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A coalition of youth groups in Ogun State has written to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, urging him to disregard the petition written against the state Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun. The youths under the auspices of Conference of Ogun Youth Leaders, in the letter dated May 5, 2022, expressed their passion for the second term ambition  of the incumbent state governor. The letter was signed by Seyi Afolabi, the state chairman of the Nigerian Youth Congress (NYC), Ogun State chapter; Mubarak Salisu, member, Nigerian Youth Parliament, Ogun Central; Prince Oyede Oke, member, Nigerian Youth…

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that all members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) running for elective offices to submit their letters of resignation on or before Monday the 16th of May, 2022. The Minister of information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting. Those affected are Ministers of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation Abubakar Malami, Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio; Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige; Science, Technology and Innovation, Ogbonnaya Onu; Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, who have all joined the presidential race on the platform…

Former Real Madrid midfielder James Rodriguez has stated that he wants to see Liverpool beat Los Blancos in the Champions League on 28 May. Rodriguez, who won two Champions League trophies with the Whites, admittedly wants his friend and compatriot Luis Diaz to win the European title at Madrid’s expense. Real Madrid and Liverpool are set to face each other in a second Champions League final in the span of four seasons. In their previous meeting in 2018-19, Los Blancos came out on top, with Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema scoring in a 3-1 win. The game also saw Mohamed Salah leave the pitch injured in…

French football pundit Ludovic Obraniak attributed Lionel Messi’s disappointing first year at PSG to bad luck. The Argentine joined the Ligue 1 side on a free transfer from Barcelona last summer, and while he recently won the league title, his individual campaign hasn’t been up to scratch. In 24 league games, he’s struck only four goals, but has hit the woodwork on a staggering 10 occasions, more than any other player in Europe’s top five leagues. With a little more luck on his side, Messi would’ve had decent numbers in the goalscoring department, and the narrative around his season would’ve been different too. On the show,…

Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez praised winger Ousmane Dembele after the Catalans’ 3-1 win over Celta Vigo in La Liga on Tuesday, May 10. The Spaniard was impressed with Dembele and admitted that he’s made a difference in the team. The Frenchman got two assists on the night as a brace from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and a goal from Memphis Depay sealed the win for Barcelona. Iago Aspas scored the only goal for Celta Vigo. Dembele now leads the assists charts in La Liga this season with 13 assists. He has played just 20 matches so far. Speaking after the match, Xavi was all praise…

•Assures 2.8 billion litres of petrol available, sufficient for 48 days Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mr. Mele Kyari, yesterday told the House of Representatives Adhoc Committee investigating the state of refineries in Nigeria that 25 years of bad management was responsible for the poor state of the country’s refineries. Speaker of the House, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, had on January 26, constituted the adhoc committee to work with NNPC, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, and other relevant stakeholders to obtain the needed information for…

•Says AGF lacks powers to usurp ICPC, EFCC’s constitutional duty The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declared the Asset Tracing, Recovery and Management Regulations, 2019 set up by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Abubakar Malami, as invalid and unconstitutional. Consequently, Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa nullified all sales and disposals of assets made by the AGF under the Asset Tracing, Recovery and Management Regulations, 2019. The judge held that the regulations were, “ultra vires the office and powers,” and beyond the powers of the AGF. Justice Lewis-Allagoa made pronouncement in suit number, FHC/L/CS/40/2021 filed by the plaintiff,…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has said the Conference of Speakers and Heads of African Parliaments (CoSAP) is pushing for total debt cancellation by creditor-nations as opposed to debt relief or review. Gbajabiamila, who was speaking on day two of the ongoing 1st CoSAP in Abuja, explained that the body would want all debts owed by African countries cancelled. The Speaker was contributing to discussions on the first plenary topic of the day, “Financing Africa’s pandemic Response: Legislative Imperatives and Interventions,” anchored by the Country Representative in Nigeria, World Health Organisation, Dr. Walter Kazadi Mulombo.…

Former Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has said the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, should not expect him to keep quiet when the state is being robbed of its treasures. He described Wike as a colossal failure, whose only legacy was unbridled tyranny. Peterside stated this in a statement, yesterday, in response to Wike’s remarks at a thanksgiving service held at St Paul’s Cathedral in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Sunday. Wike had, at thanksgiving service, berated Peterside for allegedly threatening the peace and stability of the state over the arrest and arraignment…

The country’s football stakeholders, yesterday, lambasted the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over an alleged fine of $1,045,000 (about N433,873), which world football governing body, FIFA, imposed on the country for the unceremonious dismissal of German coach, Gernot Rohr, in December last year. Rohr, who qualified the Super Eagles for the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), as well as the final round of Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup, was sent packing on the eve of the showpiece in Cameroun following complaints by some Nigerians that his team was not inspiring enough. A media report yesterday reported that FIFA ordered Nigeria…