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A group, Businessmen For Osinbajo (BFO), has asked Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to join the 2023 Presidential race. The appeal came as Osinbajo’s campaign posters and billboards flooded parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. In a statement, yesterday, the group said its members have commenced plans to raise funds to actualise their push for Osinbajo to become Nigeria’s next President. Convener of the group, Dr. Tayo FashogbonOsinbajo, said: “He (Osinbajo) is a patriotic and detribalised Nigerian, who will commit himself to working for everyone. He is the only one who holds such a promise among other Nigerians vying…

• Party wades into Yahaya, Goje face-off Former Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on the House of Representatives, Abdulrahman Sumaila, has described the move to make former President Goodluck Jonathan the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) as a major disservice capable of ruining the party’s chance in 2023. Insisting that Jonathan has no business in Aso Rock any longer after six years as President, Sumaila maintained that APC could produce better candidates in the South. He stated in Kano, yesterday, that the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo; Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi; or Minister of State for…

• Why state police is not an option, Buhari defends stance • PDP Chair: President is comfortable with killings in the land • Southwest govs fault current federalism, condemns police officer’s disrespect of Sanwo-Olu • Insist Lagos must deploy Amotekun now • Malami confirms sending policemen to Magodo, slams Southwest govs criticism • DAWN Commission, ARG, Okorie, others reiterate call for state police • Magodo invasion illegal, only restructuring can save Nigeria, say Adegboruwa, Ogunye President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his opposition to state governments having their own police. The President made this known in an interview with Channels Television…

•Govs kick over police ‘disrespect’ to Sanwo-Olu, query IGP, Malami’s roles The South West Governors Forum has condemned the exchange of words between a Chief Superintendent of Police, and the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, over the ongoing crisis rocking the Magodo Residential Estate. They also asked the Lagos State Governor to deploy the regional security outfit in the State – Lagos Neighborhood Safety Corps – to protect residents of Magodo. The governors expressed their displeasure in a statement by their Chairman and Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, titled, ‘Southwest Governors: Police Officer’s Disrespect To Sanwo-Olu An Unacceptable…

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has again rejected the institution of state police in the country. This comes amid calls for state policing to tackle insecurities in the nation, as the current policing system was under the federal government. In an interview with Channels TV, the President insisted that state police is not an option, adding that more attention should be paid to the relationship between local government and state Governors. Buhari said, “State police is not an option. Find out the relationship between local government and the Governors. Are the third tier of government getting what they…

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi on Tuesday urged the public to assess his performance as Minister under President Muhammadu Buhari led administration, therefore released his email account chibuikeamaechi128@gmail.com. Amaechi in a statement by his ministry in Abuja said that he was very grateful to President Muhammad Buhari for the opportunity he gave him to serve the nation as the Minister of Transportation. According to him, “Our major focus as a ministry has been the revamping of dilapidated railway and moribund maritime sector which are key means of transportation and major sources of revenue respectively. “However, we understand…

I believe in Nigeria. This is an affirmation that I do not need to prove to anyone. It is just a simple affirmation that sums up my professional commitment to the very idea of a Nigeria that would regain her capacity to become great. Greatness, with regard to the Nigerian state, comes with a historical demand. Like most African states, the amalgamation conditioned Nigeria into a plural entity made up of various ethno-cultural constituents willfully merged together into a mechanical unity that lacked any organic wholeness. Unfortunately, that mechanical unity seems to have been grafted wholesale into the constitutional framework…

Xavi Hernandez is still hopeful Ousmane Dembele will decide to stay at Barcelona, insisting the Frenchman would not be happier anywhere else. Dembele’s contract expires in the summer and a new deal is yet to be agreed, with Barca’s negotiating power hampered by debts of more than 1 billion euros ($1.13 billion). Renewing the 24-year-old’s contract on reduced terms would also allow Barcelona to register new signing Ferran Torres. Torres has signed from Manchester City but currently cannot play due to La Liga’s spending limits. “I am hoping that he makes an effort,” said Xavi in a press conference on…

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has accepted an apology from Romelu Lukaku for comments he made in a television interview, with the star striker now available for Wednesday’s English League Cup semi-final first leg clash against Tottenham Hotspur. Lukaku, who returned to the Blues for a club record £98 million ($132 million) in August after two successful seasons with Inter Milan, was dropped from Tuchel’s squad for last weekend’s 2-2 draw against Premier League title rivals Liverpool. In an interview with Sky Italy, recorded in mid-December but only aired last week, Lukaku revealed he would like to return to Inter in…

Reuben Abati The lead story in ThisDay newspaper of December 30, 2021, brought the year to a close with a reminder of one of the many ills that bedevil Nigeria, encapsulated in a telling headline: ‘With Rising Theft, Nigeria Records 193 million barrels of crude oil deficit in 11 months’. This is otherwise translated into an estimated $3.5 billion of revenue lost to crude oil theft in 2021 alone, in other words, about 10% of the country’s foreign reserves. For a country that depends on petroleum products for about 85% of its total exports revenue and has been unable…