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The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has faulted moves by the Senate to review the 1999 Constitution (as amended). NEF accused the federal lawmakers of spending huge amount of money to fund the constitution review process since 1999 without any meaningful impact on the lives of the people. Addressing journalists yesterday in Abuja, NEF’s Director of Publicity, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, advised the National Assembly to direct its energy and mandate towards convincing President Muhammadu Buhari to end the insurgency in the North-east and killings in most parts of the country. The Senate ad-Hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says its special operational outfit tagged “Operation Scorpion III” aimed at impounding trucks with unlatched containers will start work on Monday in Lagos State. The Sector Commander of FRSC in Lagos State, Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos that the exercise would be a follow-up to the second phase held mid-August. Ogungbemide said that the second phase of the special operation carried out between Aug. 10, 2020 and Aug.16,2020 was a huge success in the state, hence, the need to launch Operation Scorpion III. The FRSC…

Lionel Messi missed a coronavirus test at Barcelona’s training ground on Sunday morning, club sources have confirmed to AFP, raising the possibility he will now boycott pre-season to force a transfer. Without passing a coronavirus test, Messi will be unable to join team-mates for new coach Ronald Koeman’s first training session on Monday, with the start of the La Liga season less than two weeks away. Messi was due to report for testing at 10:15am on Sunday but according to sources at Barca, he failed to show up at the Ciutat Esportiva. The club’s captain and greatest ever player could…

Virgil van Dijk says Liverpool “shouldn’t panic” after their Community Shield loss, especially after they bounced back from defeat in last year’s season curtain-raiser to romp to the Premier League title. Arsenal emerged victorious at an empty Wembley on Saturday, winning 5-4 on penalties after Jurgen Klopp’s men had come from behind to draw 1-1 in normal time. “During the whole game we played well, dominated, pressed them well and created many chances,” the Dutch defender told Liverpool’s website. “Obviously in the end penalties is just a lottery and anything can happen. “We are disappointed but we have to move…

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, back in Italy to sign a contract extension with AC Milan, said he intends to “help the club get back to where it deserves to be”, in a video posted on Sunday. The video, posted on the AC Milan website and entitled “Iz Back”, started with a small plane landing at the city’s Linate airport on Saturday evening and then showed the 39-year-old Swede, who was decked out in club gear, declaring he was delighted to return “to where he feels at home”. Ibrahimovic has yet to sign the extension but, according to Italian press reports, the star…

• Liverpool, Arsenal Battle For Community Shield Today Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has ruled out a move for Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, but admits the Argentine would be “great” for the Premier League. Messi’s future has been surrounded by speculation since asking to leave Barca but Klopp says there is “no chance” he will join the English champions. Asked if he was interested in signing the 33-year-old, Klopp said: “Who doesn’t want Messi in their team? “The numbers are not for us, but a good player, to be honest.”Messi has been linked with a reunion with former Barca boss Pep…

Mr. Olumide Akpata was yesterday sworn in as the 30th President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Akpata, who is the first lawyer to emerge president of the Association before attaining the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), defeated two SANs in an online election that was conducted by the legal body between July 29 and 30, this year. The swearing-in ceremony, which held at the NBA building in Abuja, was the hallmark of the 60th Annual General Meeting of the Association. Apata was sworn before a large number of lawyers by his predecessor, Mr. Paul Usoro (SAN). Consequently, motion…

The classic tune by Chief Osita Osadebe, the late Igbo highlife maestro, Osondi Owendi released in 1985, speaks to the raging controversy over the amended Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (CAMA 2020). Translated into English, ‘Osondi Owendi’ simply means ‘some people will be smiling, while others will be angry.’ That is to say that no situation can please all the people at the same time. This is the situation with the new CAMA. Amid cheers from the Nigerian business community over some friendly provisions of the Act, which was signed by President Muhammadu Buhari barely three weeks ago, an…

From the beginning of time, women have played varying roles, albeit behind the scenes in most instances, in shaping matters of foreign relations. Maids, domestic workers, female diplomats, women married to diplomats, mistresses and even the women who worked on plantations have played a vital role in shaping international relations. For Instance, female secretaries played a vital role in events such as the Iran-Contra affair, which exposed the covert American intervention in Nicaragua in the 1985–1987 and the covert Israel-Palestine negotiations in Oslo. Unfortunately, women as actors engaging in international politics have either been under-reported or downplayed. We need only…

Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury relished the opportunity to talk up their British rivalry as they received the go-ahead for an undisputed world title clash next year. The WBC has confirmed Fury has no restrictions to prevent a blockbuster battle with Joshua after WBC mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte suffered a shock loss to Alexander Povetkin last weekend. Mauricio Sulaiman, the WBC president, has revealed how Joshua was in line for a WBC title fight earlier in his career, but the governing body would still welcome a fight between their belt holder and the WBA, IBF and WBO champion. Sulaiman told…