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Member representing Moba/Ilejemeje/Ido-Osi federal constituency 2 at the House of Representatives, Rep. Ibrahim Olanrewaju, has scored President Muhammadu Buhari high in infrastructure development across the country. Olanrewaju spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday, against the background of the sixth year anniversary of the Buhari-led administration. He, however, decried the level of insecurity in the country, saying it calls for urgent intervention. “I will score the President very high in the area of infrastructural laydown. Unfortunately, no one will see that because we have all been disturbed by the level of insecurity. “Major problem facing…

The Chairman of Northern Governors Forum and Plateau Governor, Mr Simon Lalong, said states in region have commenced the process of turning cattle rearing into a huge business for the benefit of herders and the region’s economy. Lalong made the disclosure during the 7th Annual Lecture of Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation,on Saturday in Kaduna. The chairman said governors in the region had since February 2021 agreed that open grazing is unsustainable and initiated measures to end it. He stressed that the Forum has been at the forefront of pushing for solutions to open grazing and was aggressively sensitising herdsmen…

When on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, governors of southern states converged on Asaba, the Delta State capital, a large number of Nigerians were pleasantly surprised that, perhaps, for the first time in a long while, the governors of southern states were beginning to speak up in unison about what has clearly become an existential threat to the union. The growing level of insecurity, allegedly lopsided revenue sharing formula, and the long list of items that have remained on the exclusive legislative list in favour of the Federal Government, received generous mention during the meeting. Various groups and individuals across the…

Mrs. Remi Tinubu, wife of All Progressives Congress chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said she didn’t call an educationist, Arinola Oloko, a thug at the venue of a public hearing on constitutional review on Wednesday. According to her, she asked Oloko if she was a thug and not that she called her a thug. The Senator representing Lagos Central made this known on Friday while featuring on TVC breakfast show, ‘Your View’ monitored by The PUNCH. The PUNCH had earlier reported that viral video showed that Mrs. Tinubu was involved in a shouting match with some Nigerians who attended the event at…

President Muhammadu Buhari has taken the second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the State House, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that president’s personal physician, Dr Suhayb Rafidadi, administered the vaccine on the president at his official residence, State House, Abuja on Saturday. Buhari had received the first jab of the vaccination on March 6 where he was presented with his COVID-19 vaccination card by officials of the Federal Ministry of Health, who supervised the exercise. The President is the ECOWAS Champion on the Fight against COVID-19. Meanwhile, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA)…

The Pfizer vaccine is slightly less effective but appears to still protect against the more transmissible Indian strain of the virus that causes Covid-19, according to a study by France’s Pasteur Institute. “Despite slightly diminished efficacy, the Pfizer vaccine probably protects” against the Indian variant, according to laboratory test results, said Olivier Schwartz, the institute’s director and co-author of the study that was published on the BioRxiv website ahead of peer review. The study sampled 28 healthcare workers in the city of Orleans. Sixteen of them had received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine, while 12 had received one dose…

Worried about the precarious state of the security situation in the country, African Council for Communication Education (ACCE), yesterday urged the government to deploy necessary measures to arrest the situation. Besides, the communication teachers also concern about the threat imposed by social media on national security. President of the council, Professor Nnamdi Ekeanyanwu made the remark at the opening of its 22nd Annual International Conference and Annual General Meeting held in Bayero University, Kano. The Professor of Strategic Communication, University of Uyo, lamented that the conference is holding a critical period where the height of instability in the security and…

Jurgen Klopp boosted Liverpool’s centre-back options by signing RB Leipzig defender Ibrahima Konate on a “long-term” contract on Friday. France Under-21 international Konate will compete for a position at the heart of Klopp’s defence after they suffered a host of centre-back injuries this season. Liverpool triggered the reported £36 million ($50 million) release clause in the 22-year-old’s Leipzig contract to seal his switch to Anfield. The move is subject to international clearance and a UK work permit. “I’m really happy to be joining such a massive club like Liverpool,” Konate told Liverpool’s website. “It’s a really exciting moment for me…

Juventus have sacked coach Andrea Pirlo after a single season in charge, the deposed Italian champions announced on Friday. The club released a statement headlined “Good Luck, Andrea Pirlo” after a season in which Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates lost the Serie A title to Inter Milan and were eliminated in the last 16 of the Champions League. “Pirlo has just begun the first steps of what will no doubt become a brilliant career as a coach,” Juventus’ statement read. “An adventure of transformation, seeking, and often managing, to bring his ideas and his experience as a champion on the…

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has urged disputing parties in the ongoing political crisis in Mali to settle their differences and unite for the peace and unity of the country. Buhari made this call at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday while receiving his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, who currently serves as Special Envoy and ECOWAS mediator to Mali. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement titled ‘President Buhari, Jonathan confer on crisis in Mali.’ The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja called on the actors in…