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Five non-governmental organizations and four journalists have filed a suit against the Federal Government at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja asking it to declare the indefinite suspension of Twitter in Nigeria a violation of their human rights under international law, order the Government to immediately rescind the suspension order, and compensate them for the violation of their rights. The NGO applicants in the suit are Media Rights Agenda (MRA), Paradigm Initiative (PIN), Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), the c (IPC), and Tap Initiative for Citizens Development (TICD) while the journalists are Mr David Hundeyin, Mr…

Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, on Monday, inaugurated the N50 billion 2.5 megawatts Afe Babalola University independent power project, in Ado-Ekiti. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the project when fully operational would have a future capacity of five megawatts. Fayemi at the inauguration commended Chief Afe Babalola, the founder of the institution and initiator of the project, for the giant strides. He said Babalola was fast becoming government within government, going by his enormous contributions toward Ekiti State development. Fayemi, who also participated in the foundation laying of the institution’s nine industrial parks, to accommodate 121 industries,…

Manchester City have made a bid of 100 million pounds (138 million dollars) to Tottenham for England captain Harry Kane, according to reports on Monday. Kane, 27, has publicly expressed his desire to add trophies to his excellent goalscoring record and is believed to be keen on a move away from his boyhood club this summer. Sky Sports reported that Spurs are expected to reject the bid with Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy holding out for at least 120 million pounds for his prized asset. Despite Kane winning the Golden Boot for top goalscorer and top assist provider last season, Spurs…

Harry Maguire says he is fit to feature for England in their decisive Euro 2020 Group D clash against the Czech Republic on Tuesday. Manchester United defender Maguire did not play in England’s first two matches against Croatia and Scotland as he recovers from ankle ligament damage sustained against Aston Villa in May. England manager Gareth Southgate included the centre-back in his Euro squad in the belief he would be back in time to play some part in the tournament. Maguire was on the bench for Friday’s 0-0 draw against Scotland and now he is ready to return to action…

INEC said on Monday in Abuja that it would deploy 5,346 personnel to 2,673 registration centres for Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) resuming nationwide on June 28. Its chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the declaration at the presentation of INEC Voter Enrolment Device (IVED) and online registration portal for the exercise at a meeting he held with media executives. IVED is an Android tablet to be used in place of the existing Data Capturing Machine used for CVR in previous exercises. Prof. Yakubu said that before now INEC had 1,446 registration centres where it registered 14. 2 million voters between 2017…

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), AbdulRasheed Bawa, has said a former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is under investigation. “You asked me a question earlier about arresting people before investigation and now you are saying why didn’t we arrest Tinubu? Why didn’t you just say ‘arrest him”?” Bawa said in an exclusive interview published by ThisDay on Sunday. “Investigation is ongoing. “When you are investigating matters like this, they don’t end in a day.” The wealth of the former Lagos State governor has been…

Zambia’s founding president Kenneth Kaunda will be buried on July 7, three weeks after he died aged 97, the presidency announced on Monday. The hero of the struggle against white rule in southern Africa “shall be put to rest… at a very private ceremony for family and selected invited mourners,” Vice President Inonge Wina said on state television. He will be buried at the country’s presidential burial site situated opposite the cabinet office in Lusaka, following a state memorial to be held at the city’s 60,000-seat National Heroes Stadium on July 2. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, foreign leaders…

Protesters are currently blocking the Umaru Yar’Adua Way leading to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The youths are protesting under the aegis of #RevolutionNow. They made bonfires on the ever-busy road, leaving motorists and commuters stranded. Most affected are workers who live in Lugbe, Kuje, and other areas along the Airport road axis, who are finding their way to the city centre to resume work after the weekend. Operatives of the FCT police command have been deployed to check the situation. [GuardianNG]

Mats Hummels, Thomas Mueller and Ilkay Gundogan missed Germany training on Monday with injury knocks, two days before their crunch match against Hungary at Euro 2020. The trio all started Saturday’s 4-2 win over Portugal which put the Mannschaft’s European Championship campaign back on track, but Hummels and Mueller are both resting knee injuries, while Gundogan took a blow to the calf. German daily Bild claim Mueller will miss the Hungary game on Wednesday, but a DFB spokesman denied the report and insisted it was too early to say. Replacement right-back Lukas Klostermann, who has yet to play a minute…

The German FA has said it will not be punished by UEFA for the rainbow-coloured captain’s armband Germany skipper Manuel Neuer has worn during Euro 2020 in solidarity with gay pride this month. The German Football Association (DFB) said it has received a letter from European football’s governing body stating that a review of the matter has been stopped. “The armband has been assessed as a team symbol for diversity and thus for a ‘good cause’”, the DFB said on Twitter. Normally, the captains of each team at the European Championship are obliged to wear a standard armband issued by…