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The police high command has described media reports on planned strike action by rank and file as fake and mischievous. “The Nigeria Police Force wishes to state unequivocally that the alleged publication is fake and a mischievous attempt by unscrupulous individuals to bring the Force to disrepute, misinform the general public and heat up the polity,” Nigerian police spokesman, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement. “It is pertinent to restate that the Nigeria Police Force is a regimented and disciplined organization with laid down rules and guidelines for addressing grievances and in no circumstance is a strike action one…

*Wants religion to be used for unity, improvement of people’s lives The vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, declared at the weekend that in the last seven years of working with President Muhammadu Buhari, there has not been any religious dispute between them. Osinbajo called on religious leaders to use faith to unite the country and improve the lives of the citizens. The vice president spoke while playing host to the Senegal-based Grand Khalifa of Tijjaniya Movement Worldwide, His Eminence, Sheikh Muhammadu Mahi Ibrahim Niass, at the State House, Abuja. Osinbajo described Buhari as a leader who accommodated people of different…

*John Akpanudoedehe’s fate uncertain  *Group alleges fresh plot to sack Yobe gov through court injunction  *Party moves to have court injunction stopping convention vacated In a dramatic turn of events, leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) may have  agreed to keep Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni as Interim Chairman of the party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), while Niger State Governor Sani Bello functions as de facto chairman,  though in acting capacity while Buni remains away. Buni  had travelled for medical reasons and transmitted power to Bello in writing  to act as the CECPC chairman. It was…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its ongoing strike action by another eight weeks. The union had a month ago declared a 30 days strike action in the first instance in its face-off with the Federal Government. The resolution to extend the strike action was reached after a meeting this weekend. An ASUU official, Prof. Abdulkadir Muhammad Danbazau, who confirmed the report, said the decision to extend the was to allow the union and government reach agreement in other to avoid any other strike in future. He added that the two months was enough for the government…

Since the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Bola Tinubu, signified his interest to contest for the presidency in 2023, many of his known key associates in the South-west have remained silent over his ambition, Vanessa Obioha writes The tempo of political activities in Nigeria was raised when the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu declared what he described as his life-long ambition to contest the next presidential election in the country. Since the former Governor of Lagos State unveiled his plan to aspire to become the fifth democratically-elected president of Nigeria in…

It is not possible that incumbent Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, who became the chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of governing All Progressives Congress (APC), would weigh more than 90 kilogrammes on the weighing scale. With his slight frame and taciturn demeanour, the Yobe State governor comes out as a nice man, an epitome of humility and a kind of utility resource person. Those qualities may explain why, for the greater part of the nearly two years he superintended over APC’s interim management committee, what he did not say weighed heavily on the party and…

Liverpool have become only the second club after Manchester United to score 2,000 goals in the Premier League. The Reds hit the landmark figure in yesterday’s meeting with Brighton and Hove Albion thanks to Mohamed Salah’s 61st-minute penalty to put his side 2-0 ahead. Jurgen Klopp’s team are still some way off United in terms of all-time goals in the competition, however, with their fierce rivals boasting 2,173. Arsenal are next on the list behind United and Liverpool with 1,997 goals, followed by Chelsea (1,953) and Tottenham (1,716). Liverpool’s highest scoring Premier League season came in 2013-14 when netting 101…

Cristiano Ronaldo set another goalscoring record in a return to form with a hat-trick to keep Manchester United’s chances of playing in the Champions League next season alive with a 3-2 win over Tottenham on Saturday. Ronaldo had scored just once in his previous 10 games, but three fantastic finishes took him clear as the highest scorer in professional men’s football history according to FIFA’s records with 807 goals for club and country. Victory lifts United back into fourth, although they are just two points ahead of Arsenal who have four games in hand. A fifth defeat in eight league…

Chief Obafemi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awolowo (1909 – 1987) was Premier of the Western Region from 1952 to1959, seven years in total, yet the profound influence he has on Nigerian education lingers on from the 20th to the 21st Century. Perhaps it would be there forever, nobody can say. Therefore, it is possible for a thoughtful policy to influence any aspect of society. So with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). It does not matter if the policy was followed or not, by future governments or institutions. In the case of ASUU, it was not followed. In spite of that,…

• Buni Shut Out As ‘New’ CECPC Chair, Bello Arrives London • Remain Steadfast, Maintain Party Unity, Buhari Urges Members • President Can Resolve Crisis In 24hrs If He Wishes – Ettah • Tinubu Charges Leaders, Members To Prevent Party’s Implosion As the leadership crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) deepens leaving confusion in its trail across party lines, a former Deputy National Vice Chairman (South/South) of the party, Hillard Ntufam Ettah has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of working with some conservative elements within to wreck the ruling party. This was as he suggested that the…