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The House of Representatives has kicked against the possibility of enacting a new Constitution or re-enacting the 1963 Constitution also known as the Republican Constitution for Nigeria. The lawmakers argued that there was no going back on the ongoing amendments to the 1999 Constitution. Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, in an electronic interview with journalists yesterday, described the Republican Constitution as archaic. Kalu insisted that the 1963 Constitution had lost its merits when applied to the current realities in the country. Kalu, in response to the calls by regional, socio-political and cultural…

The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has been asked to release details of expenditure on payment to key Digital Switch Over, (DSO) stakeholders. In a letter addressed to the minister last week, Nigeria’s foremost anti-corruption coalition, Civil Society Network Against Corruption, (CSNAC), asked the minister to make available to the public how the N9.4billion funds released to the stakeholders was spent. The letter with the caption “Request for information on the N9.4b approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOI ACT 2011)” was sent to the Minister last Monday In March 2021,…

Worried by the worsening security challenges in the country, eminent Nigerians, including human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN); former Director of Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Mike Ejiofor, and Maj. Gen. Benjamin Badewole, at the weekend, brainstormed on how to improve the performance of the Nigeria Police to better secure lives and property of Nigerians at these trying times. Speaking on the theme: ‘21st Century Policing, Intelligence and Crisis Management, at a conference organised by the Police Eminent Persons Forum (PEPF) in Lagos, Falana submitted that the Nigerian state is “moving inexorably to the precipice.” He warned that…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sent an “Urgent Appeal” to the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland QC, over the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. SERAP urged the Secretary-General to “apply the Commonwealth Charter to hold the Nigerian government to account over the unlawful suspension of Twitter in Nigeria, and the resulting repression of human rights particularly the rights to freedom of expression, access to information and media freedom, as well as flagrant disregard for the rule of law.” The organisation asked Ms. Scotland to “urgently consider recommending the suspension of Nigeria from the Commonwealth to the Heads of…

As political events continue to unfold in Cross River, a former Governor in the state, Sen. Liyel Imoke, says PDP will receive defected Gov. Ben Ayade back to PDP if he decides to return to the party. Ayade, who was elected governor on the platform of the PDP six years ago, surprised political pundits when he defected to the ruling APC, raising the political stakes in the as the countdown to the 2023 general elections commences nationwide. Analysts have always seen Cross River as “a traditional PDP state’’ with political watchers in the state viewing Ayade’s departure as intriguing at…

Keeping your relationship private doesn’t mean that you never talk about it or share what’s going on in your love life. Neither does it mean being secretive about your relationship status. Keeping your relationship off social media means prioritising the intimacy of your relationship, your peace of mind and that of your partner above the prying eyes and validations of strangers. Social media is rapidly changing the way we interact and see the world, at the same time, it opens one up to multiple ills. Should you decide to share your relations on social media, you may want to first…

A single mother is everything and anything to her child(ren). She watching her life revolve around them as they take the courage to live through the daily challenges of life. Yet, single mothers are a categorised section in society and this is primarily based on stereotype built cultural bias. So they are perceived as rebels and as black sheep for defiling the expectations of society, therefore unfit in all forms of communities they find themselves in. Now the conventional ideology is that something is off with a single mom and her child will be a recluse. Contrary to this societal…

Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka posted her first social media comments Saturday since pulling out of the French Open after a dispute over news conferences. Osaka, who also had revealed her ongoing battle with depression and anxiety, thanked her supporters in a brief message on Instagram. “Just want to say thank you for all the love. Haven’t been on my phone much but I wanted to hop on here and tell you all that I really appreciate it,” she wrote. French tennis officials fined Osaka $15,000 and threatened to remove her from the tournament for not honoring mandatory media…

Portugal begin the defence of their European title at Euro 2020 this month boasting a wealth of young attacking talent lining up behind veteran superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. Bernardo Silva, Diogo Jota, Joao Felix and Andre Silva are part of a new wave of attack-minded players who will be pushing for the Portuguese to become the second nation to retain the European Championship after neighbours Spain. After missing Euro 2016 through injury, 26-year-old Bernardo Silva has become a fixture in Portugal’s starting XI, scoring seven goals in 54 appearances and providing the same dynamic, forward-thinking presence as for his club Manchester…

Tamara Zidansek on Sunday became the first woman from Slovenia to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam when she defeated Romania’s Sorana Cirstea at the French Open. World number 85 Zidansek won 7-6 (7/4), 6-1 and will face either 2019 runner-up Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic or in-form Paula Badosa of Spain for a place in the semi-finals. The 23-year-old had never previously got beyond the second round of a Grand Slam. However, she illustrated her potential by knocking out sixth-seeded former US Open winner Bianca Andreescu in the first round where she had twice been just two…