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Governors of three South-west states of Ondo, Ogun and Osun, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), Dapo Abiodun and Gboyega Oyetola, respectively, have called for the continued re-evaluation of the Constitution of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to reflect its democratic tendencies, where members practice and ensure internal democracy. The governors stated this at the APC Constitution Review (South West Stakeholders Meeting) held at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State yesterday, noting that it was time to tinker with the Constitution to make the party more potent and acceptable to the people. While emphasising the importance of the review, Akeredolu said…

Former Nigerian Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said that the impressive pace of development in states in the country with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors bore eloquent testimony to the fact that the party’s governors were working for the development of their respective states. Speaking yesterday in Asaba, where he inaugurated several projects executed by the administration of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Saraki appealed to Nigerians to throw their weight behind the PDP to enable the party return to power again in the country in 2023, in order to rekindle the currently low tempo of development. While commending Governor Okowa…

• Directs Ministers To Partner With NASS • Women, Tuface Laud President President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, to partner with the National Assembly and comes up with reforms that would be part of the ongoing constitutional and electoral reform processes. Buhari, who gave the directive yesterday in Abuja, said he remains fully committed to seeing more Nigerian women in leadership positions both at national and international institutions, assuring that access to credit would be further eased and more space created for…

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has expressed bewilderment over the increase of banditry in the country, alleging that the trend has become a gold mine for some leaders. In a statement yesterday by its media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB stated that banditry has become another oil well for greedy, unpatriotic, and evil-minded leaders and warned those involved in the act to desist. “Banditry and kidnapping will remain a lucrative business for as long as Government and self-acclaimed religious clerics keep negotiating with them and anyone advocating amnesty for bandits is their grandmaster. If Nigeria were to be…

President of the Nigeria Supreme Council On Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has stressed the need for more political leaders in the country to come out openly to take the anti-COVID-19 vaccine to boost the confidence of ordinary Nigerians to accept and take the vaccine. Speaking at the sensitisation meeting for Muslim Scholars and Imams on the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination, organised by the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), yesterday in Abuja, the Sultan insisted that all political office holders must take the vaccine first before the common man on the street because…

President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed proliferation of arms and resultant conflict in the Sahel region to activities of mercenaries escaping from Libya. He said the late Muammar Gadaffi held a “grip on power in Libya for 42 years by recruiting armed guards from different countries, who then escaped with their arms when the Libyan strongman was killed.” “As far as Libya remains unstable, illegal arms and ammunition will continue to flow in the Sahel region of the African continent,” Buhari added. The President spoke yesterday at the State House, Abuja while receiving the outgoing Special Representative of the United Nations…

*State yet to repair cold-chain store Thirty-five of the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory have received their respective doses of COVID-19 Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines. The only state that has not received its doses of the vaccine is Kogi, as the state is yet to repair its cold-chain store where the vaccine would be kept. Disclosing this on Wednesday during a presentation to National Economic Council (NEC), the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Fiasal Shuaib, also noted the state’s concerns around the contradictory information about the vaccines. “All States except…

Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, issued an order restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from inviting, harassing and threatening to arrest or detain human rights activists and constitutional lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), over his criticism of former EFCC Acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu. Justice Ekwo, delivering judgment in a fundamental right enforcement suit filed by Ozekhome, held that serial acts of intimidation and constant invitations the EFCC extended to the applicant as well as threats to arrest, detain and humiliate him, over publications and speeches he made regarding the way and manner…

Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembele and Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Tanguy Ndombele were recalled to the France squad on Thursday as the World Cup holders begin their campaign to qualify for next year’s tournament in Qatar with a triple-header of matches this month. Dembele, 23, was part of the France squad that won the World Cup in Russia in 2018 but has not played for Les Bleus since December of that year. He is rewarded for his recent form with Barcelona and a rare, lengthy run free from injury. Ndombele won the last of his six caps in June 2019, shortly before…

Among the many eyebrow-raising comments made by Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli recently was the suggestion that clubs involved in the Champions League would no longer be allowed to buy or sell players among themselves. In his role as head of the European Club Association, Agnelli is at the forefront of plans to reshape the Champions League which include the likely expansion of the group stage to 36 teams, each playing 10 group games against 10 different opponents in a so-called ‘Swiss system’. The discussed reforms are widely seen as a compromise between European football’s governing body UEFA and the continent’s…