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Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has again defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), the party he dumped before the 2019 general election. Following the defection, Dogara met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in the State House, Abuja. This defection marked the second time the embattled ex-speaker would dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for APC. He had first dumped PDP ahead of the 2015 general election and joined APC. He dumped the APC again for PDP in 2018 ahead of the 2019 polls. Dogara was led to a meeting with the president on Friday…

Governors of the 36 states of the federation have debunked claims that they are against President Muhammadu Buhari’s Executive Order 10 of 2020, granting financial autonomy to state judiciary and legislature. The governors, in a communiqué issued thursday at the end of their virtual meeting, held under the auspices of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), said they were still in talks with the federal government to resolve some contentious issues on the implementation of Executive Order 10. According to the communiqué signed by the NGF Chairman and Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, “there were ongoing consultative meetings with the…

Suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commision (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, thursday appeared before the Justice Ayo Salami-led presidential panel probing allegations of financial infraction against him, but the panel did not attend to him. Magu’s counsel, Mr. Wahab Shittu, confirmed to Channels TV that Magu was before the panel to defend the 21-point allegations preferred against him by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami. This comes as a human rights lawyer, Mr. Agozie Benedict Okonkwo, has berated the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay…

As a child growing up in the Lagos Island area of Lagos state, it was obvious Gbenga Ashafa was always going to be a man in charge. Whilst in primary school at the Christ Church Cathedral primary school on Broad Street, Mr Ashafa held the post of Class Monitor throughout his six years at the school, from Standard 1 to 6. “He always had a knack for leadership and organization,” recalls an old school classmate of his. “He wanted to run everything, and he was pretty good at it.” Now, at 65, Mr Ashafa has been in charge of many…

The House of Representatives has resolved to sue the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, for criminal perjury and civil defamation. Speaker of the House, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, who made the disclosure at the commencement of plenary on Thursday said the decision was sequel to the failure of the Minister to publish names of members of the National Assembly he alleged were beneficiaries of 60 percent of contracts in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The House had on Tuesday given Akpabio a 48-hour ultimatum to publish the names of members of the 9th National Assembly who got 60…

Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho’s hopes of UEFA Champions League football next season appears to be slipping away following Manchester United’s 1-1 draw with West Ham yesterday evening that lifted the Red Devils into the Top Four of the Premier League. United leapfrogged both Chelsea and Leicester City to the third spot on same 63 points as Chelsea but are ahead on superior goals difference of +28. Leicester on 62 points are now fifth. Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester have been in the Premiership Top Four for much of the season to give hope to Ndidi and Iheanacho playing in the Champions…

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson lifted the Premier League trophy on the Kop at an empty Anfield last night to mark the club’s first top-flight triumph for 30 years. Henderson received the trophy from Reds legend Sir Kenny Dalglish, who was manager when Liverpool last won it in 1990, during a spectacular ceremony after the champions beat Chelsea 5-3on Wednesday. Liverpool were confirmed as champions of England on 25 Junewith seven games to spare when nearest rivals Manchester City lost at Chelsea, but they had to wait until their final home game of the season to be presented with the trophy.…

The suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commision (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, wednesday returned to the Justice Ayo Salami-led presidential panel probing the alleged financial infractions under his leadership, for the resumption of his interrogation. Counsel to Magu, Mr. Wahab Shittu, confirmed to THISDAY that Magu returned to the panel for interrogation. “(It is) true but no further comment,” he said. Magu also thanked the panel for his unconditional release after spending nine days in police custody. Magu was released by the panel last week after nine days in detention following the clarification by the Inspector General…

President Muhammadu Buhari will today embark on a one-day visit to Bamako, the Malian capital, following the briefing he received from the ECOWAS Special Envoy to the country, former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday. The trip will be his first outside Nigeria in five months, in the wake of the onset of COVID-19 pandemic, which subsequently led to a global travel restriction to curb the spread of the virus. Nigeria recorded its first case of the disease on February 27. Prior to today’s trip, the president’s last foreign travel was on February 7 when he left Nigeria to attend the…

Following the clamour by many interest groups for the reopening of schools, the Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN) has warned against reopening of schools, stressing that COVID-19 is still on the rise. Paediatrics is the branch of medicine that involves medical care of infants, children and adolescents. In a statement issued in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, yesterday, PAN cautioned against reopening of schools as the virus due to the upward spike of the virus in the country, with no scientifically reliable vaccine available to treat patients. In the statement signed by the President, Prof. Edward Alikor, and the Secretary,…