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The pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Sunday said the call for restructuring of the country’s political architecture is a popular one among all knowledgeable personalities, elected governors and leaders of entrenched federating ethnic nationalities. Speaking through its Secretary General, Chief Sola Ebiseni, Afenifere said that the restructuring being clamoured for by various interest groups in the country will not be at the whims and pleasure of President Muhammadu Buhari. The remark of Afenifere came against the backdrop of reports where Buhari said there was nothing to restructure. Buhari, who was represented by the Executive Secretary of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation…

Writes UN, US, EU, UK, others Insists no more elections under 1999 Constitution The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) has said it has no option but to join those insisting that there should be no more elections under the 1999 constitution, while also demanding the return to the 1960 and 1963 Federal Constitutions which were in operation in the First Republic. It added that the ‘Fulanisation Policy’ of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and its disregard for the constitution was fuelling secessionist agitations. The General Secretary and Spokesman of NADECO, Mr. Ayo Opadokun, stated this in an open letter to…

Tokyo will cancel all public Olympics viewing events in an effort to reduce the risk of coronavirus infections, the city governor said Saturday. Having postponed the Games for a year because of the pandemic, Japan has already banned overseas spectators — in an Olympics first — while reducing the number of participants, volunteers and guests. However, officials are forging ahead with hosting the Games from July 23. “We have decided to cancel these live viewing sites that gather people,” Yuriko Koike told reporters, after meeting Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. “On the other hand, we will make greater use of the…

Germany are under intense pressure as they face holders Portugal in a crucial Euro 2020 game on Saturday as world champions France look to clinch a place in the last 16. In the day’s other game, Spain chase a first win as they take on Poland and their prolific striker Robert Lewandowski in Seville. After Germany’s failure to make it beyond the group phase at the 2018 World Cup, Joachim Loew’s side lost 1-0 to France in their opening game of the European Championship. Another defeat against Portugal would leave them facing early elimination again. The Germans have home advantage…

President Muhammadu Buhari will today participate in the 59th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Accra, the capital of Ghana. A release issued yesterday in Abuja by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, said that the President will depart Abuja today for the summit. President Buhari is expected to join other Heads of State of Government of ECOWAS for the mid-year statutory meeting of the regional bloc, with the exception of Mali, which was recently suspended from the group. The release stated, inter alia: “Former President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria, ECOWAS Special Envoy and Mediator…

On the day of his tearful farewell to Real Madrid, Sergio Ramos said Sevilla is “the other club of my heart, the club of my life” while discarding the possibility of returning. Ramos bid an emotional farewell to Real on Thursday after failing to agree an extension to his contract. It marked the end of 16 years which brought 22 titles and the status of one of the club’s greatest players. Before the glamour of the Santiago Bernabeu and the prestige of making his debut for Sevilla, Ramos started at his home-town side of Camas, just across the Guadalquivir river,…

The Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD), an anti-corruption Civil Society Organisation, has confirmed that all the nine (9) Bills passed by the Kwara House of Assembly (KWHA) in the second legislative year were presented by Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. This was disclosed by the Coordinator of ENetSuD, Dr Abdullateef Alagbonsi, while releasing part of the reports of #KwaraBillsTracker, an initiative of ENetSuD that monitors legislative activities in the area of lawmaking, motions and matters of public importance considered by the house. ENetSuD is a CSO promoting good governance, transparency and accountability. Alagbonsi stated that none of the nine bills was…

The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has distanced itself from the alleged nefarious activities of the Park Management System (PMS) in Oyo State. This is contained in a statement signed by its Deputy General Secretary, Alhaji Suleiman Musa, and made available to newsmen on Friday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the union, in the statement, was reacting to reports labeling it with atrocities allegedly committed by the PMS. The NURTW said that Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known as Auxiliary, who was appointed by Gov. Seyi Makinde to lead the PMS, had been expelled…

Zambia’s founding president Kenneth Kaunda died on Thursday at the age of 97, the government announced. Cabinet secretary Simon Miti said in an address on public television that Kaunda “died peacefully” at 2:30 pm (1230 GMT) at a military hospital where he had been admitted on Monday with pneumonia. He declared 21 days of national mourning, in which flags will fly at half-mast and ordered all forms of entertainment suspended. President Edgar Lungu said he learnt of Kaunda’s death with “great sadness”. “You have gone at a time we least expected,” he said on Facebook, describing him as a “true…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has so far recovered over N6 billion, 30 real estates and 32 automobiles between March and June this year. Chairman of the Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, stated this on Thursday in Abuja during the weekly media briefing organised by the Presidential Communication Team. Bawa said: “From the time I took over, we have recovered over N6 billion, over $161 million, over £13,000, €1,730, 200 Canadian dollars, CFA 373,000, ¥8,430. “We have recovered 30 real estates, one carpet, 13 electronics, one farmland, one factory, two motorcycles, one filling station and about 32 automobiles.”…