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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said addressing delays of justice delivery, should involve imposing sanctions by a more intentional regime for the award of adverse and wasted costs. Osinbajo who disclosed this at the weekend at the 20th annual memorial anniversary symposium in honour of legal practitioner, Mr. Bankole Olumide Aluko (SAN), however said challenges affecting the administration of justice in Nigeria are being addressed and there is much hope for the positive reform of the system as more result-oriented work is going on and some real changes expected. Regarding the impact of the law on democracy, the Vice President…

• PDP caucus decries excessive loans, says APC has sold Nigeria to China • CSOs hail NASS over re-transmission of Electoral Bill to Buhari • Enforce Freedom of Information Act to address democracy deficits, EU urges FG Opposition federal lawmakers have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the reworked Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022 without delay. The lawmakers, under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Assembly caucus, made the demand, yesterday, at their meeting with the leadership of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the major opposition party. Both chambers of the National Assembly had, on…

Nigeria has earned at least N1 trillion as proceeds of privatisation and commercialisation of government-owned enterprises by the defunct Technical Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation (TCPC) and its successor, National Council on Privatisation (NCP). Vice President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed this at the inauguration of the members of the reconstituted NCP in Abuja. This is even as stakeholders have charged the new NCP members to show transparency and patriotism in the discharge of their duties. Osinbajo who is also the chairman of the council, revealed that since the inception of the NCP and its precursor (Technical Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation…

• ‘Nine persons kidnapped daily in 2021’ • Northwest needs a military theatre command to tackle banditry, says governor • CAN calls for el-Rufai’s resignation, says report self-indicting It was a sombre-looking Governor Nasir el-Rufai who, yesterday, reeled out gloomy details of the spate of insecurity that has held Kaduna State by the jugular. Receiving reports of the security challenges facing the state compiled by the Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, the governor said Kaduna lost 1,192 residents to bandits attacks across the state in 2021, while 3,348 citizens were kidnapped. The fatality figure represents an…

Residents of Jattu, Auchi and neighboring towns in Edo State have commended Governor Godwin Obaseki, for the Light-up Edo Project (Phase I), as the towns now wear a new look following the installation of 283 solar street lights at strategic locations on the major roads linking the towns in the northern part of state. The Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Energy and Electricity, Stephen Uyiekpen, at the weekend said: “The light-up Edo project is part of Obaseki’s ‘Making Edo Great Again’ manifesto to transform the state into the preferred business destination in Nigeria, improve security and raise the…

The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Chief Gani Adams Ige Adams has urged Kogi State Governor, Mr. Yahaya Bello, to replicate the Amotekun initiative in the state, saying the initiative would help in reducing the spate of insecurity. Adams made the charge in Kabba, Kogi State, at the 8th edition of Oodua Progressive Union (OPU) tagged Kabba 2022. The leader of the OPC, who is the global convener of the Diaspora group, noted that though the state is relatively peaceful, there is need to beef up the security across the state. “I urge our amiable governor to replicate the…

The Guild of Sports Editors has urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to, without delay, announce and empower Super Eagles Interim Coach, Augustine Eguavoen, as the manager of the senior national team, which is billed to meet Ghana in a two-leg Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifier in March. The Guild, which noted, that the time is too late for the NFF to start talking of picking a foreign coach for the task of qualifying Nigeria for Qatar 2022, said Eguavoen has shown that given adequate support he can return the Super Eagles to the summit of world football. Rising from…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has returned eleven houses recovered in different parts of Enugu to billionaire businessman, Arthur Eze. The properties were recovered by the EFCC from the duo of Olisaebuka Okechukwu Eze and Onyeka Nnadozie Eze, administration and finance manager respectively in Arthur Eze’s firm, accused of criminal breach of trust and diversion of funds belonging to the business mogul. EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According to the commission, the investigation established that the duo who is also the nephew of the business mogul used proceeds of their…

The governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, has urged Nigerians to support candidates who are God-fearing and have respect for humanity, in their quest for public offices. The governor made the call at the General Assembly of Catholics in Politics and Catholic Business Leaders in Abuja as contained in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr. Makut Macham, on Friday in Jos He said the godly principles will guide them in their discharge of duties, where justice and good governance will be given a high premium. He urged Nigerians of all religious faiths to fully participate in…

Former Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, may be named the coach of Ghana’s national team ahead of their Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying play-offs against Nigeria in March. Rohr was sacked by the Nigeria Football Federation last month, after some unconvincing performances in the World Cup qualifiers, despite steering the three-time African champions to the play-offs. According to reports in Ghana, the Franco-German is leading the race for the position of the Black Stars head coach job following the recent sacking of Milovan Rajevac, after the Black Stars disastrous outing at the ongoing 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, where…