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Abimbola Adelakun On Tuesday, Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, and his colleagues urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) “to issue an Executive Order for all streets, gardens and notable areas named after colonial masters or beneficiaries of slave trade be changed all around the country.” They also resolved to call on the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to direct the Commissioners for Tourism, Arts and Culture, and Justice to look at the Listed Sites (Preservation) Law of 2015 “with a view to removing all vestiges of slave trade and colonial superiority as a stand…

Frank Lampard said Chelsea’s capitulation to lose 3-2 at relegation-threatened West Ham on Wednesday is a sign of how much work he still has to do to make the Blues title contenders once more. Chelsea was on course to move third in the Premier League when Willian’s penalty gave them the lead in the first half at the London Stadium. But the visitors did not learn from the reprieve they received from VAR when Tomas Soucek had a goal ruled out for offside as the Czech rose highest to level from another corner. Michail Antonio then put West Ham in…

FLASHBACK, SEPTEMBER 2002: I have not confirmed this report but we know that in Nigeria today anything is possible. The story goes that a lavish society wedding had just taken place and after concluding the legal and social rites, the couple retired to their house. At bed time, the wife withdrew from under her pillow a court injunction perpetually restraining the husband from performing ‘his duty’. What made the story believable for me is that the said injunction was reportedly obtained from an Abuja Court! That the judiciary is becoming a source of concern especially as we move to the…

Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Malam Abubakar Malami, yesterday denied allegations that he was shielding 10 soldiers accused of murder along with the kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala, also known as Wadume, from prosecution. According to him, he was only waiting for the completion of the military’s in-house disciplinary process on the accused soldiers in accordance with constitutional stipulations before their trials could begin. Malami who had been accused of shielding the soldiers from prosecution by his perceived refusal to charge them to court along with Wadume who is currently being tried over multiple cases of…

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah says he wants to remain at the Premier League champions for a long time and says the team have developed a perfect understanding. The Egypt international, who signed a new five-year deal in 2018, was the top scorer at the club this season with 17 Premier League goals as they secured a 19th top-flight title with seven games to spare. “I’m very happy… I can’t describe my feelings after we won the league after 30 years. I can see people’s joy and this is so important for all of us,” Salah told BeIN Sport. “I enjoy…

Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann must have been relishing Tuesday’s match with former club Atletico Madrid, but even with his side drawing 2-2 and needing a winner to rescue their ailing La Liga title bid, he was not called upon until added time. A third draw in six matches further doomed Barca’s bid to win a third successive title and means arch-rivals Real Madrid can go four points clear at the top of the table with five games left if they beat Getafe on Thursday. But after the match, the focus on Griezmann’s fall from grace since his 120-million-euro ($134.48 million)…

The has appointed Nigeria as the coordinator of the newly launched poverty eradication group, aimed at confronting complex and multi-sided challenge posed by poverty to humanity around the world. The President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, in a statement issued Wednesday, was quoted to have said that poverty was the most formidable obstacle to attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Muhammad-Bande, who spoke at the formal inauguration of the group at a high-level meeting on ‘Poverty Eradication Strategies’ in New York, lamented that poverty had become a blot on humanity’s conscience, adding that Covid-19…

Jide Ojo On February 6, 2020, the Independent National Electoral Commission announced the date for Edo and Ondo governorship elections. These are two off-cycle governorship elections to be held this year. Recall that seven out of 36 governorship elections are not held during general election.  These states are Anambra, Bayelsa, Kogi, Edo, Ondo, Ekiti and Osun. This was as a result of judicial interventions at different times in the past as to when the tenure of a governor starts and ends even if such a governor has had his initial victory at the polls annulled and later wins a rerun…

Tayo Oke Mallam Abubakar Malami, Nigeria’s Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, is a man whose appointment has been dogged by controversy from day one. It is not without reason for, while he has been adept at navigating the politics of the Attorney General’s office, he has been lamentable in his (neutral and impartial) role as a Minister of Justice. His appointment has exposed the contradiction embedded in the ancient tradition of weaving the two offices together in one person. It is a tradition borrowed from the British, of course. The legal profession is supposedly “noble”. All…

Juventus maintained their four-point lead at the top of Serie A on Tuesday after strolling to a 3-1 win at Genoa that keeps chasers Lazio at bay despite their comeback triumph at Torino. Three stunning individual goals from Paulo Dybala, Cristiano Ronaldo and Douglas Costa downed relegation-threatened Genoa and kept Maurizio Sarri on course to deliver Juve’s ninth straight league title in his first season as coach. Andrea Pinamonti pulled one back with 14 minutes left for the struggling hosts, who stay just one point above the drop zone and third-from-bottom Lecce, who host Genoa’s local rivals Sampdoria on Wednesday.…