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•Says critics are not interested in competence, flags off APC membership revalidation exercise President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Nigerian elite to stop harassing his government with their unfounded criticisms, noting that their ratings have never been competence-based. Buhari spoke yesterday in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State, while hosting the APC governors after revalidating his party membership. The president, who accused the Nigerian elite of constantly harassing his government since assuming office five and a half years ago, however, said his administration’s books would always be open for public scrutiny, as the government has nothing to hide. He regretted that…

How strong was democracy to have allowed, in the first place, Trump supporters to infiltrate the hallowed chambers of Capitol to desecrate its shrine on January 6, 2021? The same security officers democracy uses to show its strength disappointed it that day. So the violators went into the shrine, abused its instruments and facilities, spat on the floor, sat on its seats, broke its gates, broke its windows, shouted unprintable words and songs, brought into the shrine intolerable flags, dressed like animals or masquerades, ran amok and told the world that democracy is not as strong as they thought. In…

They take pleasure in queuing up to cast ballot more than they are interested in lining up for school enrolment. The sights of underage children massing around polling booths to perform the civic responsibility reserved for adults aged 18 and above, have become a permanent feature of elections in Kano State. In the past 22 years of Nigeria’s uninterrupted democratic experience, the country’s electoral process is still threatened by that banal irregularity, due to structural deficiencies. Although, over the years the nation has witnessed seamless transition of political power from one administration to another, including from governing political party to…

Pledges Full Implemetation Of 2021 Budget President Muhammadu Buhari has called on leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to encourage more participation and ownership of the party at grassroots, by adopting bottom-up processes of registration and revalidation at ward, local government, state and federal levels. Buhari, who hosted Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, some governors and APC members in Daura, his country-home, yesterday in Katsina State, after his registration, said a continuous sense of ownership by members will strengthen the party structure, guarantee better prospects in elections and insure its future. He said: “I want to thank you for coming all…

The recent clash between itinerant Fulani herders and citizens of some Southwest states was not a flash in the pan. There have been such skirmishes in the past, especially dating back to the fourth republic of former Oyo State governor, Lamidi Adesina. Fulani herders and farmers’ clashes in Southwest region play up the triangular dialectics of social integration, economic inequalities and political differences that continue to burden Nigeria’s federation. Nonetheless, the instant brouhaha fundamentally reechoed a lot of issues that have continued to define the socio-cultural and political dichotomies between the two ethnic nationalities. For instance, while the Yoruba of…

AC Milan will defend Zlatan Ibrahimovic if he faces disciplinary action for racism after the Swede clashed with Inter’s Romelu Lukaku during an Italian Cup match this week, team technical director Paolo Maldini said Saturday. “We are ready to defend Ibrahimovic in any way possible if racism should be brought up, which has nothing to do with him,” said Maldini. “It happens to argue, it’s an ugly episode to watch, but it ends there. “(Ibrahimovic) was sorry for having left the team with 10 (players), he defended his teammates against Lukaku’s unprovoked attacks.” The heated altercation between the former Manchester…

Barcelona are not done in the winter transfer window and are looking to conduct more business in the next couple of days. Barcelona have stayed dormant in the January transfer window so far owing to a lot of reasons ranging from lack of funds to the fact that a new president has not yet been elected since Josep Maria Bartomeu and his board of directors resigned from the helm. Without further ado, let’s take a look at the top stories involving Barcelona from 30 January 2021. Angel Di Maria talks about dream union with Lionel Messi RB Leipzig v Paris Saint-Germain: Group…

PENDULUM by Dele Momodu        Dele.Momodu@thisdaylive.com Fellow Nigerians, I know how easy it is for men and women in politics, particularly those in the hallowed corridors of power, to readily dismiss important warnings by well-meaning citizens as rantings of enemies of government, but I’m the last person anyone could ever label as such. Without being immodest, my credentials as a patriotic Nigerian are definitely unassailable. Even if I am labelled as one of such Nigerians, I know my duty as a responsible, proudly Nigerian patriot, and I will never be deterred by such negativity. It is for this…

• ‘NSA Should Coordinate Security Agencies, Not President’s Chief Of Staff’ As the Presidency moves to rejigging the country’s security architecture with a view to addressing the spate of insecurity, a former majority leader of the Senate and Chairman of its Committee on Army, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has declared that bringing permanent end to insurgency in the Northeast requires further steps, in addition to replacing the service chiefs. In this interview with AZIMAZI MOMOH JIMOH in Abuja, Ndume listed proper coordination among security agencies, strict supervision of the service chiefs, timely release of funds for the military, among others, as some of the…

HeaR this: Before you look for jobs, look for mentoring. When you run after money more than you run after mentoring, you would be poor. The problem of jobless graduates is not joblessness; it is lack of mentoring. Our greatest problem is not money, but mentoring. We should stop looking for money and look for mentorship. Unknown to many degree holders, your earning increases with your learning and exposure. A year spent with a mentor is worth far more than a graduate degree followed by postgraduate study. That mentor can reduce your learning curve by 10 years for every year…