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•Insists his relationship with President remains cordial All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Monday night, visited President Muhammadu Buhari, during which he advocated a concerted response to Nigeria’s challenges. The former Lagos State governor, who was joined by the party’s ex-Interim National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, later addressed reporters after the closed-door meeting in Abuja. He pleaded with Nigerians to join hands with the Federal Government in sustainably addressing the nation’s myriad of problems. According to him, the prevailing insecurity is not peculiar to Nigeria, adding that finding solutions, through consultations, was urgently needed to change…

Arsenal is relying on Europa League success to save a sorry season, but face former manager Unai Emery with a point to prove in Thursday’s semi-final first leg against Villarreal. Sitting 10th in the Premier League, the Gunners are on course for their worst league finish since 1995. But Mikel Arteta’s men are also just three games away from only the club’s third-ever European trophy and a much-needed ticket back into the Champions League for the first time in five seasons. All is not well at the Emirates on or off the field. Ahead of Friday’s 1-0 defeat by Everton,…

• Senators jittery over the fear of Boko Haram’s closeness to Abuja • At National Assembly, Adeyemi weeps, seeks end to killings • Declare state of emergency on security, Reps tell Buhari • Zulum: I visited Aso Rock to tell Buhari the truth • Wike imposes night curfew on all Rivers borders, says Nigeria has collapsed • 47 days after the abduction, bandits release video of Kaduna students • Unknown gunmen set federal high court ablaze in Ebonyi After being assailed by unrelenting insecurity across the regions of the country and yielding to calls for international collaboration, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday…

Liverpool reported a £46 million ($63 million) pre-tax loss for the financial year ending May 2020, figures that suggest why the club’s owners were prepared to join the failed European Super League plan. Just a week after Liverpool were forced to pull out of the controversial Super League following a furious public backlash, the reigning Premier League champions’ revealed the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The loss of significant media revenue and match-day income at Anfield in the final quarter of the results amid the lockdown contributed to a £88 million negative swing in just over 12 months. Liverpool…

Hundreds of Japanese towns and cities have been forced to rethink plans to host Olympic teams because the coronavirus will prevent public appearances and require costly safety measures. The western town of Okuizumo spent more than $5 million preparing to welcome India’s hockey team for a pre-Games training camp, only to scrap the visit because of Covid-19. After sinking money into upgrading sports facilities, Okuizomo balked when it became clear it would have to provide bubble-like biosecurity measures with regular virus tests and medical care. “We wanted to have one of the world’s top tier teams visit our town and…

Worried by poor compliance to fire safety rules and fire outbreaks, the Federal Government has said that it will make fire liability insurance on all public buildings compulsory. Controller-General of the Federal Fire Service, (FFS), Ibrahim Liman, made this known during a courtesy visit to the Chief Executive Officer, (CEO), of the National Insurance Commission, (NAICOM), in Abuja. He noted that there is a need for a public building to subscribe to the liability insurance policy for a public building to reduce losses in case of eventualities. In a communique signed by the Public Relations Officer, (PRO), of the FFS,…

The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) has wandered its way through the National Assembly for two decades, like an ancient Sufi mystic in search of the Truth. It has faced several disappointments and metamorphoses on its way to becoming a law. Initially a single bill, it was broken down into different Bills with one of the Bills- The Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) passed by lawmakers in 2017 only to fail to get the much-needed presidential assent. Now it is back to the National Assembly as one single Bill. The Bill has long been presented as a credible solution to the…

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr. Isa Pantami is not sitting pretty on his Ministerial chair right now. He seems to be squirming in his chair or to put it more forthrightly he seems to be swimming in hot water, because he has loads of serious allegations leveled against him. He has not been able to answer the questions asked satisfactorily. Everyday there are audios and videos that tumble into the internet that seem to lift the veil on his past, a very, very ugly past if all of the information turn out to be true. One of…

Nigeria has not had it so good with quality strikers in recent times. The last time the Super Eagles had so many top strikers to choose from was during the Clemence Westerhof era when the team was blessed with Rashidi Yekini, Richard Owubokiri, Efan Ekoku, Daniel Amokachi, Samson Siasia, Victor Ikpeba and Dominic Iorfa, among others. Now, the team, which recently qualified for the Cameroun 2022 African Cup of Nations, have some exciting youngmen battling for the striking slots in the team. Excited by the options available to Coach Gernot Rohr, former international, Dahiru Sadi, says the Nigerian coach does…

The level of frustration of Nigerians over worsening power supply problems lately is better imagined than experienced, following in particular, the collapse of several power plants in the country, coupled with constraints of procuring gas to run some others. Although the Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman “sincerely regret” the resultant power outage and the serious dislocation it is causing the average Nigerian, the Federal Government ought to be concerned that the present situation is not a one-off incident, but rather a continuation of disdainful services, occasioned by crass inefficiency that has attended the sector over many years. Mamman ought not…