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President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday proceed to London, the United Kingdom for a routine medical check-up. This was announced in a statement issued on Monday night by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. Before departing the country for the UK, President Buhari would meet with the security chiefs in the morning. He is expected back in Nigeria during the second week of April 2021. President Buhari had embarked on several medical trips between 2015 and 2019. During one of his trips in 2017, he spent 103 days in London with the Vice President,…

Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), Dr Kayode Fayemi, has declared that those funding the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East are also the brains behind banditry and kidnapping being perpetrated in the North West and South Western parts of the country. Fayemi, who is Governor of Ekiti state, spoke with newsmen on Monday evening after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja stressed that there is a direct correlation between Boko Haram insurgency and banditry as well as kidnapping in certain areas in the country. He said: “There is a direct correlation…

Robert Lewandowski will miss Poland’s 2022 World Cup qualifier against England with a right knee injury, the Polish Football Association said on Monday. The Bayern Munich forward suffered the injury during Sunday’s 3-0 win over Andorra in Warsaw in which he scored two goals but had to leave the field in the 63rd minute. “Healing from this type of injury usually takes between five and 10 days. Therefore Robert Lewandowski will return to the club where he will undergo further rehabilitation,” the statement said. Lewandowski’s absence is a blow to Poland, who will have been counting on their star striker…

Wales star Gareth Bale said he would be willing to join a boycott of social media to tackle online abuse after former Arsenal and France striker Thierry Henry disabled his accounts. Henry quit social media at the weekend, saying he would stay away until platforms did more to tackle “toxic” racism and harassment. Two of Bale’s Wales team-mates, Ben Cabango and Rabbi Matondo, were racially abused on Instagram following Saturday’s 1-0 friendly win over Mexico — the latest footballers to be attacked online. Matondo criticised Instagram for not reacting quickly enough, saying if he had posted images of the match…

The African Union (AU) and Johnson & Johnson have signed a historic COVID-19 vaccine procurement agreement for 400 million doses of the single-shot vaccine. According to a statement on Monday, the vaccine procurement agreement signed on Sunday, is expected to allow all AU Member States, through the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) set up last November 2020 under the chairmanship of President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, will have access to 220 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson single-shot COVID-19 vaccine, with the potential to order an additional 180 million doses. Most of the supplies will be produced at…

The African Union (AU) and Johnson & Johnson have signed a historic COVID-19 vaccine procurement agreement for 400 million doses of the single-shot vaccine. According to a statement on Monday, the vaccine procurement agreement signed on Sunday, is expected to allow all AU Member States, through the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) set up last November 2020 under the chairmanship of President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, will have access to 220 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson single-shot COVID-19 vaccine, with the potential to order an additional 180 million doses. Most of the supplies will be produced at…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, and the appropriate anti-corruption agencies to investigate the alleged misuse of the N4.5 billion donations, loans and support the Kogi State Government obtained from the federal government, including N90,720, 000 reportedly spent on software to track COVID-19 cases in the state. The organisation in a statement signed by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, expressed concerns about growing allegations of corruption and mismanagement of public funds in many states of the federation, and the apparent…

The Nigerian Government Sunday debunked claims that President Muhammadu Buhari promised he would make the naira have an equal value with the dollar. The claim is often repeated by the critics of the Buhari government to drive home arguments about him not fulfilling his campaign promises. According to publications by The Cable and Vanguard, Buhari the claim during a campaign rally on Monday, March 23, 2015, at the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri. The stories published by The Cable and Vanguard show the government-owned News Agency of Nigerian as the originator. “It is sad that the value of the naira has dropped to more…

The National leader of the ruling All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Sunday in Kano has said Lagos and Kano states have critical roles to play in championing Nigerian peace and unity due to the cosmopolitan nature of both states. Tinubu, who spoke at the Kano Emirate Council when he paid a visit to the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Bayero, said Nigeria  needed unity and peace as the basic tonic to overcome ongoing challenges. He said, “Nigeria is at a critical stage of its life and the only thing that would make it survive is unity and understanding.…

I am starting this piece on leadership with a hypothesis. And my hypothesis is founded not just on my perception of leadership over time, but specifically on how my understanding of Yoruba culture and philosophy has affected what I think about the nature, dynamics, and responsibility of leading a country like Nigeria. Leadership is a critical subject matter that brings political philosophers, political scientists, and political theorists together since it is the concept around which we try to understand how to facilitate human flourishing in a social and political space. And it is even more crucial for Nigerians since independence…