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Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Human Virology of Nigeria, Dr Patrick Dakum, said in Abuja on Sunday that Nigeria is not ripe to jettison rotational presidency. Dakum told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that while getting the most qualified Nigerians as president was important, rotational presidency in 2023 would foster unity. He said each region of the country had qualified Nigerians to rule the nation. “My view about rotational presidency is that we are not ripe enough to jettison the system. We have not gotten to that stage. “We have not arrived at the point where we can say…

All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, says he is healthy but only undergoing physiotherapy in London. Tinubu said this while addressing members of the House of Representatives northern caucus that visited him in London on Friday. The former governor, who has been in the United Kingdom for the last three months since undergoing knee surgery, however, said he was undergoing physiotherapy which he described as “gruesome”. Addressing the gathering, Tinubu who was dressed in kaftan and a red cap said, “Because of God and people like you, I am well. It is just the physio (physiotherapy) that is gruesome.” Since…

Former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi, on Friday accused governors of being undemocratic, saying they micromanage local governments but would not tolerate from the Federal Government some of the things they do to the third tier of government. He said he was an advocate of letting sub-nationals have more resources, but that governors are wont to act as if they were the only tier of government being short-changed. He cited their opposition to local governments receiving their allocations directly from the Federation Account as an example. In an interview on Arise TV to commemorate the independence anniversary on Friday, Sanusi chided the…

Chadian police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who had gathered on Saturday to condemn the military junta which took power after the death of president Idriss Deby Itno. The rally was called by the Wakit Tamma, a coalition of opposition parties and civil society groups, to denounce the Transitional Military Council. The TMC is headed by 37-year-old Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, the son of the president who died in April fighting northern rebels after more than three decades in power. Deby junior has promised “free and democratic” elections following an 18-month national dialogue process of reconciliation. But…

The Force Commander (FC), Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Maj.-Gen. Abdul-Khalifah Ibrahim, says the fight against terrorism requires global approach by integrating various skills held by both civilians and the military. A statement by the Chief of Military Public Information for MNJTF, Col. Muhammad Dole, on Friday, said that Ibrahim made the statement during inauguration of the Joint Integrated Operations Planning Course, in N’Djamena, Chad. He said the fight against the Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgents could not be considered as the sole prerogative of the military, whose actions alone could not solve the problem. He added that there was the need…

Paris Saint-Germain coach Mauricio Pochettino said Saturday there is still no fixed timetable for injured defender Sergio Ramos to make his debut for the club. Ramos has not played for PSG since joining the French giants on a two-year deal from Real Madrid in July, and has been training alone on his recovery from a calf injury. “We’re following his progress from day to day. We hope he’ll be back as soon as possible, but for the moment we can’t say when,” Pochettino told reporters ahead of Sunday’s trip to Rennes in Ligue 1. “Injured players go through things differently…

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), during his nationwide broadcast commemorating the nation’s 61st independence, advanced the reason behind the high prices of food in the country. While alleging that the nation’s food capacity had increased despite the farmer-herder crises that had upset food supply, Buhari said the high prices of food was caused by middlemen who “buy and hoard these essential commodities for profiteering.” The President said, “Unfortunately, as our food production capacity has increased, food prices have been going up due to artificial shortages created by middlemen who have been buying and hoarding these essential commodities for…

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has stated that the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) is united in the state and national levels. Wike also stated that the leading All Progressives Congress (APC) has failed in its leadership to the country, adding that PDP would take over mantle of leadership of the state again and Nigeria in 2023. He stated this yesterday while receiving thousands of the All Progressives Congress members who dumped the party for the PDP. Also, 23 chairmen of the African Action Congress (AAC) and other members of the party across the state. The defection cut across the…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has assured that the lawmakers would work comprehensively on the issue of Diaspora voting. Gbajabiamila made this known yesterday while receiving the management of the Nigerian in Diaspora Commission (NiDCom) led by its Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in his office. He noted that the issue of Diaspora voting has been on the front burner for a long time, and being a constitutional matter, the House would be very thorough in the process of working on the bill seeking to empower Nigerians abroad to vote during the country’s elections.…

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Yakubu Dogara, yesterday reiterated the need for politicians and public office holders to subject themselves at all times before the law. Dogara stressed that “rule of law still remained the bulwark of good governance sustenance of the social contract between the state and the governed.” He stated this in a speech he delivered as chairman of the rule of law summit organised by the Law Students of Nigeria. He said: “Rule of law, is seen as one of the fulcrum of democracy and good governance as opposed to authoritarian or arbitrary…