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* Says 2,500 bills had been worked on by N’ Assembly President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari has been the most proficient in granting assent to Bills as available data on gazetted Acts showed that between 2015 and 2021, Buhari had assented to more than 84 Bills, the highest since the commencement of the Fourth Republic in 1999. Lawan, who made the remark as a guest lecturer at the first Distinguished Parliamentarians’ Lecture Series, which was facilitated by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), said the projection was that the…

Kylian Mbappe reached a century of Ligue 1 goals for Paris Saint-Germain with a brace in Sunday’s 2-0 win over his old club Monaco at the Parc des Princes. Mbappe opened the scoring with an early penalty and then grabbed a second just before half-time after being set up by Lionel Messi to get his 100th goal in France’s top flight since moving to PSG in 2017. The France striker, who also scored 16 league goals for Monaco at the beginning of his career, does not turn 23 until later this month. The victory allowed PSG to extend their lead…

• Okocha, Kanu, Lawal join technical crew • Federation at a crossroads over Omicron-induced diplomatic spat with UK, others The Nigeria Football Federation, yesterday, terminated the appointment of Gernot Rohr as Super Eagles coach and named former national team captain, Austin Eguavoen as the team’s interim boss. According to the NFF, Eguavoen, currently its technical Director, becomes the Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles on an interim basis with immediate effect. Rohr, who has been in charge of the three–time African champions for the past 64 months, is Nigeria’s longest–serving manager. In a statement yesterday, the NFF said: “Following a…

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has disclosed that as of last week, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has issued 70 million National Identification Numbers (NIN) to qualified Nigerians. Pantami disclosed this in Abuja, Monday, while declaring open the 3.5GHz Spectrum Auction for 5G network in Nigeria. The Minister, who stressed that identity management was critical to 5G network in the country, said, “as at last week, the management of NIMC told me they have hit 70 million NIN issued.” According to him, following the directive handed him by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2020 to…

The federal government has stated that it has paid lecturers N30 billion Revitalisation Fund and N22.5 billion Earned Academic Allowance, stressing that it has made lot of progress in the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding reached with the university workers. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, who spoke to THISDAY at the weekend on the update of government’s engagement with ASUU, said that he had received confirmation from the Federal Ministry of Finance that funds had been released to the universities for the revitalisation of infrastructure and payment of earned allowances. “By yesterday, (Friday) the Accountant…

*To meet in Makurdi today after Ayu’s reception *APC: PDP’s sole intent is to grab power in 2023 In a bid to ensure that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) emerges through a consensus arrangement, the governors elected on the platform of the party have undertaken two European tours in quick succession, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed. THISDAY gathered that the governors held strategic meetings in those tours as part of their ongoing efforts to ensure that the issue of the presidential candidate of the party does not polarise its members along regional lines. The investigation has also…

• Tertiary Institutions Must Justify Existence — Akeredolu The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has said access to illegal weaponry by non-state actors and politicisation of means of purchasing weapons have exacerbated security challenges confronting the nation, adding that “local manufacturing of arms by Nigeria is a means of resolving insecurity.” Speaking, yesterday, at the grand finale of 45th Convocation Ceremony of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Osinbajo commended Nigerian youths for rising to insecurity challenges by joining companies in Nigeria to manufacture different kinds of weapons. He described local production of firearms as a means of…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has commended the Director-General of International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Nteranya Sanginga, for his dedication to agriculture, food and nutrition security in Africa. Obasanjo gave the commendation during the chieftaincy conferment on Sanginga and his wife, Mrs Charlotte Sanginga, by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, at his palace in Ile-Ife on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sanginga, a Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) national and his wife were honoured with Aare and Yeye Aare Afurugbin-Ola of the Source respectively. The former president, who said that the chieftaincy conferment…

Says eastern axis of state in the grip of fleeing bandits Calls for deployment of forces along borders with Zamfara President vows to flush out perpetrators Sokoto state Governor’ Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said parts of the state are in appalling grip of bandits and kidnappers marauding and scaring the populace in recent times. He blamed the situation on the influx of bandits and criminals displaced by the defective maneuvers of security personnel deployed, under Operation Hadarin Daji, to end their nefarious activities in neighboring Zamfara state. These, according to Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state, has left the…

A Congolese-Ugandan military offensive against the deadliest militia in eastern DR Congo has captured 34 rebels, freed hostages and destroyed camps, the two armies said on Saturday. Uganda and the DRC launched artillery and air strikes on November 30 against the Allied Democratic Forces, a group blamed for attacks in the Ugandan capital and regular massacres in eastern DR Congo, with Ugandan troops then entering Congolese territory. A joint army statement on Saturday said the operations captured 34 ADF rebels, released 31 Congolese hostages and destroyed four enemy camps in “preliminary results”, noting no army deaths. “Since the launch of…