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As the politicians prepare themselves for the next round of elections a little precociously, party defection and rumours of the same continue to fill the political atmosphere. The extent to which party defection or party switching as some would call it, has become normative is illustrated by the fact that it features currently as a strategic calculation with respect to the next presidential race. One of the most talked-about is that of former President Goodluck Jonathan who allegedly is preparing to pitch his tent with the ruling All Progressives Congress, in order to then be offered the presidential ticket to…

He is called by many names. To some, he is a terrorising political thug, product of a nation with broken walls of security, and a fabricated handiwork of Nigerian political parties. To some, he is a motor-park tout, and an analphabet effigy of crudity and ribaldry who kills and maims for ransom and aggrandisement. But to many people of the South-West region, to those people from all walks of life who live and do business in that axis, and to Nigerians who have felt the brash brunt of pathetic peripatetic Fulani herdsmen’s violent blitzkrieg, whose family members have been maimed…

We have no power to audit NNPC, CBN, others, says AuGF The Senate yesterday described the service wide vote in the federal budget domiciled in the Federal Ministry of Finance as the biggest fraud in Nigeria. This is coming as the Acting Auditor General of the Federation, Mr. Adolphus Argungu, disclosed that his office has no constitutional power to audit the account of agencies like the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), among others. Speaking at the confirmation hearing of Acting Auditor-General of Federation, Argungu, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts,…

FG urges security agencies to be on alert The Lagos State Government, yesterday, reminded those planning another #EndSARS protests in the state to be mindful of the rights of other citizens of the country, stressing that government will do everything in its powers to safeguard the residents In a statement issued by Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), said while the state recognised the rights to peaceful protests, demonstrators should not block roads and deny other members of the public their fundamental rights to free movement within the state. He said any person or group of persons planning…

• Berates Ogun Police for lying over herdsmen invasion [FILES] Wole Soyinka. Photo/ademide25 • Ortom writes Buhari says demand for justice, not anti-Fulani • Requests compensation for victims • Says Nigerians should bear arms for self-defence Following the invasion of Professor Wole Soyinka’s Abeokuta residence by herdsmen and their cattle, the Noble Laureate, yesterday, berated Ogun State Police command for lying over the incident. In a statement he personally signed in Abeokuta, Soyinka said, “Cattle imperialism under any guise is an obscenity to humanity.” He promised to commence a process of public sensitisation on the need to eliminate open grazing…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that Nigeria is planning to have at least 30 per cent of its total electricity supply from renewable sources, majorly solar power in the next nine years. Speaking at the inauguration of a 1.12MW Solar Hybrid Project at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Thursday, the vice-president noted that the ongoing projects being executed by the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) were critical to the achievement of that objective and reduction of Nigeria’s carbon footprints. Osinbajo, who noted that at least 22,000 students in the country and several faculties in several universities were already hooked on…

Nigerian Government on Thursday criticised the attitude of some Nigerian youth, saying they were “gullible people” as they are being pushed by Nigerians in the diaspora. “We know that many of those who have been loudest on social media in advertising the plan to reconvene in Lagos on Saturday are not even in Nigeria,” Nigeria’s information minister Lai Mohammed said at a press conference in Abuja. “They are elsewhere around the world fanning the embers of violence and inciting gullible people back home (Nigeria).” Mohammed’s comment adds to previous comments President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has made criticising Nigerian youths. In…

The Nigerian government on Thursday warned social media platforms over their role in the October 2020 protest against police brutality tagged #EndSARS. The government’s threat came at a time when a fresh protest against the handing over of Lekki toll gate, where Nigerian forces opened fire on unarmed protesters last October, to the Lekki Concession Company (LCC). “The Federal Government is also keenly watching the role being played by the various social media platforms in this renewed clamour for violence in the country,” Nigeria’s information and culture minister Lai Mohammed said at a press conference in Abuja, the capital. Mohammed…

Neymar will miss the first leg of Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League round of 16 tie against his former club Barcelona due to a groin issue, the French club said Thursday. Brazil forward suffered the injury in PSG’s 1-0 win against Caen in the last 64 of the French Cup on Wednesday, ruling him out of the game in Spain on February 16. “After analysis of clinical exams and scans, it is expected that he’ll be out for around four weeks depending on the evolution of the injury,” PSG said in a statement. The club is hopeful he could return for…

The recent ban of Cryptocurrency transactions in Nigeria by the Central Bank of Nigeria has prompted the Senate to summon the Governor of Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, and Securities Exchange Commission for an explanation. The Senate is inviting the apex bank and SEC through its Committees on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions; ICT and Cybercrime; and Capital Market to brief the Committees on the opportunities and threats of the Cryptocurrency on the nation’s economy and security and to report back findings within two weeks. The resolution was sequel to the consideration of a motion and the subsequent adoption of…