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Manchester United reportedly had a bid for Barcelona star winger Ansu Fati rejected by the Catalan giants. Diogo Dalot could leave Manchester United for AC Milan before the transfer window closes. Manchester United have just under a week to add to their lone signing Donny van de Beek who arrived from Ajax during the ongoing transfer window. The Red Devils are also looking to trim their squad ahead of the new season, with a number of players expected to leave before the transfer window closes on October 5, 2020. On that note, here is the latest from Old Trafford on 29th September 2020.…

Peace has once again eluded the Ekiti chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC). The party that managed its protracted crisis to win the July 14, 2018 governorship poll has fallen into bad times again. Efforts to resolve the crisis have largely remained unsuccessful almost two years into the tenure of Governor Kayode Fayemi, who assumed office on October 16, 2018. The crisis, which reared its ugly head during the March 26, 2018 governorship primary election, where Fayemi emerged as a candidate, has snowballed into a cold war that has now produced a major opposition tendency at the party. For the…

BY REUBEN ABATI I was very skeptical when the current leadership of Organized Labour in Nigeria objected to the decision of the Federal Government to withdraw fuel subsidy and hand over the pump price of petrol to the forces of demand and supply, also known as market forces. Labour, represented by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), and their affiliates and privies in civil society, further threatened that they were opposed to the hike in electricity tariffs. They issued a statement in which they railed against neo-liberal policies, bad timing, and the insensitivity of government.…

•Say it abdicates central govt’s financial obligation to judiciary The 36 states of the federation have gone before the Supreme Court to challenge the Presidential Executive Order No. 00-10 of 2020 signed in May by President Muhammadu Buhari on the funding of the courts. Buhari had signed the executive order to enforce the financial autonomy of the legislature and the judiciary at the state level. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), had clarified that the president signed the order based on the power vested in him as the president under “Section 5…

•Invites over 40 companies for demonstration The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced replacing manual voting with automated voting system, as part of the efforts to migrate fully to electronic voting as soon as enabling legislation is put in place. The National Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who disclosed this yesterday in Abuja, assured Nigerians that the commission has taken another decisive step towards the full automation of the electoral process. According to him, INEC has invited 40 manufacturers of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) around the world to practically demonstrate how the machines could work, preparatory to full…

Eze Onyekpere Nigeria is going to be 60 years as an independent nation on October 1, 2020. That is merely three days from today. The celebration of independent nationhood will be low-keyed and there may not be much to cheer about. The nation is going through economic, social, political, religious, constitutional and moral crises. The crises are multi-pronged and multi-dimensional and even question the basis of the claim to nationhood. All available indicators are pointing south and the storyline is one of despondence, pauperisation, misery, death and lack of leadership. Yes, we are 60 and apparently suffering from stunted…

Tunde Odesola For the All Progressives Congress, it’s not raining, it’s pouring but the umbrella is with the hot-chasing rival, the Peoples Democratic Party. Each time the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), boots a penalty kick into a throw-in, I begin to ponder the importance of secondary school education as a useful tool for political leadership. Whenever I imagine how former comrade, Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, hid his tragic flaws, and led labour unions out against governments, only to now fall face down to the very ills of hypocrisy and highhandedness for which he had countlessly grounded the country…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan again on Monday briefed the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on the political situation in Mali. The meeting with the President and Jonathan, who is the Economic Community of West African States’ special envoy to Mali, was held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement after the meeting, indicated that Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS may soon meet again on the situation in Mali based on Jonathan’s briefing at the meeting with Buhari. His statement was titled “Mali: ECOWAS to…

With the inauguration of the Warri Itakpe rail station in Agbor, Delta State, due in a few days, President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Transport, Honorable Rotimi Chibuke Amaechi, have prioritised the security of passengers and others with the introduction of top notch security baggage scanners in railway transportation across the country. The Warri Itakpe station, connecting Kogi, Edo and Delta States, has been slated for inauguration on Tuesday, September 29, in fulfillment of the promises of the administration to deliver on some of its big projects in infrastructure before the end of the year. To complement the initiative,…

Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has called on the federal government to intensify efforts against the Boko Haram terrorist group. Obi was reacting to the recent attack on Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum, by the sect, in which his convoy was attacked, resulting in the death of some security aides. He urged the federal government to strengthen Nigeria’s security architecture and intensify efforts against terrorism in the country, describing the attack on Zulum, a serving governor, as shocking. According to him, “The attack underscored how monstrous and bold terrorism has become in the country and how vulnerable…