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Ousted president no longer interested in power Coupists seek lifting of sanctions The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has demanded the installation of an interim government in Mali to be headed by a civilian or retired military officer for a maximum duration of one year. Giving President Muhammadu Buhari update on the coup staged by the military last week in the country, which toppled the government of President Ibrahim Keita, ECOWAS Special Envoy to Mali and Buhari’s predecessor, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, said his team told the new leadership of the country that the interim government must organise elections…

Warns South-west will resist FG over regulation of Amotekun Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, yesterday dismissed the suggestion by the police high command that states will fund special constables to be recruited for community policing. Reacting to Tuesday’s statement by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Research and Planning, Mr. Adeleye Oyebade, that states would fund community police, the governor said it will not be the duty of the 36 state governors to fund the programme when it becomes operational. He added that the South-west security outfit, Amotekun, would not operate under the community policing arrangement, adding that there…

Proposes 15 months for civil suits Frowns on multiple, conflicting court orders Lawyers shun boycott call, 24,000 participate in NBA conference President Muhammadu Buhari wednesday decried what he described as the “terribly slow pace” of justice administration in Nigeria and proposed that criminal cases from the high court to the Supreme Court should be concluded within 12 months. On the other hand, civil cases should not last longer than 15 months, he said in a speech to declare open the Annual General Conference (AGC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). The 60th AGC, with the theme, ‘Stepping Forward,’ was NBA’s…

Lionel Messi has not informed Barcelona coaches he will not attend training on Wednesday, according to the club’s newly-appointed sporting director, Ramon Planes. Messi asked Barca Tuesday to leave the club he has been with for 20 seasons, since he was 13 years old. “Messi has not informed us that he was not going to show up to training,” Planes said during the official unveiling of Portuguese striker Joao Trincao. “But all exchanges will remain between the two parties (the club and the player) and out of respect we will not communicate on what is said because we are putting…

Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak is “comfortable”about Pep Guardiola’s future as the Spanish boss enters the final year of his contract. Guardiola is yet to extend his current deal with the Premier League club and speculation about his future is sure to ramp up in coming months. There were claims that Guardiola might quit City if they did not win their appeal against a two-year European ban, but that legal battle was successful. Al Mubarak insists there is no rush to resolve the future of the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich manager, but he is not panicking about a…

• Killings, criminality don’t build any society • It’s time for international partnership to end insurgency Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and former minister of agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh spoke on the security challenges facing the North today and the search for solution, backwardness of the region in education, industry and agriculture. He also said the North cannot make progress in the midst of the mindless attacks and killings, which have enveloped many communities in the geographical region. He spoke with SAXONE AKHAINE in Kaduna. Is the ACF disturbed over the killings in the country, particularly in the North?…

Manchester City are in pole position to land Barcelona captain Lionel Messi. Lionel Messi’s curent Barcelona contract expires in 2021. Lionel Messi will leave Barcelona for Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, according to reliable journalist Marcelo Bechler. Bechler was the first journalist to break the news of Lionel Messi’s wish of leaving Barcelona ahead of next season. Bechler, in a video on his Twitter account, explained that Messi wants to play for Manchester City and although ‘it hurts his soul’ to leave his boyhood club, he considers it to be the end of a cycle. The humiliating loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions…

By Adeola Akinremi To summarize, hope, wrath, and mystery are part of the ongoing national conversations about the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020 (CAMA 2020). The act became law on August 7, after President Muhammadu Buhari assented to it. The promotion of government vigilance in the affairs of religious organizations with nonprofit status is generating reaction, so also is the positive effect of the law on the business community. The debates worry me, too. In a direct message to the state, the Bishop of the Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo said: “The church is God’s heritage on earth.…

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, yesterday dismissed claims that he was scheming for more powers to oversee the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to him, he does not need to tinker with the legal instrument establishing the EFCC, the Economic and Financial Crime (Establishment) Act 2004, to enable him to effectively do his job. The minister, in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja by his media aide, Dr. Umar Gwandu, stated that by virtue of all legal instruments governing the conduct of governmental operations, he has indisputable statutory powers…

Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, yesterday raised the alarm that foreigners come to the state to trade guns with locals for mineral resources. Matawalle, while answering questions from State House reporters in Abuja after showing a pack of gold mined from the state to President Muhammadu Buhari canvassed the creation of a platform for the state government by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the federal government to be buying mined resources from small- scale miners in the state. According to him, foreign interests from South Africa and Russia will also be brought into the picture. He attributed…