when the meeting the Governors had in Jos and said it’s all over for PDP. It’s very shameful that a party that was founded in 1998 by the great efforts of our founding fathers. The likes of Alex Ekwueme, Jerry Gana, Atiku Abubakar, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and so many others came together and ended 16 years of military rule. “That political party is what these guys are playing akara with. It’s what imposters called Umar Damagun and Samuel Anyanwu is now messing up with and forgetting the sacred expectation of Nigerian people. A vibrant opposition. “Today I want to inform the whole Nigeria that they have perfected a plan to ensure that the NEC meeting to choose a chairman from North Central where the position is originally supposed to come from is not possible. They want Umar Damagun, an impostor of the highest order to continue to parade as the National Chairman and stay in office till 2027 so they can foist on us a weakling that will be presidential candidate. “We have impostors among us, who have no honour and decency. They have decided to see the political party, the ruling party will be laughing at them now that they want to sabotage their own party. “First, they said there was Sallah holiday and they shifted it, since last year they kept on shifting the NEC meeting. Till now no NEC meeting, they kept giving different excuses. The national leaders of PDP are frolicking with APC leaders, going to London, having meetings with APC leadership. “If the founding fathers of this party are still alive and are seeing what I’m seeing, they will be crying. I will mention the names of these PDP governors frolicking with APC. They think that by being a weakling, some of them will be allowed to control their state. “You have a national chairman and secretary who in 24 hours is in Nyesom Wike bedroom, a minister in APC government, at a time when Nigeria is facing serious crisis. Our opposition is now in the bed of the ruling party. And some of our governors will go to Jos because they are part of this political fraud. They consider the feelings of party members who have expectations. I must commend some of our governors who have remained loyal to the party,” he said. Ugochinyere also vowed that the alleged plot by the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, to seize Rivers State allocation, impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara will fail, adding that the governor will complete his tenure and reelected. He said; “If you want to join APC, join APC. But these clowns are running around just to destroy our party. What did we do to them? Should we bury our courts because of Wike?? You campaigned and Atiku defeated you, and you’ve vowed to destroy the party. Ikpeazu lost in Senate, Ortom lost, Ugwuanyi lost but today they are so proud to destroy what our founding fathers did. “Today, anybody that doesn’t agree with him he’s fighting him. There will be an end to this nonsense. Rivers state is an integral part of party and Wike is aiming for the resources of rivers. We won’t let it happen. He has fought with everyone. I advise President Bola Tinubu to be very careful dealing with him. Because when things go wrong between you two, he will tell us your story. “You supported someone to be governor, you produced all the commissioners, all house of assembly members, local government chairmen. The governor didn’t have any input. He produced the party structure. Was there any issue? It’s only a man who’s at war with his inner self that can have problem with Siminalayi Fubara. “But Wike still quarreled with him and wants to impeach him. You were there when the 27 lawmakers joined APC. Your seat has become vacant. Now you’re running around trying to bastardize the judiciary. Are we going to change our law because of Wike? Now he wants to seize the allocation of Rivers so that workers won’t be paid salary and everything will collapse in Rivers. “Everyday he’s running from one court to another to get injunction. His attempt will fail!!! Any attempt to seize Rivers allocation is an invitation to anarchy!!! The statutory allocation is the symbol of federation and constitutional governance.”Iran said on Sunday that it would hold nuclear talks in the coming days with the three European countries that initiated a censure resolution against it adopted by the UN's atomic watchdog. Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the meeting of the deputy foreign ministers of Iran, France, Germany and the United Kingdom would take place on Friday, without specifying a venue. "A range of regional and international issues and topics, including the issues of Palestine and Lebanon, as well as the nuclear issue, will be discussed," the spokesman said in a foreign ministry statement. Baghaei described the upcoming meeting as a continuation of talks held with the countries in September on the sidelines of the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. On Thursday, the 35-nation board of governors of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) adopted a resolution denouncing Iran for what it called a lack of cooperation. The move came as tensions ran high over Iran's atomic programme, which critics fear is aimed at developing a nuclear weapon -- something Tehran has repeatedly denied. In response to the resolution, Iran announced it was launching a "series of new and advanced centrifuges". Centrifuges enrich uranium transformed into gas by rotating it at very high speed, increasing the proportion of fissile isotope material (U-235). "We will substantially increase the enrichment capacity with the utilisation of different types of advanced machines," Behrouz Kamalvandi, Iran's atomic energy organisation spokesman, told state TV. The country, however, also said it planned to continue its "technical and safeguards cooperation with the IAEA". During a recent visit to Tehran by IAEA head Rafael Grossi, Iran agreed to the agency's demand to cap its sensitive stock of near weapons-grade uranium enriched up to 60 percent purity. