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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday gave conditions that must be satisfied before calling off its nine months old strike. The lecturers said they did not reach any understanding with the government to suspend the strike on December 9, 2020. The President of ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, made the clarification in a statement entitled: ‘Why the strike has not been suspended.’ He said the union representatives only told the federal government’s delegation that it would take the government’s offer to the branches through the various organs of the union and report back. According to him, there was nothing…

Arsenal skipper Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been fined £7500 by CAF for sharing a series of social media posts that tarnished the ‘honour and image’ of the continent’s football body. Aubameyang took to social media last month to reveal how he and the rest of the Gabon squad were held at Banjul Airport in The Gambia for more than six hours overnight — after having their passports taken — before being allowed into the country for their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. CAF stated Aubameyang’s decision to document the event on social media was ‘offensive and degrading’. Aubameyang began recording…

Having done the hard work in the preceding matches, the three English clubs can go into their final Europa League group matches today without pressure. Europa League Matchday 6 matches are to air live and exclusive on StarTimes football channels starting at 6:55 pm. Leicester City, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur are already guaranteed places in the knock-out stage of the competition, with the Gunners having already secured top spot in Group B. Arsenal are the only club in the competition with five wins out of five and will be keen to maintain that record in Dublin against Dundalk. For Arsenal…

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said the National Assembly lacks the power to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to speak on security matters. In a statement titled, ‘Buhari’s Summon: NASS Operates Outside Constitutional Bounds’ issued Wednesday, Malami said security matters remained the exclusive preserve of the executive arm of government and the National Assembly must not forget this. The House of Representatives had last week invited Buhari following the killing of over 43 farmers in Borno State, to explain the rising insecurity in the country. Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila had later met with the…

Jide Ojo “In view of the happenings on the continent, and, indeed in West Africa, the entire world is looking up to us to maintain our status as a beacon of democracy, peace and stability” – Ghana’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo, in a national broadcast on December 6, 2020. Nigeria, though hit by the second wave of economic recession in five years in November, is Africa’s biggest economy. That is something to cheer and brag about even though the country battles high unemployment, poverty and inflation. However, how does the country fare politically when compared to Ghana, our West African…

Lekan Sote Where there is absence of governance, or the impact of government is not felt, you have a situation that political theorists describe as a state of anarchy and insecurity, as currently obtains in most of Nigeria. Nigeria is fast becoming a space where governance is missing, especially in the aspect of security, which is Job Number One of any government. Nigeria has become a killing field and it’s not looking as if there is going to be a respite soon. The situation has got so dire that His Eminence, Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar of Sokoto, a retired Brigadier-General…

Robert Lewandowski is a shoo-in to win FIFA’s best player of the year award for 2020, especially after he was arguably robbed of the chance to win the Ballon d’Or due to the award being entirely scrapped this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. You’d be hard pressed to find many people that feel Lewandowski doesn’t deserve this award after completing a season as the top scorer in the Bundesliga, Champions League, and DFB-Pokal, securing another historic treble with Bayern Munich. In a recent interview with Argentine newspaper “Ole,” the Polish ace said that there isn’t really anyone he can…

Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice from the penalty spot to win his battle with rival Lionel Messi and guide Juventus to a 3-0 win over Barcelona on Tuesday, earning the Italians top spot in Champions League Group G. The former Real Madrid striker and his Argentina counterpart traded Ballon d’Or wins for a decade between 2008-2017 and were figureheads for the duelling Spanish giants, but there was only one winner at the Camp Nou as they met for the first time since Ronaldo’s departure for Juve in 2018. Andrea Pirlo’s Juventus lost 2-0 at home against Barcelona in October without Ronaldo,…

The Champions League group stage has reached its climax, with seven places in the round of 16 still up for grabs, reports ESPN. The crucial action comes in Group H as Man United, PSG, and RB Leipzig fight it out for the two places, while Borussia Monchengladbach, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, and Shakhtar Donetsk are in a titanic battle in Group B. In Group A, reigning champions Bayern Munich are already through as group winners so coach Hansi Flick may opt to rotate his squad following their 3-3 draw with RB Leipzig at the weekend. English wunderkind Jamal Musiala scored…

• You’re free, Buhari tells protesters, warns hooligans, hail military • Security agents take over Lekki tollgate, other Lagos locations • Osun protesters demand release of colleagues • Police raise alarm over planned protest in Calabar • Re-arraign Eromosele for breach of peace • Ogun police occupy strategic locations Activists, yesterday, moved to make good their threat to resume the EndSARS protest, triggering fresh concerns.This came six weeks after a violent turn of events as the #EndSARS protests cascaded into an orgy of violence and destruction across the country. Worried that there could be a repeat of the mayhem, President Muhammadu…