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• As FG pledges action on gender biases, women exclusion, abuse As the world marked International Women’s Day yesterday, the wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari called on leaders across the country to do more to free women from biases. The call as the Federal Government described Nigerian women as the bedrock of society and pledged address actions against them. While President Muhammadu Buhari praised women for their contributions and reeled out steps taken by his administration to empower them, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), in a separate statement, disclosed…

Joan Laporta returned as Barcelona president on Sunday after winning the club’s elections by a landslide, with his central pledge to try to persuade Lionel Messi to stay. Laporta was the last president at Barca between 2003 and 2010, which included overseeing the hugely successful appointment of Pep Guardiola as coach and the iconic treble-winning team of 2008/9. In total, the club won four La Liga titles and two Champions Leagues during Laporta’s seven-year spell in charge. The 58-year-old will return after holding off competition from Victor Font and Toni Freixa, the other two candidates to gain enough support to…

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and the Chairman Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha and members of the PTF will on Monday in Abuja receive doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. The Director Press, Office of the SGF (OSGF), Mr. Willie Bassey, said this in a notice on Sunday. The development was coming on the heels of the duo of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who received their doses of the vaccine, live, on Saturday at the Presidential Villa. The SGF and the PTF members would received theirs on Monday after…

• Any COVID-19 vaccine not through government channels should be considered as counterfeit, say experts • Guild of Medical Directors, security experts call for robust surveillance to check fake COVID-19 vaccines • Want NAFDAC to test all batches of COVID-19 vaccines Three days after Nigeria began vaccination for coronavirus, there are concerns that fake and illegal COVID-19 vaccines may soon flood the Nigerian market if the Federal Government did not tackle the situation urgently. The anxiety was heightened, last week, when the global police organization, Interpol Police, in China and South Africa reportedly seized thousands of fake doses of the…

The insecurity in Northern Nigeria today is not accidental. It was a deliberate social decadence systemically incubated over the time and became a way of life for the society. The political leadership, the oligarchy and the proletariats accept the talakawa and almajiri’s poverty concept as God’s will. This has been the way of life of the North. No nation in the world neglects its youth and expect to be at peace. The Almajiri system being practiced in the entire Northern enclave was a nuclear bomb waiting to explode and is now exploding. I predicted the present insecurity in the North…

Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje yesterday justified the decision of the federal government to declare a no-fly zone in Zamfara State, saying it would make the state and its neighbours more secure. Consequently, the governor warned political leaders not to toy with security-related matters, saying negative reactions from states can undermine the efforts of the federal government in securing the nation. He gave this warning in a statement by his Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, describing the declaration of Zamfara a no-fly zone as a well thought-out security strategy. He noted that the National Security Council came up…

Alvaro Morata scored twice and set up another as Juventus fought back to beat Lazio 3-1 on Saturday to close the gap on the Milan teams in Serie A. Cristiano Ronaldo started on the bench before next week’s Champions League last 16, second leg game against Porto in Turin with Juventus trailing 2-1. Juventus fell behind to an early Joaquin Correa goal following a Dejan Kulusevski midfield error. But Morata set up Adrien Rabiot to pull the hosts level before the break with the Spaniard scoring twice in a three-minute spell before the hour mark. Andrea Pirlo’s side are third,…

A proposal to extend the retirement age of judges of superior courts of the record is not unduly outlandish, given the peculiarities of their Lordships’ pre-occupation, and the fact that wisdom, which has a strong affinity with age, is an invaluable asset in interpreting the law and administering justice. Before it is approved by lawmakers, it is important however to thoroughly dissect also the inevitable distraction of weakness of the body as well as the mind in men and women saddled with the sacred duty of adjudication. Above all, the judges concerned should be able to retire voluntarily at any…

Amidst the cocktail of plans being put in place by federal and state governments to vaccinate Nigerians against COVID-19 pandemic, the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has said he wouldn’t receive the vaccine. Speaking on a live television programme yesterday, Bello said there was nothing medically wrong with him and he won’t allow the people of his state to be used as “guinea pigs,” even as his colleagues in other states are expected to receive shots of the AstraZeneca/ Oxford COVID-19 vaccines as from next week. Nigeria had on Tuesday received about four million doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine shipped…

Raising a wholesome child requires the equal presence of the father and mother. However, in commemoration of International Women’s Day globally, identifying the unique roles and impact women play in the life of their children is key, as they affect a child’s life socially, culturally, educationally, spiritually and psychologically. According to Lois Leke-Amoo, a parenting enthusiast who shares parenting nuggets through her social media community, ThisMotherhoodThingy, women are the life wire of every home and as such key to raising wholesome kids that make up a healthy society. Their impact in the lives of children is unmatched no matter their…