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in power since July and a supporter of dialogue with Western countries, has said he wants to remove "doubts and ambiguities" about his country's nuclear programme. In 2015, Iran and world powers reached an agreement that saw the easing of international sanctions on Tehran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme. But the United States unilaterally withdrew from the accord in 2018 under then-president Donald Trump and reimposed biting economic sanctions, which prompted Iran to begin rolling back on its own commitments. On Sunday afternoon, the United Kingdom confirmed the upcoming meeting between Iran and the three European countries. "We remain committed to taking every diplomatic step to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, including through snapback if necessary," London's Foreign Office said. The 2015 deal contains a "snapback" mechanism that can be triggered in case of "significant non-performance" of commitments by Iran, allowing many sanctions to be reimposed. Ali Vaez, an Iran expert with the International Crisis Group think tank, told AFP that Friday's meeting was set to happen earlier, but "those plans were derailed as a result of Iran-Israel tensions" over the Gaza war. Though the parties will be meeting "without knowing what the incoming Trump administration wants to do", Vaez said that "after a lose-lose cycle of mutual escalation, now both sides are back to realising that engagement might be the least costly option." Tehran has since 2021 decreased its cooperation with the IAEA by deactivating surveillance devices monitoring the nuclear programme and barring UN inspectors. At the same time, it has increased its stockpiles of enriched uranium and the level of enrichment to 60 percent. That level is close, according to the IAEA, to the 90 percent-plus threshold required for a nuclear warhead, and substantially higher than the 3.67 percent limit it agreed to in 2015. pdm/smw/ami

Wall Street stocks were little changed on Thursday while Asian equities rose in thin Boxing Day trade, extending their "Santa Claus Rally" with several bourses still shut for the holiday. Japan's Nikkei index closed up 1.1 percent, boosted by comments from the Bank of Japan governor and share price gains for top-selling automaker Toyota. China's plans for massive bond issuances in 2025 also bolstered investor sentiment. "Even though many in the region are still shaking off a bit of a holiday hangover, with several markets closed for Boxing Day, Asian stocks opened higher, riding a favorable wave from China's financial bond juggernaut," said Stephen Innes from SPI Asset Management. In New York, major indices veered in and out of positive territory in a sleepy post-Christmas session. The broad-based S&P 500 finished down less than 0.1 percent. Large technology companies that have led the market in much of 2024 mostly took a breather. These included Netflix, Tesla and Amazon, all of which declined. "What's interesting today is that we're seeing small stocks bounce back a little bit," said Steve Sosnick of Interactive Brokers, noting that the Russell 2000 index put on 0.9 percent. Holiday consumer data showed a 3.8-percent increase in US retail spending from November 1 to December 24, according to a Mastercard SpendingPulse review of a key period for retailers. London Stockton, an analyst at Ned Davis Research, noted that the "Santa Claus rally could still be alive, with strong seasonality into the end of the year." Stock markets have traditionally fared well in the last five trading days of the year and the first two in the new year, a trend known as the "Santa Claus rally." Among a number of possible reasons advanced by experts include the festive holiday mood and purchasing ahead of the end of the tax year. Innes said remarks from Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda in which he refrained from signaling a potential interest rate hike next month also "influenced bullish regional sentiments." Japanese market heavyweight Toyota ended nearly six percent higher after reports in the Nikkei business daily said it aimed to double its return on equity -- a key measure of a company's financial performance. New York - Dow: UP 0.1 percent at 43,325.80 (close) New York - S&P 500: DOWN less than 0.1 percent at 6,037.59 (close) New York - Nasdaq: DOWN 0.1 percent at 20,020.36 (close) Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 1.1 percent at 39,568.06 points (close) Hang Seng: UP 1.1 percent at 20,098.29 points (Tuesday close) Shanghai - Composite: UP 0.1 percent at 3,398.08 points (close) Euro/dollar: UP at $1.0424 from $1.0414 on Tuesday Pound/dollar: DOWN at $1.2526 from $1.2538 Dollar/yen: UP at 158.00 yen from 157.06 yen Euro/pound: UP at 83.19 pence from 83.05 pence West Texas Intermediate: DOWN 0.7 percent at $69.62 per barrel Brent North Sea Crude: DOWN 0.4 percent at $73.26 per barrel bur-jmb/aha

