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 NASS May Override President • I Bet My Life, Buhari Will Not Sign Any Electoral Act — Galadima As the constitutional window closes today for President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill, dark clouds have continued to hover around the possibility of a credible and smooth 2023 general elections. At the height of general apprehension over the fate of the electoral legislation from the National Assembly (NASS), which was transmitted to President Buhari for assent, the Presidency is maintaining sealed lips, even as the president jetted out to Turkey last week. Yesterday, the erstwhile National Secretary…

Christian Eriksen has terminated his contract with Inter Milan by mutual consent six months after suffering a heart incident whilst playing for Denmark at the European Championships. The 29-year-old has been fitted with a pacemaker, ruling him out of playing in Italian football, but leaving the door open in other championships. “Inter and Christian Eriksen have decided to terminate the current contract by mutual consent, as he’s officially not allowed to play in Serie A with defibrillator,” the Italian club said. Eriksen will now be free to consider his options with other potential clubs, and has recently been in training…

Human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), has urged the 9th National Assembly to prove its autonomy by passing the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law should the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), failed to assent to the bill by Sunday. The lawyer stated this in an interview with The PUNCH on Friday. Buhari, who received the bill on November 19, has until December 19 to sign it or communicate to the National Assembly his feelings and comments about the bill. But if after 30 days, the President refuses to sign the bill and the National Assembly is not in support of…

A Professor of Political Science at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Mr. Hassan Saliu, has attributed the large number of invalid votes being recorded during elections in the country to the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to communicate to Nigerians the voting procedures until a few days to the election. Saliu, however, urged the electoral body to commence effective political communication that would educate Nigerians on the conduct of 2023 general elections. He also said that there could be no social re-engineering and peaceful conduct of elections in the country unless the governance environment is adjusted…

* Says he’s itching to return to his farm to tend to his crops and livestock President Muhammadu Buhari at a surprise 79th birthday reception organised for him in Instanbul, Turkey on Friday promised to advance the interest of Nigerians and that of the nation as he prepares to leave office in May 2023. The president, at the forum, also disclosed that he is itching to return to his farm in Daura, Katsina State to tend to his crops and livestock. According to a statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, the president on his 79th birthday on Friday…

The Chairman, Association of Retirees and PFA Pensioners, Lagos State, Michael Omisande, has said Lagos State is indebted to people who retired between 2018 and 2021 by over N30b due to non-payment of their benefits. He revealed this, yesterday, at a press briefing on the pains of retirees in Lagos State. He said because of the problem, some of the affected retirees have died or are being afflicted by diverse ailments. He said others have been evicted from their apartments. He said the association wrote several letters to the state governor to draw his attention to the ugly situation but…

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta on Friday called for more clarity from the Premier League after a glut of coronavirus postponements, saying it was vital to maintain the fairness of the competition. Only five games of the previously scheduled 10 are due to take place on Saturday and Sunday, taking the total number of postponed top-flight fixtures over the past week to nine. The English Football League — which oversees the second, third and fourth tiers of the game — has also been badly hit as numbers of coronavirus cases rocket in Britain. The BBC reported that Premier League clubs were…

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was forced to cancel a pre-match press conference on Friday after returning an inconclusive coronavirus test result. Guardiola must now await the result of a follow-up PCR test before finding out if he will be able to lead the English champions for Sunday’s trip to Newcastle. That match is one of just five Premier League games still scheduled to go ahead this weekend due to a series of postponements as a result of rapidly rising case numbers of Covid-19 in Britain. Guardiola was last seen in public on Wednesday when he represented City at Sergio…

Some stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Anambra State Chapter, have accused the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige of Attacks in them, while urging him to desist from it. Secretary, Media and Publicity Committee of the Senator Andy Uba Governorship Campaign Organisation, SAUGCO, Mr Obi Trice, stated this in a press release he made available to THISDAY in Awka. Trice said the minister has been in the habit of using his media assistant, Ngige Nwachukwu to disparage members of the party in the state. He said: “The media aide to embattled former leader of the party,…

The Department of State Security (DSS) yesterday vowed to crush sponsors of terrorism, armed banditry and kidnapping in the country. It also maintained that leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, remained hale and hearty in spite of insinuations to the contrary. Speaking at a media briefing in Abuja, Spokesman of DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, said sponsors of criminalities in the country have crossed the red line and must be crushed. “Let me reiterate at this juncture that those who sponsor kidnapping, banditry, terrorism, insurgency and all kinds of attacks on security agents, civilians and vulnerable…