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• Resolves division over convention date • Adopts consensus methodology for national chair • APC ineligible to contest 2023 elections, PDP alleges After months of vacillation and doublespeak, the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially allotted political offices, including the national chairmanship and Presidential slots to various geopolitical zones. The issue of where the prospective national chairman of the party would come from has been at the root of delay in organising APC’s national convention, even as some stakeholders had expressed worry that the tenure of the Governor Mai Mala Buni’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) expired last December.…

Following the increase in airfare and the implication on Nigerian roads, the Senate on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, declare a State of Emergency on the nation’s federal roads. The upper chamber also urged the Federal Government to immediately make good its indebtedness to the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency in order to enable the agency to carry out its primary responsibility of rehabilitating federal roads, especially in the face of the astronomical increase in airfares. Special Assistant (Press) to the Senate President, Ezrel Tabiowo, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday. He…

A former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Tuesday announced the formation of Third Force, under the aegis of The National Movement, thereby lightening the political temper of Nigeria towards the 2023 Presidency. Others in the team with him include Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi of Kaduna State; former Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung; popular Northern critic, Buba Galadima; and other prominent Nigerians. According to them, the Third Force would take over power from the All Progressives Congress in 2023. The TNM said it was conscious of its strong duties to save Nigeria from disintegration. While promising to…

David de Gea returns to the city of his birth and club where he grew up on Wednesday as Manchester United head to Atletico Madrid in a Champions League clash between two giants that have fallen on hard times. United sit fourth in the Premier League, 17 points behind local rivals Manchester City, and out of both domestic cup competitions, leaving European glory their only remaining shot at ending a five-year wait to win a trophy. Yet, not for the first time in the 11 years since the then fresh-faced, skinny Spaniard swapped Madrid for Manchester, De Gea has risen…

Tottenham manager Antonio Conte has said star forward Harry Kane will be fit to face Burnley in the Premier League on Wednesday. The England captain was hit on the back during a superb two-goal effort in a stunning 3-2 win at Manchester City last weekend that saw the reigning champions’ lead at the top of the table cut to six points. Conte, during a pre-match news conference on Tuesday, joked Kane would play at Burnley’s Turf Moor ground even if he had one leg. “Harry had a hit on his back but he has to play. Even if he has…

Ahead of the 2023 elections, a support group, Youth for Tinubu Initiative (YTI) has assured stakeholders that the former Governo r of Lagos state and an All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, Senator Bola Tinubu, will not leave the ruling party for any aspirant. YTI’s National Coordinator, Mr. Ajibola Afolayan, stated this while addressing a press conference yesterday in Abuja, saying the group was convinced that Tinubu’s network across the geo-political zones would deliver him the presidential ticket of APC. Against this background, the group has ordered its members across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has called for the cooperation of the international community including other global, regional bodies and financial institutions to concretize the efforts of the leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against unconstitutional changes of government and deter coup plotters. Osinbajo made the call at the State House, Abuja while playing host to the United Kingdom’s Minister for Africa, Vicky Ford, who was accompanied by British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing. According to him, “There is a lot of attention being paid to coups d’etat going on, especially in the West African sub-region, I…

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Special Duties, Yusuf Yusuf, has advocated the prosecution of the immediate family members of any corrupt Nigerian, instead of making the perpetrators to suffer the punishment alone. Senator Yusuf, who is currently sponsoring a bill seeking the creation of an agency that would be managing assets established to be proceeds of corruption, stated this in an interview with journalists in Abuja yesterday. He said many Nigerians were still engaging in corrupt practices because only the perpetrators were being made to face prosecution. The senator maintained that corrupt Nigerians would reduce drastically if beneficiaries of their…

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has advocated ‘a comprehensive national response’ to win the battle against insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and all other forms of security challenges afflicting the polity. He also called for massive investment in public health, nutrition, education, promotion of partnerships for affordable housing, food security, potable water and creation of enabling environment to put opportunities for skills acquisition and gainful employment for the youths to reduce violent crimes in the country. Fayemi, who is also the chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), spoke as the guest lecturer at the 2022 Murtala Muhammed Foundation Memorial Lecture…

Former Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, has stated that in view of the various challenges facing the country, the 2023 elections in the country should provide another opportunity to hit the reset button and great task of nation-building. Abdullahi, therefore, said: “This is the time for every citizen who has something to contribute to come forward.” Speaking in Ilorin yesterday during the presentation of his letter of interest to the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to contest for the Kwara Central senatorial district in the 2023 election, Abdullahi said: “No matter what may have…