Why There Was Momentarily No VAR During Ipswich vs Man UnitedA clearer picture emerged of who will serve in the Cabinet of America's 47th President, with President-elect Trump assembling more of his top cabinet picks on Friday evening. All of Trump's Cabinet choices must be confirmed by the Senate, with the process set to begin in January. The confirmation process will be made easier by a 53-seat Republican majority, after GOP candidates flipped four seats in this election. The president-elect chose a slew of key Trump supporters who assisted in his election. GET TO KNOW DONALD TRUMP'S CABINET: WHO HAS THE PRESIDENT-ELECT PICKED SO FAR? Scott Bessent – Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, founder of Key Square Group, was chosen for the coveted post of Treasury secretary. Bessent was a key economic policy adviser and fundraiser for the Trump campaign. "Scott is widely respected as one of the World's foremost International Investors and Geopolitical and Economic Strategists. Scott's story is that of the American Dream," Trump said on Friday. TRUMP NOMINATES SCOTT BESSENT AS TREASURY SECRETARY; PICKS RUSS VOUGHT TO LEAD BUDGET OFFICE He has been an advocate for economic policies like lower taxes, spending restraint and deregulation that have long made up the core of the Republican Party's platform, and has also been supportive of Trump's use of tariffs in trade negotiations. Russ Vought – Office of Management and Budget On Friday, Trump tapped Russ Vought to lead the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Vought served OMB director during Trump's first term. He also served as deputy OMB director and acting director. "He did an excellent job serving in this role in my First Term - We cut four Regulations for every new Regulation, and it was a Great Success!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. Vought is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 and a close Trump ally. Scott Turner – Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Trump nominated Scott Turner as the secretary of the... Sarah Rumpf-WhittenKota: A 27-year-old man was taken into custody in Kota after social media footage showed him driving with his 5-year-old son perched on the car bonnet. The incident, which surfaced on Dec 26, led Jhalawar city police to file charges under the BNS Act for endangering human life. Circle inspector Chandrajyoti of Jhalawar city police station reported that a 38 second video clip materialised on social media portals on Thursday morning, showing a man manoeuvring a vehicle on National Highway 52 with his young son sitting on the bonnet. The authorities then traced the driver through the vehicle's registration number which was visible in the recording. The accused, identified as Suresh Kumar Valmiki, 27, a resident of Jhalawar city, was located within an hour. Police officials apprehended the accused, impounded his vehicle and registered charges against him under various sections of the BNS Act for endangering human life, the circle inspector said. The footage, which emerged on social media on Thursday, was reportedly captured by a passerby approximately four days prior to its online dissemination, showing the moving vehicle with the child on its bonnet. Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss daily games like Crossword , Sudoku , Location Guesser and Mini Crossword .

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Principal Financial Group Inc. lessened its stake in iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF ( NYSEARCA:IWP – Free Report ) by 68.4% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 7,300 shares of the company’s stock after selling 15,800 shares during the quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF were worth $856,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Adirondack Trust Co. raised its position in iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 78.3% in the 2nd quarter. Adirondack Trust Co. now owns 296 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 130 shares during the last quarter. Lynx Investment Advisory bought a new stake in shares of iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $33,000. Centennial Bank AR raised its holdings in shares of iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 1,335.7% in the second quarter. Centennial Bank AR now owns 402 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,000 after purchasing an additional 374 shares during the last quarter. Carmichael Hill & Associates Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF by 30.7% during the second quarter. Carmichael Hill & Associates Inc. now owns 413 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,000 after purchasing an additional 97 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Kimelman & Baird LLC purchased a new position in iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF during the second quarter worth about $47,000. iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF Stock Performance Shares of IWP stock opened at $134.36 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $17.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.60 and a beta of 1.15. iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF has a 52-week low of $95.85 and a 52-week high of $134.49. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $121.87 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $114.53. iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF Company Profile iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF, formerly iShares Russell Midcap Growth Index Fund (the Growth Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Russell Midcap Growth Index (the Growth Index). See Also Want to see what other hedge funds are holding IWP? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF ( NYSEARCA:IWP – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for iShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .

This combination of pictures created on November 25, 2024 shows former US President Donald Trump (left) on February 15, 2024 and special counsel Jack Smith (right) on August 1, 2023. Trump’s team welcomed what it called a “major victory” on Monday after Smith moved to dismiss the case against the US president-elect for allegedly conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY and SAUL LOEB / AFP) WASHINGTON, United States — A judge on Monday granted a request by prosecutors to dismiss the election subversion case against Donald Trump because of a Justice Department policy of not prosecuting a sitting president. Judge Tanya Chutkan agreed to the request by Special Counsel Jack Smith to dismiss the case against the president-elect “without prejudice,” meaning it could potentially be revived after Trump leaves the White House four years from now. “Dismissal without prejudice is appropriate here,” Chutkan said, adding in the ruling that “the immunity afforded to a sitting President is temporary, expiring when they leave office.” Trump, 78, was accused of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election he lost to Joe Biden and removing large quantities of top secret documents after leaving the White House, but the cases never came to trial. Smith also moved on Monday to drop his appeal of the dismissal of the documents case filed against the former president in Florida. That case was tossed out earlier this year by a Trump-appointed judge on the grounds that Smith was unlawfully appointed. The special counsel paused the election interference case and the documents case this month after Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the November 5 presidential election. Smith cited the long-standing Justice Department policy of not indicting or prosecuting a sitting president in his motions to have the cases dismissed. “The Government’s position on the merits of the defendant’s prosecution has not changed,” Smith said in the filing with Chutkan. “But the circumstances have.” “It has long been the position of the Department of Justice that the United States Constitution forbids the federal indictment and subsequent criminal prosecution of a sitting President,” Smith said. “As a result this prosecution must be dismissed before the defendant is inaugurated.” In a separate filing, Smith said he was withdrawing his appeal of the dismissal of the classified documents case against Trump but pursuing the case against his two co-defendants, Trump valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said the cases were “empty and lawless, and should never have been brought.” “Over $100 Million Dollars of Taxpayer Dollars has been wasted in the Democrat Party’s fight against their Political Opponent, ME,” he said. “Nothing like this has ever happened in our Country before.” Trump was accused of conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding — the session of Congress called to certify Biden’s win, which was violently attacked on January 6, 2021 by a mob of the then-president’s supporters. Trump was also accused of seeking to disenfranchise US voters with his false claims that he won the 2020 election. The former and incoming president also faces two state cases — in New York and Georgia. He was convicted in New York in May of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election to stop her from revealing an alleged 2006 sexual encounter. However, Judge Juan Merchan has postponed sentencing while he considers a request from Trump’s lawyers that the conviction be thrown out in light of the Supreme Court ruling in July that an ex-president has broad immunity from prosecution. Subscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy . In Georgia, Trump faces racketeering charges over his efforts to subvert the 2020 election results in the southern state, but that case will likely be frozen while he is in office.American softball greats Cat Osterman and Lisa Fernandez are among the general managers who will lead teams in the new format of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League. Athletes Unlimited announced on Monday that four general managers and coaches have been selected for the league, which will start with a new touring format in June before becoming city-based in 2026. Games will be played in several cities in 2025, including Chicago and Wichita, Kansas. Kelly Kretschman will coach Osterman's team and Howard Dobson will coach Fernandez's squad. Jenny Dalton-Hill will be the general manager for a team coached by Stacey Nuveman-Deniz and Dana Sorensen will be the general manager for a squad Alisa Goler will coach. They will be part of an overall leadership group. It includes Kim Ng, the league's senior adviser in charge of launching the league, and advisers Osterman, Jennie Finch, Jessica Mendoza and Natasha Watley. "This unprecedented collection of general managers and head coaches, with their decades of elite softball experience, unique perspectives, and intense drive, sets the stage for AUSL to meet the moment to deliver an action-packed, world-class softball league that this sport has deserved for so long," Ng said. Fernandez, a three-time Olympic gold medalist, is associate head coach at UCLA. The Bruins have won five national titles in her 26 years on the staff, and she won two as a player for the team. Osterman is a three-time Olympian and was a four-time All-American at Texas. She won the Athletes Unlimited individual softball championship in 2020. Athletes Unlimited Softball has featured an individual format since 2020. This will be the first time it will have a traditional team-based league. There will be two seasons next summer, with the second maintaining the individual format. ESPN, the founding broadcast partner of the AUSL, will carry at least 30 games on its platforms. 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